Transportation
From autonomous EVs to electric planes, from hydrogen trains to biofuel transportation, check out the most recent developments on how we’re moving transportation towards a more sustainable future in the good news section below.
FedEx Express delivers the goods with fuel cell-powered truck
FedEx Express is currently operating the first fuel cell electric delivery van for on-road use in North America. The zero emission van is a collaboration between Workhorse Group and Plug Power and is based on Workhorse's electric delivery van, using Plug Power's hydrogen fuel cell to Read More...
Electric busses can solve some of America’s biggest transportation problems
Personal vehicles are probably the most challenging vehicles to electrify cost-effectively. (Dragging one or two passengers around over long distances in a 2-ton vehicles takes a lot of energy.) Electric busses, on the other hand, are the ideal candidates for electrification as they can transport Read More...
Electrify America to install ultra-fast chargers at 100+ Walmart stores
Let's hope they are near the highways. By the end of next year, Porsche will have installed 500 fast charging stations at its dealerships and convenient highway locations all across America. But they aren't the only ones stepping up in terms of electric vehicle charging Read More...
The cost of electric busses is plummeting—thanks to China
China’s wild binge of solar manufacturing drove down the costs of solar panels, both by oversupplying the market and by hastening economies of scale. In effect, the country voluntarily took on the costs of pushing solar panels onto the “S-curve” of rapid growth, a strategy that will greatly Read More...
Study: Tesla batteries stay in tip-top shape even after 160,000 miles
Data gathered collectively by hundreds of Tesla owners in Europe showed that the batteries used for Tesla’s electric cars perform surprisingly well even after heavy usage. Electric batteries tend to degrade over time, but Tesla’s battery packs retain more than 90 percent of their initial Read More...
German minister to carmakers: Invest in electric cars or lose out
The German automotive industry must invest heavily in electric car technology and develop battery production facilities in Europe to keep up with global competitors, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said in a newspaper Read More...
Ola will add 10,000 electric rickshaws to its India fleet over the next year
Ola announced today that it will add 10,000 electric auto-rickshaws to its fleet in India over the next 12 months. The program, called “Mission: Electric,” is part of its ambitious plan to put one million electric vehicles on the road by 2021. The company launched a trial EV program last Read More...
What all car manufacturers must learn from Volvo
In the United Kingdom, Volvo has sold over 50,000 of its XC90 model since it first came out in 2002, and not a single person has been killed while driving it, or as a passenger. The main reason for the Volvo’s success is that it was an early leader in the use of camera and radar systems to warn Read More...
World’s third hyperloop test track is now under construction
We haven’t heard much from Hyperloop Transportation Technologies since last year, when the California-based company released a handful of images and a video to prove that it is building what it says is the world’s first full-scale, passenger-ready hyperloop. Today, the company has broken its Read More...
World's first electrified road for charging vehicles opens in Sweden
Stretch of road outside Stockholm transfers energy from two tracks of rail in the road, recharging the batteries of electric cars and Read More...