Flying Electric Boat To Haul Commuters At Site Of Epic Environmental Protest
Candela’s P-12 hydrofoil electric boat is on track to ply Lake Manapōuri, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site preserved by environmental activists in New Zealand.
European Safety Testers Will Require Buttons For Top Safety Ratings
A recent article at The Drive tells us about some upcoming changes to Euro NCAP rules. Instead of leaving physical controls up to manufacturers and focusing on crash safety or crash prevention, Euro NCAP will give manufacturers a lower rating if some key controls don’t use physical buttons. Tesla fans … [continued]
Performance Electric Car Models Coming From Volkswagen & Hyundai
The electric car world is getting more performance options from Volkswagen and Hyundai, but not all will be available in the US.
Know Your Rights During Traffic Stops
Knowing what your rights are during a traffic stop and knowing how to keep yourself from getting tangled up in entrapment is a lesson applicable to all drivers, including EV drivers.
Charging Is Starting To Become Profitable
Breaking The DCFC Standoff Is Hard When it comes to EVs and EV charging, there’s a big chicken-and-egg problem, or perhaps better put, a Catch 22. EV chargers are expensive, especially for fast chargers (Level 3). A decent charging station can easily cost a million dollars, and then cost thousands … [continued]
IIHS Gives Poor Rating To Automated Driving Systems From Tesla & 9 Other Companies
The latest report from IIHS gives all but one automated driving technology a poor rating, including Tesla’s Autopilot and FSD.
Winter Storms Have Disrupted U.S. Natural Gas Production
Over the last four winters, winter storms Uri (February 2021), Elliott (December 2022), and most recently, Heather (January 2024) interrupted weekly U.S. natural gas production by more than 15 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), according to daily estimates from S&P Global Commodity Insights. These declines were the largest interruptions … [continued]
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $750 Million to Support America’s Growing Hydrogen Industry as Part of Investing…
52 Projects Across 24 States to Accelerate Breakthroughs in Clean Hydrogen Technology, Cutting Costs and Supporting DOE’s Hydrogen Hubs and Other Large-Scale Deployments WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $750 million for 52 projects across 24 states … [continued]
We Need More Purpose-Built Car-Free Neighborhoods Like Culdesac Tempe
Culdesac Tempe is the name of the the neighborhood, and it is being billed as “The first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the United States.”
Argonne & Partners Create a New Approach to Transportation: Pairing Off-Street Parking with Electric Scooters
Argonne teams up with the Civic Infrastructure Collaborative and Millennium Parking Garages to reduce traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions Offering electric scooter rentals to parking garage customers can help reduce traffic and carbon emissions in Chicago, according to an Argonne collaboration. Fighting traffic and searching for parking are some … [continued]
