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.
Electric vehicles are now the equivalent of driving an 80 mpg car
There are lots of reasons to buy an electric vehicle these days, starting with their cost. A recent analysis found that running an EV is, on average, 2.3 times cheaper than operating a traditional gas vehicle. There’s always been some concern that, despite the environmental cred not pumping gas Read More...
Inside Airbus’s mad dash to get a robo air taxi off the ground
At a remote test facility in northeast Oregon. an improbable-looking plane takes flight. Its wings are perpendicular to the ground, with their propellers—a whopping eight of them—spinning like the rotors of a helicopter. There is no pilot. The oddball craft, called Vahana, ascends 16 feet above Read More...
Charging an electric vehicle is far cleaner than driving on gasoline
Driving an electric vehicle (EV) has obvious climate benefits: zero tailpipe emissions. But because EVs are charged by power grids that burn fossil fuels, they aren’t necessarily zero-carbon. An EV’s carbon footprint depends on whether its power comes from renewables or fossil, and Read More...
This "air taxi" takes off like a helicopter and flies like a plane
What if instead of calling an Uber when you need a lift, you simply call for an “air taxi”. That may become a reality sooner than you think after Google co-founder Larry Page and his Kitty Hawk company unveiled Cora, an electric aircraft that takes off like a helicopter and flies like a plane. Read More...
EvoWheel converts almost any bicycle into an electric bike in just 30 seconds
Ready to give your old cruiser a swanky electric makeover? The innovative EvoWheel turns almost any old regular bike into a speedy e-bike in under 30 seconds. The brilliant design, which just launched a fund-raising campaign on Indiegogo, is an app-controlled wheel that gives regular bikes a Read More...
The world’s first flying car you can buy is now on sale
The Dutch company PAL-V is now taking orders for the PAL-V Liberty Pioneer Edition, which makes it the world’s first flying car you can actually buy, reports CNBC. The PAL-V Liberty Pioneer Edition is on display at the Geneva International Motor Show in Switzerland this week. It can hold two Read More...
Here’s why your next car might be a subscription
You may not be buying or leasing a new car the next time you start thinking about getting a new ride. Instead, you may be getting a subscription that allows you to get whatever car you want, whenever you need it. In a bid to keep potential customers from defecting to ride-hailing services and Read More...
California to start allowing self-driving cars to drive without humans
The California DMV has received approval for a plan to put self-driving cars on the road with no safety driver. That means starting April 2, Google, Ford, Nvidia, and other companies can own and operate driving around the Golden State without anybody inside. The permit to put cars on the road Read More...
How green is your electric car?
The biggest selling point of the electric car has long been the fact that it’s emissions-free. Turns out that’s not exactly true. Trading in your gasoline-guzzling car for an electric vehicle is a lot like shifting the emissions from an exhaust pipe to a power plant. EVs run off electricity, Read More...
Charging electric cars at night can bring huge environmental benefits
If drivers of electric cars plug in their vehicles when they get home from work and add to the evening electric peak, even the modest amounts of new generation will force us to build more energy capacity, which could lead to be more fossil fuel-fired plants. But if people wait until bedtime to Read More...