January 15th, 2021 | by Rocky Mountain Institute
Fleet electrification at pilot scale is relatively simple: buy a vehicle, buy an inexpensive Level 2 charger, and you’re done. But as fleet managers start electrifying a large share of their fleet vehicles, a more difficult set of challenges awaits and they will need to begin planning now
January 14th, 2021 | by Johnna Crider
The European Commission's Horizon 2020 Program is funding a swappable container waterborne transport battery. Called Current Direct, this program plans to revolutionize the way goods are moved by water
January 14th, 2021 | by Rocky Mountain Institute
2021 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the electric vehicle. While this is true across weight classes and duty cycles, perhaps none are better positioned for growth than trucks
January 9th, 2021 | by NRDC
In 2021, New York State must keep up the fight for a cleaner, healthier and more equitable future for all
January 6th, 2021 | by Johnna Crider
Just as 2020 ended, Nikola Corporation's stock took a knocking. It fell more than 8% on Christmas Eve, after a 10.70% drop the previous day. These drops came after the loss of an order by Republic Services, a major name in the recycling and waste disposal industry. The plan was for Nikola to provide 2,500 electric garbage collection trucks
December 29th, 2020 | by Jennifer Sensiba
Norsepower, a company that builds modernized sails to reduce fuel consumption and emissions on ships, got an order to install five of its Rotorsails on a bulk carrier in 2021. This is the first order for a bulk carrier, and the company's sixth installation since founding in
December 28th, 2020 | by Jo Borrás
Europe's seven largest commercial truck makers have jointly agreed to end the sale of diesel-engined trucks by 2040. Instead, Daf, Daimler, Ford, Iveco, Man, Scania, and Volvo will switch focus to hydrogen fuel cell and battery-electric vehicles, allowing them to achieve their zero-emissions goals a full decade earlier than previously planned
December 22nd, 2020 | by Jennifer Sensiba
RVs piggy-back on the success of electric delivery vehicles. They don't appear to have a lot in common at first, but look at little closer
December 18th, 2020 | by Jennifer Sensiba
Two recent news stories show that larger electric vehicles like buses and cargo vans are still a growing segment globally. An established electric bus builder recently delivered its first cargo box van, while hundreds of buses just went into service in the Netherlands
December 15th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
The EU’s green finance rules must be grounded on science, 130 NGOs and experts have told the European Commission after it proposed to designate fossil-fuel powered ships, bioenergy, hazardous chemicals and other polluting activities as "sustainable" investments
December 14th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
EU regulators have little to fear from shipping companies evading the bloc’s carbon market if it is applied to long-distance voyages, a new study shows
December 8th, 2020 | by Jo Borrás
An Italian company called Sealence has designed a new jet propulsion drive system called DeepSpeed that is fully electric, efficient enough for long-range sea voyages, and -- crucially -- big enough to be able to power some of the largest classes of megayachts in the world. Of course, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and to heal Sealence get that evidence, the company has enlisted the superbike engineers at Energica to help develop DeepSpeed
December 3rd, 2020 | by Tina Casey
Old and new collide in Japan with the "Wind Challenger" research mashup of green hydrogen, hard sails, and cargo ships
December 3rd, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
The sales of new diesel lorries will need to be phased out during the 2030s if the UK is to reach its net zero-emission climate target by 2050, a new study by NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) finds
November 30th, 2020 | by Carolyn Fortuna
Why should we be more interested in transportation emissions? In short, transportation is the largest single contributor of US greenhouse gas emissions
November 22nd, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Hydrogen fuel cell systems may find a place in the transportation industry as a way to decarbonize heavy trucks and ocean going ships.
November 21st, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
Draft amendments to the MARPOL convention would require ships to combine a technical and an operational approach to reduce their carbon intensity
