Not All Electric Vehicles Are Cars, You Know
This year is shaping up to be an awful one for the global auto sector. In its latest Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook, BloombergNEF expects a 23% decline in sales of Continue Reading
As Covid-19 Hits Electric Vehicles, Some Thrive, Others Die
This year is shaping up to be an awful one for the global auto sector. In its latest Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook, BloombergNEF expects a 23% decline in sales of Continue Reading
H2OzBus project to deploy 100 fuel cell buses across Australia
ITM Power announced the formation of the H2OzBus Project and the signing of a memorandum of understanding with a consortium of strategic partners. The consortium comprises Transit Systems, part of Continue Reading
Airlines prepare for slow, gruelling return
The future of aviation may be unclear in the coronavirus–stricken world, but some carriers are beginning to sow the seeds of their recovery. So while the way we travel will Continue Reading
Hertz files for U.S. bankruptcy protection as car rentals evaporate in pandemic
The more than a century old car rental firm Hertz Global Holdings Inc ( HTZ.N ) filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday after its business was decimated during the coronavirus Continue Reading
Alstom reports successful 1.5y trial operation of Coradia iLint fuel cell trains, next project phase begins
After 530 days and more than 180,000 driven kilometers, the successful trial operation of the world’s first two hydrogen trains was officially completed at the end of February. Two pre-series Continue Reading
7 Japanese companies form e5 Consortium to promote electric vessels; launching electric tanker in 2022
Seven Japan-based companies—Asahi Tanker Co., Ltd.; Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.; Exeno Yamamizu Corporation; Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.; Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.; Tokyo Electric Power Company; and Continue Reading
Industry hit by weak demand finally faces threat from electric cars
Oil companies may be facing uncertainty as the coronavirus pandemic triggers a collapse in demand for their products, but automakers are betting the crisis will help accelerate an electric future. Continue Reading
The New Airline Travel: Fewer Flights, More Layovers, Rules for Bathrooms
Airports and airlines are rolling out temperature checks for crew and, increasingly, passengers, as well as thermal scans to spot people with elevated body temperatures. Face masks are now de Continue Reading
Delta will add flights to keep planes no more than 60% full as demand rises – sources
Delta Air Lines Inc ( DAL.N ) will keep planes no more than 60% full through at least July, adding more flights to its schedule than demand would usually justify, Continue Reading
Thinking of Buying a Bike? Get Ready for a Very Long Wait
Some bicycle shops in Brooklyn are selling twice as many bikes as usual and drawing blocklong lines of customers. A chain of shops in Phoenix is selling three times the Continue Reading
What to Do With a Huge Jet Fuel Cargo When Planes Are Grounded – Bloomberg
With airlines still grounding flights, the last thing Europe probably needs right now is a giant cargo of jet fuel. Yet, a supertanker hauling about 2 million barrels of it Continue Reading
Electric car sales to fall, but not as much as other vehicles: research
Worldwide electric car registrations are set to fall 18% this year, but those of combustion engine cars are set to drop even faster, analysts BloombergNEF (BNEF) said on Tuesday, as Continue Reading
April European car sales see worst drop since records began
MILAN (AP) — European car sales bottomed out last month as the automotive industry faces its worst crisis in decades. Strict lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus closed most dealerships Continue Reading
