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.
Street lamps could soon also charge electric cars in London
The street lamps in Hounslow, London, have an additional electricity port for electric car drivers who want to charge their vehicle Ubitricity, a German company focused on providing clean energy, converted street lamps in Hounslow, London, to have LEDs in them and included a new charging port for Read More...
A team of students have developed the most efficient solar car ever
While electric and hydrogen cars have had massive technological breakthroughs in the last few years, there has been little news about the solar car. That was until a team of students at Eindhoven University of Technology unveiled an electric car that seats five and is completely powered by the sun. Read More...
GM wants the era of self-driving cars to be led by women
GM wants more women to help build the cars of the future and it’s making big moves to ensure that it happens. The automaker announced Wednesday that it is partnering with four new non-profits to create programs aimed at increasing the number of women and other minorities in STEM Read More...
Here are the tax credits you get when you buy an electric car
Electric cars could be an incredibly important weapon in the fight to reduce carbon emissions around the world and save the world from a climate change cataclysm. But if the last few decades have been any indication, people won’t jump onboard to help save the world without some kind Read More...
Hyperlane: A special lane for self-driving vehicles
A US company is proposing special lanes on roads purely for self-driving vehicles. The Hyperlanes would be controlled by a central computer allowing self-driving cars to travel along at speeds over 100mph (160kph). BBC Click spoke to Baiyu Chen, a co-founder of Hyperlane to find out more about how Read More...
Avis shares jump on Alphabet self-driving car partnership
Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google-owner Alphabet, has reached an agreement with Avis Budget Group under which the rental car company will manage Waymo's fleet of autonomous vehicles. Avis will provide storage and maintenance services for the Waymo fleet of self-driving vehicles in Phoenix, Read More...
Vehicle to vehicle communication makes self-driving cars safer
Self-driving cars use GPS, satellite communication, for their navigation. But, as anyone with a satellite radio system in his car knows, there are sometimes brief moments of interruption in the communication. That can be very dangerous for self-driving cars. That's why researchers are testing an Read More...
Introducing: An all-electric aircraft with a range up to 600 miles
So far, clean, electric air transport has been limited by the energy density of batteries, but pioneering companies are beginning to meet the challenge. At the 52nd International Paris Air Show, the first prototype of a new all-electric aircraft concept with a range of up to 600 miles (965 km) Read More...
Autonomous air taxis will soon take the skies of Dubai
Forget cars, Dubai is looking up to the sky for new transport solutions. The city already has ambitious plans for a supersonic Hyperloop network, and now they will be testing an autonomous air taxi. Dubbed the Volocopter, this all-electric aircraft looks like a mini-helicopter with 18 rotors that Read More...
The end of car ownership
Cars are going to undergo a lot of changes in the coming years. One of the biggest: You probably won’t own one. Thanks to ride sharing and the looming introduction of self-driving vehicles, the entire model of car ownership is being upended—and very soon may not look anything like it has for Read More...