Steve Hanley Steve writes about the interface between technology and sustainability from his home in Rhode Island and anywhere else the Singularity may lead him. His motto is, "Life is not measured by how many breaths we take but by the number of moments that take our breath away!" You can follow him on Google + and on Twitter.
June 15th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Volkswagen has invested a 900 million Euro investment in Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt. The two companies will build a new battery factory near VW's Salzgitter factory.
June 14th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Xifeng Wu, one of the premier cancer researchers in the world, has been hounded out of the US by the FBI. Any resemblance to the panic that saw tens of thousands interned after Pearl Harbor is real.
June 14th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Rostin Behnam of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission says he is assembling a panel of experts to advise the commission on the financial risks posed by climate change. His boss will not be pleased
June 14th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
It will cost Alberta nearly half a trillion dollars and several millenia to clean up the damage done by the oil and gas industry. Expect Alberta taxpayers to get hit with the bill.
June 14th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Emissions Analytics suggest building more hybrid cars and light trucks might be a better use of scarce resources than building a few battery electric cars. Do they have a point?
June 12th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
New Jersey is planning an aggressive renewable energy campaign and has created a detailed plan to accomplish that goal.
June 12th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
The owner of a market in Vancouver has created single use plastic bags with unusual logos to get his customers to think about the plastic waste problem. They have become collector's items, something he never intended.
June 12th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
As the fight to save the Earth heats up, it is important not to let ourselves feel responsible for what has been done to us by oil companies and governments. Put the blame where it belongs, on those who knew about the impending disaster and did nothing to avoid it.
June 12th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
The internet is altering the structure of our brains and limiting the free exchange of ideas. Is breaking up Facebook and Google the answer?
June 11th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
ChargePoint and Electrify America have agreed to a roaming agreement that will let customers from one company use the charging equipment of the other without setting up a new account or payment protocols.
June 11th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Plastic trash used to be a simple problem. Bundle it up, put it on a freighter, and ship it off to China. That worked really well until China stopped allowing plastic waste into the country. All of sudden, the countries producing all that trash had no idea what to do with it
June 10th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Jaguar and Audi have both announced safety recalls for their newest electric SUV offerings. Maybe building compelling electric cars is not as easy as everyone seems to think it is.
June 10th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
A Toyota press release provides more details on its plans to collaborate with other companies to sell 1 million electric cars by 2025. If it is serious, it really needs to fire its styling department. The proposed concepts have a face only a mother could love.
June 10th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Thanks to a recent software upgrade, the Tesla Model 3 Long Range is now the "fastest charging electric car in the world" according to Top Gear.
June 9th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Researchers at Washington State University say they have found a way to convert single use plastic bottles into diesel and jet fuel. That's a good thing, right?
June 9th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Methane emissions from making fertilizer are 140 times greater than reported, according to researchers at Cornell and EDF. The implications for the planet are enormous.
June 9th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Emissions Analytics, which played a role in the Volkswagen diesel cheating scandal, says its real world test shows new cars are emitting far more CO2 than the latest EU rules permit. It says the new rules encourage manufacturers to build to the test -- in other words to cheat whenever possible.
June 9th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
A new study finds dedicated bicycle lanes that keep bikes and cars physically separate can lead to dramatic decreases in injury and death for bicyclists.
June 8th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
"Oh, woe! Alas, alack! Please, Mr. Trump, don't roll back auto emissions rules too much, sir. Just a little bit. That's all we're asking." That's the message US automakers are sending to Washington these days as the Trump maladministration prepares to release new exhaust emission rules that will take this once great nation back to the heady days when you could smell unburned hydrocarbons pouring from the tailpipe of the car in front of you
June 8th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
A new TV spot from Volkswagen is on the air. Is it really good or is it just an attempt to bury the diesel cheating scandal under a layer of schmaltz?
June 7th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
There are now Electrify America DC fast chargers installed at 120 Walmart stores across America with more planned in the near future.
June 7th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
German researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Materials and Beam Technology IWS have created a new way to make lithium-ion batteries using a dry film instead of the semi-liquid paste employed today. The result is a better battery that is cheaper to manufacture and kinder to the environment. And it is already in small scale production!
June 7th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
LevelTen Energy has just completed two important achievements -- a multi-party renewable energy package for Starbucks and a new funding round that raised $20.5 million.
June 6th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
The marriage between Fiat Chrysler and Renault is off. An engagement between Subaru and Toyota is on. It's a crazy time in the global auto business.
