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.
Apple's self-driving car plans come to light. But will Apple beat Google?
Apple’s biggest secret may be out: Documents have come to light that strongly suggest the company is ready to test technology for a self-driving car. “Project Titan,” as the operation is reportedly called, is all but confirmed. The Guardian obtained documentation of correspondence Read More...
Electric cars are only as green as their power grid
President Barack Obama has just announced America's "first-ever national standards to limit carbon pollution from power plants." His "Clean Power Plan" calls for a 32 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 2005 levels by 2030. Why? America's electricity is still mostly coal-fired, with Read More...
Ford survey finds 90% of electric car owners plan to stick with electric drive
A new survey of plug-in hybrid and electric car drivers by Ford Motor Company finds that 90% of the 10,000 people surveyed like driving a plug-in hybrid or electric car and have no plans to go back to driving a gasoline-powered car in the future. Most of those who participated in the survey said Read More...
Meet Australia's Immortus Solar Car
The Immortus solar car is a bespoke electric sports car from EVX Ventures, a partnership between the electric vehicle research group at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, and experienced local engineers who have designed and produced award-winning solar racing cars. The EVX Read More...
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...