Originally published on Sustainnovate: By Henry Lindon The first-ever international agreement to slash commercial airline carbon emissions was recently signed by 23 different countries, including the US. The new agreement entails a 4% reduction in the fuel consumption of: commercial aircraft built after 2028; new aircraft designs from 2020 onwards; … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2. Disruption is the hot concept in transportation these days. Everyone from Elon Musk to Paul Elio think he has invented the next new thing, the idea that will stand everything we know about getting from here to there on its head. Meet the mother of all … [continued]
Student teams of environmental entrepreneurs are being sought for this year’s FLoW competition. Why? $100,000 in prize money is available to winners. Plus our planet and its population need as much in the way of sustainable innovations as possible. The FLoW Basics For starters, here’s what you need to know…. FLoW (first … [continued]
Check ’em out (or else!): Tesla CPO Program Appears To Be Up & Running In Europe + Canada It seems to be the case that Tesla’s Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) program is now up and running in Europe and Canada, going by the looks of things. At least 10 countries in … [continued]
Need more clean transportation news? Of course you do! Check out these stories: Artega Unveils “Scalo” Electric Sports Car Amongst the many other cars revealed at the recent IAA motor show in Frankfurt, Germany, was the Artega “Scalo” electric sports car. Spin8 Unveils Roadmap To EV Charging Station Buildout In … [continued]
Recent news about the Solar Impulse and its successful landing journey to Hawaii have many renewable energy champions singing the praises of solar flight, even after learning the plane will have to remain in Hawaii until 2016 while overheated batteries are replaced. I consider myself very fortunate to have worked with … [continued]
Ready for an epic Tesla, electric car, and other clean transport news & views link drop? Yeah, get comfy first. Here’s the tsunami: Tesla Motors Tesla P85D Burns A Mercedes SLS AMG (Fan Commercial) Can Tesla’s Door Handles Trap Your Hand? (Video) Model S At DEF CON Hacker Convention August 6-9 Best Place To Work? … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. BREAKING NEWS from Solar Impulse 2 (Si2): Irreversible Damage To Overheated Batteries In Si2 Pushes The Second Half Of Round-The-World Solar Flight To Early Spring 2016. Despite the hard work of the team to repair the batteries which overheated in the record-breaking oceanic flight from Nagoya to Hawaii, Si2 will stay in Hawaii until … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2. Speaking of electric planes… China’s first passenger electric plane, the RX1E Ruixiang (whatever that means), has been produced. Get ready for 5 million more!… (or not). While we are still a long way off from passenger electric planes making any sense for anyone but the über … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. In the latest news from Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), the team says that, despite having completed the longest and most difficult leg of the round-the-world solar flight — the record-breaking oceanic flight of 5 days and 5 nights (117 hours and 52 minutes) in a solar-powered airplane — the record-breaking aircraft of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg has suffered battery damages … [continued]
