Tag: transport

When going green doesn’t solve everything in the shipping industry

Paul A. Davies, Visiting Professor in Risk Assessment and Marine Technology, at Liverpool John Moores University, explains in an article on The Conversation website that the use of greener fuels for shipping has many benefits but compared to traditional fuels, greener alternatives have a greater potential to cause major accidents. He concludes that the shipping … Continue reading When going green doesn’t solve everything in the shipping industry →

Blog from Silvia Zinetti: Sprynt – sustainable urban mobility solution from the U.S.

Urban mobility is an extremely important topic for towns and cities around the world. Cities are filled with traffic congestion, noise pollution, and most importantly a deterioration of urban air quality. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), transportation in the U.S. generates the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) (28%)[i], while … Continue reading Blog from Silvia Zinetti: Sprynt – sustainable urban mobility solution from the U.S. →

Why carbon emissions have dropped in Europe’s cars but not for all vehicles

There is a new briefing from the European Environment Agency (EEA) Emissions of carbon dioxide from new passenger cars have dropped in a number of European countries where a range of taxes, subsidies and other incentives are used to encourage consumers to purchase lower-carbon-dioxide (CO2) emitting vehicles. The number of countries offering incentives for electric … Continue reading Why carbon emissions have dropped in Europe’s cars but not for all vehicles →

Comparing fuel economy standards around the world

It is not often we see direct comparisons amongst countries for their fuel economy standards. Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich recently published an article in the New York Times that provided some useful graphs comparing various countries and regions with projections for several years. You should find this quite valuable.   How U.S. Fuel Economy … Continue reading Comparing fuel economy standards around the world →

Bumpy road for our energy transition: consumers increasingly embracing gas-guzzling vehicles

  In January the Carbuyer website wrote: “It’s no secret that British car buyers have a soft spot for SUVs. These 4x4-style vehicles have become more popular than ever before.” Hiroko Tabuchi writes in the New York Times that this is a global phenomenon. This is definitely a worrying trend. Solutions?   The World Is … Continue reading Bumpy road for our energy transition: consumers increasingly embracing gas-guzzling vehicles →

Hyperloop shuttle proposed for India

Technology is evolving quickly. Joe Sommerlad writes on the Independent website about plans by Virgin to build a hyperloop shuttle in India. Just to remind yourself, Wikipedia defines a hyperloop as a proposed mode of passenger and/or freight transportation, first used to describe an open-source vactrain design released by a joint team from Tesla and … Continue reading Hyperloop shuttle proposed for India →

Big emissions reduction achieved in one of world’s first all-electric car ferries

Sophie Vorrath writes on the RenewEconomy website from Australia about the impressive emissions reduction from a Norwegian electric car ferry that was launched in 2015. The results were even better than expected.   Norway electric ferry cuts emissions by 95%, costs by 80% New data has shown that one of the world’s first all-electric car … Continue reading Big emissions reduction achieved in one of world’s first all-electric car ferries →

Autonomous transport less efficient than predicted

Andrew Masterson writes on the Cosmos magazine website about two studies that found autonomous transport - self-driving cars and drones ­– less efficient than predicted. Drone, self-driving vehicle energy savings overstated, reports find Autonomous vehicles and drones could reduce greenhouse gases and energy use in the transport sector, two reports show, but the savings are … Continue reading Autonomous transport less efficient than predicted →

More from the European Environment Agency: mixed progress for Europe’s transport sector in meeting environment, climate goals

Europe’s transport sector is making only mixed progress in meeting its environment, health and climate policy targets, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment published this week, which tracks the short and long-term environmental performance of this key economic sector across the European Union. Reducing the environmental, health and climate pressures arising from Europe’s … Continue reading More from the European Environment Agency: mixed progress for Europe’s transport sector in meeting environment, climate goals →