Tag: transport

The age of the mass-market electric car will soon be here

Tesla, which builds electric cars for a niche market, is taking a new approach to now make the car affordable to a large market. As Kristine Owram writes in Canada’s National Post, this includes the construction of a new large-scale battery plant and plans for supercharger stations.   Tesla moves closer to mass-market electric car … Continue reading The age of the mass-market electric car will soon be here →

Fleets start to take action under the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive

It is good to see how industry is waking up to the obligations under the 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive. This article from the Fleet News website shows how large fleets are learning about what those obligations entail.   Large fleets targeted by EU energy efficiency legislation Energy used by company cars and vans, including the … Continue reading Fleets start to take action under the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive →

Developments in the use of renewable energy for shipping

Motorship.com provides a good article on a new collaboration to develop important renewable energy and fuel-saving solutions for the shipping industry.   Shipping renewable energy innovation project is launched Japan-based Eco Marine Power (EMP) and Blue Star Ferries of Greece, part of the Attica group, are to collaborate on development of renewable energy and fuel-saving … Continue reading Developments in the use of renewable energy for shipping →

Mixed messages over the role of diesel to power our vehicles

Fiona Harvey writes in the Guardian about the confusion over how “green” diesel fuel is. She writes that diesel's popularity with motorists has surged, but its green image was an illusion. Now concern is growing over the damage caused by emissions, with children particularly vulnerable. While not in her article, countries such as France have … Continue reading Mixed messages over the role of diesel to power our vehicles →

‘Mobility on demand’ coming to Helsinki

Adam Greenfield writes in The Guardian about the plans in Helsinki to integrate all forms of shared and public transport in a single payment network could essentially render private cars obsolete. Helsinki's ambitious plan to make car ownership pointless in 10 years The Finnish capital has announced plans to transform its existing public transport network … Continue reading ‘Mobility on demand’ coming to Helsinki →

Tesla throws a challenge to competitors in promoting low-emission vehicles

Recently Tesla Motors has taken a bold step by offering its patents on charging technology to rivals. Henry Foy writes an excellent article in the Financial Times about the possibilities of collaboration. That article is followed by a blog by Matt McFarland in the Washington Post about how overrated patents can be.   Electric car … Continue reading Tesla throws a challenge to competitors in promoting low-emission vehicles →

OECD finds air pollution from road transport costs member states US$1.7 trillion annually

Deaths and health impacts from air pollution cost advanced economies, together with China and India, US$3.5 trillion annually, according to an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report, 'The Cost of Air Pollution: Health Impacts of Road Transport.' Air pollution and its impacts on human health cost society an estimated US$1.7 trillion per year … Continue reading OECD finds air pollution from road transport costs member states US$1.7 trillion annually →