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.
Ultrafast camera to improve vision of self-driving cars and drones
To avoid accidents, self-driving cars and drones need to be able to quickly take in their surroundings even in extreme road conditions and bad weather, but conventional optical cameras aren't quite up to the job. To improve the vision of such vehicles, a team of engineers at the Nanyang Read More...
Dubai will introduce self-flying taxi drone in July
Dubai wants to be the city of the future. This summer Dubai will introduce a self-flying taxi service. The city will use Chinese made drones that can carry one passenger weighing up to 100 kg (220 lb). The video shows a businessman placing a briefcase in the craft’s tiny trunk and strapping Read More...
Kia confirms development of hydrogen model due in 2021
Kia will bring a bespoke hydrogen fuel-cell car to market before the end of 2021. Speaking to Autocar ahead of the Geneva motor show, the company’s head of marketing in Europe, Artur Martins, confirmed that development of a new fuel cell car was under way. Although he stopped short of Read More...
Plug Power fuel cell engines power FedEx
Plug Power has shipped the first production ProGen fuel cell engines for use in electric delivery vehicles. The ProGen engines in this deal are destined for courier service company FedEx Freight delivery vans in the greater Los Angeles area and will more than double the fleet’s range of Read More...
New Honda fuel-cell car, Clarity, lands in Bay Area
Heather Mc Laughlin’s new car sprang to life Monday with a gentle whoosh, followed by a quiet electric whine. A few drops of water trickled out the back and puddled on Dublin Honda’s showroom floor. “You can drink that,” said Honda spokeswoman Natalie Kumaratne. The car, a Read More...
Honda and Hitachi are forming an electric vehicle motor company
Honda Motor and Hitachi's auto parts subsidiary plan to form a joint venture to develop, produce and sell motors for electric vehicles (EV), joining forces to better compete in the highly specialized "green" car segment. Automakers are increasingly teaming up with parts suppliers to build Read More...
Uber hires 'flying car engineer' from Nasa
A former Nasa engineer has been hired by taxi-hailing firm Uber to help its research into flying cars. Mark Moore is joining Uber's Elevate division as its director of engineering for aviation. Uber's interest in flying cars was outlined in a White Paper in October, which discussed vertical Read More...
UK electric vehicle boom drives new car sales to 12-year high
The number of new cars registered in the UK hit a 12-year high in January, with electric vehicles taking a record share of the market, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The industry body had warned of a slowdown in the motor trade in 2017 because of the impact of Read More...
With Norway in lead, Europe set for surge in electric vehicles
On Europe’s northern margins, lightly populated Norway has been at the cutting edge of electromobility for years, even decades now. The capital of Oslo, like most of Norway’s cities and towns, boasts bus-lane access for electric vehicles (EVs), recharging stations aplenty, privileged Read More...
US electric car sales up 59 percent in January 2017
US electric car sales continue to climb to new heights in 2017. Growing 59 percent year over year (YoY), approximately 12,000 electric cars were sold across the country in January, accounting for approximately 1 percent of US auto sales. The top five models accounted for approximately 40 percent of Read More...