Though there is much interest in the electric vehicles used for personal transportation, it just may be large fleet vehicles electrifying that signals the beginning of the end for gas and diesel. Fleet vehicles typically are driven far more miles and put through more demanding use situations. Additionally, electric motors … [continued]
Yet again, BYD didn’t have a great month last month when it comes to passenger vehicle sales. Perhaps that’s because consumers were waiting for the latest and greatest BYD products and thus held off on buying new vehicles for another month or so. Or perhaps it’s just not a good … [continued]
In the midst of a fuel crisis in Australia, caused by Middle East war miscalculations, I would expect that many transport companies are wishing they had ordered more battery electric buses. Diesel is over $AU 3 per litre, while electricity prices remain the same. Fleets are still converting slowly, though. … [continued]
We’re supposed to be a nation of laws, built on a Constitution that gives Congress the power of the purse. But when an agency decides to intentionally wipe its feet on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law just to keep schools hooked on diesel and propane, they’re showing utter contempt for the … [continued]
India has some of the most polluted cities in the world. That air pollution harms human health. It also contributes to many premature human deaths each year. While most of us don’t work in public health and have never heard of the term environmental health, there is plenty of evidence … [continued]
Fuel prices in the Philippines have breached the P90 (~$1.50) per liter mark (~$5.40 per gallon) and is expected to increase in the next few weeks. In response, the Pasig City government fast tracked the release of five new electric minibuses on yesterday, March 23, marking a P19.9 million e(~$332,300) … [continued]
The office of The Manila Times, where my “day job” is located, is within the historic walled city of Intramuros where the original tranvias (streetcars) operated during the late Spanish era (starting in 1886). They eventually evolved with the American electric tram system, but that was decimated during World War … [continued]
SunLine Transit Agency, which provides transportation for the large western California county that includes Palm Springs and Coachella, has spent a quarter century doing more than almost any transit agency in North America to try to make hydrogen buses work. It started hydrogen production and dispensing around 2000, has cycled … [continued]
Ballard Power and New Flyer announced what sounds at first like a market-making agreement, a commercial arrangement for 500 fuel cell engines, or about 50 MW of modules, for hydrogen transit buses starting in 2026. On the surface, that reads like the kind of order that only appears when a … [continued]
Electric buses may be one of the best uses of electrified mass transit, because they move large numbers of people each day they are in service. Their electric motors are more energy efficient than internal combustion engines and they have regenerative braking. They also don’t directly generate toxic emissions, so … [continued]
