For a fresh view of the emerging electric vehicle world in Australia, I invited the teenage children of my neighbours for a drive in our Tesla Model 3 SR + as well as a chat about it. Marcus, 15, and Stella, 16, will soon be going through that rite of … [continued]
Roderick Jackson Follows His Passion for Science, Students, and Social Justice At the age of 3, Roderick Jackson, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) laboratory program manager for buildings research, landed his first job. He was tasked with picking up straight nails as a member of the framing crew for his … [continued]
Footprint Project, a Minneapolis nonprofit organization that is focused on providing cleaner energy for communities in crisis, is now hiring. One such community in crisis that Footprint Project helped was right here in Louisiana. Hurricane Ida impacted our state severely last year and Footprint Project was in New Orleans helping … [continued]
GreenCore EV Services has a goal of building and operating a network of over 10,000 solar EV charging plazas throughout the United States by the end of the decade. The company’s charging plazas will serve both consumer and commercial vehicles. To help usher in this goal, GreenCore announced that it … [continued]
EU policies to clean up shipping will lead to replacement of conventional marine fuels with fossil liquid natural gas (LNG), with little benefit to the climate. A quarter of Europe’s shipping will be fossil gas-powered by 2030 as misguided EU sustainability targets encourage an uptake of LNG, a new Transport … [continued]
The past few days have included news of electric cement mixers, electric heavy-duty trucks, and various new or updated electric car models. Scroll down below, enjoy the fun stories, and let us know if there are any cool ones that we missed. Electric Car News Series production of the ENYAQ … [continued]
Last spring, Kyle Field said the Aventon Aventure electric bike “could be the ultimate fat tire utility e-bike,” and I’m inclined to agree, although I’d have to add that it could also serve as an excellent mid-life crisis motorcycle — except that it has a much lower level of risk … [continued]
ImaliPay, a fast-growing Pan-African and VC-backed one-stop-shop financial services platform focused on offering credit, savings, and insurance via a single channel or API to Africa’s gig economy platforms, has recently partnered with eBee to lower the barriers for workers in the on-demand delivery sector to have access to cleaner and … [continued]
Heavy duty electric trucks from Volvo and Scania are now available to handle the toughest tasks in transportation.
New research has shown that fracking in Pennsylvania has contaminated the drinking water where pregnant women live. Dr. Sandra Steingraber shared a thread on Twitter along with the link to the study. The study found evidence that drilling shale gas wells negatively impacts both the drinking water quality and the … [continued]