The Holy Grail Of Electric Vehicle Charging
For all their hype and techno-wizardry, EVs still bow down to their gas-powered cousins when it comes to driving range, not to mention that they take much longer to refuel. Continue Reading
Exclusive: United Airlines only needs 3,000 of 25,000 flight attendants in June
United Airlines Holdings Inc ( UAL.O ) has told staff that it only has work for about 3,000 of its about 25,000 flight attendants in June, sources said, and warned Continue Reading
Delta, others wrestle with too many planes, too many pilots
Delta Air Lines ( DAL.N ) moved to retire its Boeing Co ( BA.N ) 777 fleet and reduce its pilot ranks on Thursday as it joins other airlines wrestling Continue Reading
Exclusive: Tesla’s secret batteries aim to rework the math for electric cars and the grid
Electric car maker Tesla Inc ( TSLA.O ) plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next that Continue Reading
How Tesla tapped a tiny Canadian lab for battery breakthroughs
Tesla Inc ( TSLA.O ) is a leader in electric vehicle battery technology, but the company doesn’t do all its own research. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has reached out Continue Reading
Tesla Could Launch A Million-Mile Battery This Year
Tesla is set to launch a million-mile battery as soon as this year or early in 2021 for its Model 3 in China, as part of a wider plan to Continue Reading
DSM and Lightyear to scale the commercialization of integrated solar roofs for EVs
High-tech mobility innovator Lightyear and Royal DSM will jointly scale the commercialization of Lightyear’s unique solar-powered roof for the electric vehicle market. With this solution, both companies aim to accelerate Continue Reading
Covid-19 Will Change Airlines, Not Airline Economics
Could Covid-19 take the airline industry back to the 1990s, when roomier planes flew fewer people on fewer routes at higher prices? Nostalgia should be kept in check. On Tuesday, Continue Reading
U.S. air travel fell 51% in March amid coronavirus pandemic
U.S. airlines carried 51% fewer passengers in March amid the massive coronavirus pandemic travel collapse to the lowest air travel level in nearly two decades, the U.S. Transportation Department said Continue Reading
Boeing Predicts an Airline Bankruptcy. Here’s a Way to Calculate the Odds for Each.
Many airlines have gone bankrupt in the past and demand for air travel—which fuels demand for Boeing’s planes—continued to grow year by year. Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said in an Continue Reading
Dispute over reopening California Tesla factory may be over
It appears the dispute between Tesla and San Francisco Bay Area authorities over the reopening of a factory in the face of shutdown orders is coming to an end. The Continue Reading
ACEA: plug-in vehicles take 6.8% market share in Europe in Q1 2020; HEVs at 9.4%
In the first quarter of 2020, the electrically-chargeable vehicle segment in Europe significantly increased its market share, rising to 6.8% (from 2.5% in Q1 2019) against the backdrop of the Continue Reading
Oil Is Back In Demand As Drivers Return To The Roads
From China and Spain to the United States, people are gradually returning to driving their cars as countries and U.S. states re-open for business. People feel safer commuting in their Continue Reading
The Car Is Staging a Comeback, Spurring Oil’s Recovery
James Li, a public relations account director, would rather spend an hour sitting in Beijing traffic than risk 30 minutes exposed to crowds on a train. “Traffic is as bad Continue Reading
An Economic Crash Will Slow Down the Electric Vehicle Revolution … But Not For Long
The electric vehicle revolution that by most accounts was ramping up in 2020 faces one of the biggest threats since EVs started to go mainstream in the last decade. The Continue Reading
Subways, trains and buses are sitting empty around the world. It’s not clear whether riders will return.
