500 Electric Buses For Belgium, 500 Fuel Cell Trucks For China
Electric buses and trucks are gaining ground in important markets around the world as the more and more diesel engines are retired.
Mass Transit / Public Transit
Amtrak Has Big Plans For 2024, But Congress Wants To Derail A Big Advantage
I know we like to write a lot about electric cars and e-bikes around here, but that’s largely because the other options often suck in the United States. Buses and trains are often dirty, seem dangerous (or actually are), and don’t come often enough to be a serious transportation option. … [continued]
Electric School Buses More Than Doubled In USA From March 2022 To June 2023
According to the World Resources Institute, the number of electric school buses operating or delivered in the United States rose from 598 in March 2022 to 1,285 in June 2023. The number of electric school buses that have been ordered or awarded funding (see note) nearly tripled in the same … [continued]
Brighton & Hove City Council In The UK Steps Up Measures To Improve Air Quality
The Brighton & Hove City Council in the United Kingdom says that due to the fact that an idling engine can produce up to twice as much exhaust emissions as an engine in motion, the Council is introducing a new measure to help reduce emissions from idling. Exhaust emissions contain … [continued]
Pity The Poor Climate-Aware Billionaire Oligarchs
As we celebrate the passing of another year with the rituals of our religions, our families and our cultures, spare a thought for a poor benighted billionaires who are trying and failing miserably to address climate change. They have a place to stand, a lever long enough, yet cannot move … [continued]
More Hydrogen Fleets That Reached The End Of The Tragicomedy Including Iceland
One thing that the hydrogen for energy chorus is good at is celebrating and amplifying acts 2 and 3 of the Odyssey of the Hydrogen Fleet, when governments unlock millions or tens of millions for hydrogen trials and cash-starved fleet owners throw it at a handful of hydrogen buses, trucks … [continued]
Federal Employees: It’s Time To Commute By EV Or Public Transit
Federal employees, your days of driving a gas-guzzler to work solo — whether on the highways or across the bi-ways — are soon to become a thing of the past. That’s because the Biden administration is directing all federal employees to use more environmentally friendly options when traveling locally and … [continued]
More Diesel-Killing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Trains Heading For Germany, Plus India Piles On
Hydrogen fuel cell electric trains are coming to decarbonize railways in Germany, India, and California with an assist from green hydrogen technology.
Senegal’s Capital City Is Getting 121 Electric Buses!
As is the case in most of the major cities around the world, chronic traffic jams in Dakar, Senegal, result in heavy air pollution and prolonged commute times. To help address the issues associated with emissions from traffic congestion, as well as cut down commute times, the Conseil exécutif des … [continued]
Winterthur, Switzerland Shows One Way To Keep Rental Scooter Quality High
When companies first started offering unattended rental scooters, it was kind of chaotic. After watching Uber worm its way into the market in cities by just not asking permission, scooter companies did much the same. Some played carefully to avoid problems that would bring a regulatory crackdown, while others just … [continued]
