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.
Full speed ahead: How the driverless car could transform cities
Just like Ford’s Model T, which debuted in 1908, today’s automobiles have four tires, a steering wheel, and seats. Henry Ford would have little trouble behind the wheel, but he would be completely baffled by the technology under the hood. Cars today are, in many ways, high-performance Read More...
England plans to build charge-as-you-drive 'electric motorways'
The rapid rise of the electric car still faces a substantial obstacle that keeps many people from buying them: their limited range. Nobody likes the risk of stalling on the highway after the car battery runs out. The UK government wants to solve the problem with a wireless power-transfer technology Read More...
Luxury car maker Fisker to build cars in Southern California
Fisker Automotive is back in business. The luxury car maker has signed a lease for a 550,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Moreno Valley. In this 2012 photo, reporters gather around a Fisker Karma during the Los Angeles Auto Show. Fisker Automotive is back in business. The luxury car maker Read More...
Japanese engineer develops world's first 'car in a bag'
Pocket-sized personal transporters could soon be seen on the streets of Tokyo. A Japanese engineer has developed a portable transporter small enough to be carried in a backpack that he says is the world's first 'car in a bag'. Twenty-six-year-old Kuniako Sato and his team at Cocoa Motors recently Read More...
Former F1 champion Villeneuve goes electric
Former Formula One world champion Jacques Villeneuve is coming out of retirement to compete in the Formula E championship next season. The 44-year-old became the only Canadian to land the F1 title in 1997. The winner of 11 grand prix he moved on to compete in the Le Mans 24 Hour and had a spell in Read More...
The innovators: cheaper batteries could help electric cars hit the mainstream
There was a surge in the sale of electric cars last year but the number leaving the forecourts is still dwarfed by traditional gas-guzzlers at a ratio of almost 50 to one. The high cost of the batteries that power the vehicles is a prime reason. Sheffield-based Faradion believes it has found a Read More...
Norway wants (nearly) all cars on its roads to be emissions-free by 2025
Norway has the world's highest per capita use and sale of electric cars. Its embrace of electric cars will continue as a member of parliament has now commented that the country is aiming for all new vehicles (or well, nearly all) to be completely emissions-free by the year 2025. All municipal Read More...
Fastest Charging Electric Bus Charges In 10 Seconds In...
Published on August 6th, 2015 | by Marc Howe The world’s fastest charging electric bus is now operating in the eastern Chinese port city of Ningbo. According to local transportation authorities, the public bus — which was manufactured in Ningbo and runs along a 24-stop, 11 Read More...
National Highway Traffic Safety Admin Endorses Self-Driving Cars
Mark Rosekind, the administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, wants you to know the government approves of self-driving cars. The government is backing the technology needed for the emerging technology, not hoping to block it from developing, according to recent statements Read More...
Toyota Claims Its Negative Attitude to Battery Electric Cars is Due to Experience
Self-confessed geek and mother of two, Nikki has been talking and writing about cars ever since she passed her driving test. Back then, her Internet contributions were all classic car-focused. Now, she’s all about greener, cleaner, safer and smarter cars. Back in the late 1990s, Toyota was Read More...