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A global expert on infrastructure has warned that China’s Belt and Road initiative to crisscross half the Earth with transportation is the riskiest environmental project ever undertaken. China is planning to invest billions of dollars...
Automotive manufacturer Volkswagen has started testing a new transportation concept called Moia. The specially developed electric vehicles operate somewhere between public transport and taxis. In the service provided by Moia, passengers can order a...
Swiss universities teamed up with Swiss industry partners to build the world’s largest electric truck. The eco-friendly eDumper dump truck is now in operation at a quarry in the Bernese Jura. The world’s largest...
The many challenges of the energy transition require a flexible and reliable power grid, which can accommodate fluctuations in the consumption and production of energy. A key element of this could be the smart...
French startup SeaBubbles has successfully tested its electric water taxi on Lake Geneva. Resembling a car, the zero emissions boat will soon be equipped with an ABB software and will replace water taxis in...
Countries with taxes, subsidies and other incentives that encourage consumers to purchase lower CO2-emitting vehicles have seen a drop in CO2 emissions from new passenger cars, according to new data from the European Environment...
Tesla is voluntarily recalling around 123,000 vehicles worldwide because of power steering problems. Other problems such as the fatal accident involving a self-driving Model X and slow production times are hurting Tesla’s reputation. John...
Replacing a conventional taxi fleet with self-driving electric taxis in a large city like New York would more than halve energy consumption, found a study from the Department of Energy’s Berkeley Lab and UC...
American automotive giant Ford is partnering with India’s Mahindra Group to build electric vehicles and share powertrain technology. The partnership is aimed at consumers in India and emerging markets. The transition towards electric vehicles...
The global electric vehicles battery market is estimated to reach 93.94 billion US dollars by 2026. The demand for electric cars is increasing rapidly, with global stock numbers surpassing two million in 2016. A market research...
The 88th edition of the Geneva International Motor Show opened its doors to the general public on March 8, 2018. Although still dominated by strong petrol engines, which tend to bring in the greatest...
A new UN rideshare app is making its debut at the Asia-Pacific Clean Air Week, which opened on Monday in Bangkok. The app is currently in beta testing phase and will likely be available...
In 2013, Tallinn became the first capital in the world to introduce free bus, tram and train services. Traffic has since decreased and the city is enjoying a population boom. From 1 July, county...
Self-driving cars are often spoken of as the next evolution in driving, but the majority of Americans are sceptical of the technology. In a Gallup survey, more than half of Americans said they are...
Railway stations across the UK will soon have free drinking water stations as part of an initiative to reduce the use of plastic waste and encourage riders to refill their own water bottles. Network...
Australian airline Qantas flew for the first time with biofuel from Los Angeles to Melbourne. The blended biofuel saved 18,000 kilograms in carbon emissions on the historic 15-hour, trans-Pacific flight. Barbara Barkhausen reports from...
Volvo’s engine factory in Skövde, Sweden, has become the company’s first climate-neutral manufacturing plant after it switched to renewable heating on 1 January 2018. Skövde is the first plant in Volvo Cars’ global manufacturing...
China has opened a 1-kilometre stretch of solar motorway near Jinan, the capital city of Shandong Province in east China. The road can generate 1 million kW hours of electricity in one year. The...
The electric automaker Tesla is facing problems as it enters the new year. It isn’t meeting its goal of producing 5,000 vehicles per week of its mass market Model 3 sedan, and it could...
BMW delivered 100,000 electric vehicles in 2017, meeting a promise it made at the beginning of the year. “We deliver on our promises,” said Harald Krüger, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW...