President Donald Trump says he resuscitated Barack Obama’s gasping economy and proceeded to build it to its strongest in generations. Now as record job losses mount across the country, the Continue Reading
New Breed of Pickups Mixes Horsepower and Battery Power
The electric future, as dreamed up in the 1990s, centered on groundbreaking cars like General Motors’ EV1 : tiny, faceless transportation pods, their sci-fi bubble shapes a testament to aerodynamic Continue Reading
The Future of Travel
A worker sprays disinfectant inside a Vietnam Airlines plane at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam. Expansive new airports, like Singapore Changi, will offer passengers more space to deal Continue Reading
Tesla Is Now The UK’s Best Selling Car-Brand
Tesla Model 3 was the best-selling car in the United Kingdom in April, while total UK new car sales plunged by 97.3 percent year on year to the lowest level Continue Reading
Aviation Crisis Could Cause Lasting Damage To Oil Markets
Last Friday, Warren Buffett served a new blow to an already troubled industry, shaking it to the core: The celebrity investor announced that Berkshire Hathaway had sold all its holdings Continue Reading
Heavy-Duty Truck Orders Plunge to Record Low
North American fleets ordered 4,000 of the Class 8 trucks used in highway transport last month, down 73% from April 2019 and 44% from March, according to preliminary estimates from Continue Reading
Exclusive: U.S. airlines burn through $10 billion a month as traffic plummets
U.S. airlines are collectively burning more than $10 billion in cash a month and averaging fewer than two dozen passengers per domestic flight because of the coronavirus pandemic, industry trade Continue Reading
Study estimates fuel economy improvements to US light-duty vehicles from 1975–2018 saved 2T gallons of fuel, 17B tons of CO2
A team from the University of Tennessee and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has the fuel savings due to fuel economy improvements over the past 43 years amount to Continue Reading
Airbus and RollsRoyce end E-Fan X hybrid-electric aircraft initiative
Airbus and Rolls Royce jointly have decided to end the E-Fan X demonstrator program. ( Earlier post .) Launched in 2017, the E-Fan X project sought to develop a near-term Continue Reading
Crisis-torn airlines scramble to convert empty cabins to cargo
Once the airline industry’s ugly ducklings, air freighters are now flying high as some of the only airplanes still criss-crossing the skies during the global coronavirus crisis. While these aerial Continue Reading
Tesla’s profit run not derailed by coronavirus, full-year forecast scrapped
Tesla Inc ( TSLA.O ) on Wednesday posted its third quarterly profit in a row, but said the novel coronavirus was hurting deliveries and lockdown restrictions made it impossible for Continue Reading
Today’s Logistics Report: Building Bigger Ships; Falling Freight Rail; Amazon Eyes on Sellers
U.S. freight railroads are hunkering down to wait for better days, whenever those come. CSX Corp. and Union Pacific Corp. have taken hundreds of locomotives offline in recent weeks, reduced Continue Reading
Global Supply Chain Risks: World Shifts Into Survival Mode
When the timeline of the pandemic of 2020 is complete, March 24 will stand out as a day to remember for everyone from sports fans to anthropologists to cola drinkers. Japan Continue Reading
How the Virus Can Stall China’s Electric Vehicle Plan
Before the coronavirus outbreak, 2020 was to be a crucial year for automakers selling electric vehicles in China, with several industry titans opening new factories and rolling out new models. Continue Reading
Democrats urge U.S. to provide at least $5 billion in loans to bus industry
Two senior U.S. House Democrats on Friday asked the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve to direct at least $5 billion in loans to struggling intercity bus companies because of the Continue Reading
EVs are on a roll. How will US power grids manage rising demand for charging?
The large size of the US auto market and high GDP per capita, as well as easy access to financing options, make it a leading candidate for EV uptake. However, Continue Reading
New Study Reveals Just How Much Cleaner EVs Are
Amid a global transport industry crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, a study from clean energy nonprofit Transport and Environment has added strength to the argument that EVs emit Continue Reading
DAIHEN leverages WiTricity wireless charging technology for solar-powered mobility demo in Japan
WiTricity’s technology for wireless power transfer over distance was central to a next-generation electric mobility demonstration in Osaka, Japan, led by DAIHEN Corporation, a global leader in electric power transmission. Continue Reading
ORNL demos 20 kW bi-directional wireless charging on UPS PHEV truck; 11″ air gap, >92% efficiency
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in late February demonstrated a 20-kilowatt bi-directional wireless charging system installed on a UPS medium-duty, plug-in hybrid electric delivery Continue Reading
6 Visionaries Shaping The Future Of Transportation
This is the age of wild rides that are transforming the personal transportation sector into something worth more than ever. We not only have the soon-to-be available space tourism, but Continue Reading
ABB to supply high-voltage chargers for Volvo LIGHTS project in SoCal; up to 920VDC
ABB will supply high voltage-capable chargers for the Volvo LIGHTS project. ( Earlier post .) ABB’s charging systems can charge any electric vehicle (EV) battery at up to 920 VDC, Continue Reading