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.
India is planning to be a 100 percent electric car nation by 2030
Clean energy initiatives mostly come from rich countries. Developing nations—for understandable reasons—are first focused on bringing energy, any kind of energy, to their rapidly increasing populations. From that perspective, it is especially promising for the international efforts to fight Read More...
While you’re charging your EV, BMW is preparing for a hydrogen future
Don’t let $2 gas fool you, the alternative fuel revolution is well under way. A vast majority of car makers offer at least one hybrid model, and the number of electric cars on the market grows annually. However, hydrogen technology is still lagging behind because it’s plagued by an Read More...
Toyota boosts battery range in new plug-in Prius Prime
Toyota has unveiled a new version of its plug-in hybrid Toyota Prius, the Prius Prime. The new Prius, which goes on sale late this fall, will go 22 miles on battery power alone, twice as long as the previous version, the Japanese company said. The Prius Prime will have an estimated 120 miles or Read More...
A hydrogen car has just done something amazing on the M25
The world record for the longest continuous journey in a hydrogen car has been broken. The London Hydrogen Network Expansion project (LHNE), a government-backed group, drove a hydrogen car around the M25 for six days. Impressively, the Hyundai ix35 fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), covered Read More...
Dyson developing an electric car, according to government documents
Dyson is developing an electric car at its headquarters in Wiltshire with help from public money, according to government documents. The company, which makes a range of products that utilise the sort of highly efficient motors needed for an electric car such as vacuum cleaners, hand dryers and Read More...
London unveils first electric double-decker bus
Transport for London has unveiled the world's first fully electric double-decker bus, just a month before it is due to hit the capital's roads. The new bus, which was built by Chinese manufacturers BYD and comes with a £350,000 price tag, was debuted this week by Matthew Pencharz, deputy mayor for Read More...
Japan announces big fuel cell car push: 40,000 and 160 hydrogen stations by 2020
California is used to directing innovation in the automotive world. The environmental rules set in the state, if independent the 8th largest economy in the world, determine the production of the big car companies. So far, California, led by Elon Musk’s Tesla, is choosing electric cars powered by Read More...
Honda starts Clarity sales in Japan
Clarity sales have begun in Japan Honda Motor has begun sales in Japan of its new fuel cell vehicle (FCV), the Clarity Fuel Cell. Combined with the improved efficiency of the powertrain and a reduced energy requirement for driving, a 70 MPa high-pressure hydrogen storage tank installed in this Read More...
BMW marks 100th birthday with autonomous, zero-emission concept
BMW is now a century old. To celebrate, the brand has unveiled a concept car that emits nothing from its tailpipe and can drive itself. The automaker hasn't said just how the Vision Next 100 concept manages to go emission-free, but it did talk a lot about the car's exotic materials and Read More...
The electric car revolution is now scheduled for 2022
The long-awaited, oft-delayed electric car revolution is now scheduled for 2022. That’s according to a report from research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance, which posits that in just six years, the biggest obstacle to the sale of EVs—they cost too much—will be obliterated and Read More...