Are Electric Cars As Clean As They Seem?
The concept of bunking the traditional engine for a non-gas guzzling counterpart has been here for decades, but creating an ecosystem for battery charging and bringing vehicle costs down was Continue Reading
EV corridor will stretch from Norway to Italy
German utility company E.ON and a mobility service provider said Friday they would work to establish an electric-vehicle corridor linking Norway to Italy. With $11.6 million in funding from the Continue Reading
Bans on Internal Combustion Engines May Backfire
A number of countries have stated their intention to ban the internal combustion engine (ICE) and shift to all electric vehicles in the next couple of decades. These announcements are Continue Reading
Don’t Be Caught Unprepared for the EV Tsunami
The long years of waiting for electric vehicles (EVs) to enter the mainstream are over. Largely thanks to sharply falling prices, EV sales in the U.S. have been growing at Continue Reading
Study: 100% renewable electricity worldwide is feasible, and cheaper than business-as-usual
Currently, the global electricity sector amount to 11 Gt of CO2 equivalent. According to a new study from German non-profit Energy Watch Group and the Lappeenranta University of Technology in Continue Reading
UPS, NYSERDA project to convert UPS diesel delivery trucks to electric
UPS and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that new technology will be developed to convert UPS package delivery vehicles from diesel to electric. UPS Continue Reading
OPEC says electric vehicles could lead oil demand to plateau in 2030s
A rapid adoption of electric vehicles could cause world oil demand to reach a plateau in the second half of the 2030s, OPEC said in a report, a potential setback Continue Reading
Google owner tests first driverless car on city streets
The first truly autonomous cars — vehicles that cruise the public streets with no one sitting behind the wheel to take over in case of emergency — have finally arrived. Continue Reading
Bob Lutz: Kiss the good times goodbye
It saddens me to say it, but we are approaching the end of the automotive era. The auto industry is on an accelerating change curve. For hundreds of years, the Continue Reading
Velodyne launches VLS-128, the world’s highest resolution LiDAR for autonomous vehicles; successor to the HDL-64
Velodyne Labs announced that it has produced a LiDAR with the world’s best resolution, longest range, and widest field of view, the result of which will boost the autonomous vehicle Continue Reading