Today’s Solutions: March 28, 2024

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.

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Volkswagen is going electric to overcome diesel scandal

Analysts believe Volkswagen’s diesel emissions scandal will speed up the transition to electric cars. Volkswagen is betting on that too. That’s why the German automaker is making a quick U-turn from diesel and going full throttle to further develop its own hybrid and electric cars to save its Read More...

Could Tesla’s Model X dr

Could Tesla's Model X drive us towards electric cars for all?

The launch of Tesla's long-awaited Model X electric car has received the sort of adulation that we've come to expect of new products from Apple. The Model X is a SUV with gull-wing doors – as made famous by the DeLorean from the film "Back to the Future" – giving it the appearance of a Read More...

Can Tesla deliver a self-drivi

Can Tesla deliver a self-driving electric car before 2020?

Elon Musk has been a media darling for quite some time and his stature as a real life ‘Iron Man’ is growing with each passing day. With PayPal, Tesla Motors, Solar City and Space X, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that Musk has so far managed to prove many of his skeptics wrong. In Read More...

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Half of car buyers consider electric or hybrid vehicle

We are on the cusp of a major shift to hybrid and all-electric vehicles. According to a survey, 53% of drivers planning to buy or lease a new car in the next two years are considering an electric or hybrid vehicle. The survey was conducted for the British Institute of the Motor Industry. The Read More...

Quebec unveils plan to expand

Quebec unveils plan to expand electric-car network

The provincial government will make an official announcement on Friday, detailing how it plans to spend $420 million over the next five years on its new vehicle-electrification plan. The plan comes two years after the former Parti Québécois government made a similar, but more Read More...

Self-driving buses arriving In

Self-driving buses arriving In California in 2016

Self-driving buses will be arriving in California in 2016. Well, in a very limited fashion anyways — a suburban office park in San Ramon, California, will be playing host to a pilot project that aims to further the deployment of the technology. The pilot project will see the French company Read More...

Toyota expects self-driving ca

Toyota expects self-driving cars to hit the road by 2020

The self-driving car market is beginning to rev up. Japanese car maker Toyota on Tuesday announced that it planned to have self-driving cars commercially available by 2020 -- the same year Nissan, General Motors and Google plan to have autonomous vehicles on the road. Toyota revealed that it has Read More...

Lexus made a working electric

Lexus made a working electric car out of cardboard

Suddenly, Lexus' hoverboard doesn't seem quite so impressive. The automaker has unveiled the Origami Car, a fully functional electric IS sedan whose main body, interior and wheels (!) are made out of cardboard. The designers laser-cut 1,700 based pieces based on the digital model of the regular Read More...

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Self-driving electric cars have 'transformative potential'

Electric cars can have a significant impact on the environment by cutting carbon emissions, but there are many who believe that combining electric powertrains with autonomous driving technology could change the transportation industry itself. Some analysts believe that self-driving electric cars Read More...

Elon Musk: Self-driving cars a

Elon Musk: Self-driving cars are coming sooner than you think

Fully autonomous cars are only “two to three years away,” according Tesla chief Elon Musk. Although the cars will then need to leap the hurdle of regulatory approvals, which the exec and perennial inventor said would tack on another “one to five years.” Tesla has quietly Read More...