The Kia PV5 Passenger model honored as BBC TopGear.com’s ‘Family Car of the Year’ for 2026 First PBV model to be recognized in a major consumer vehicle category, building on Kia’s long-standing heritage in family-oriented mobility Outstanding space, practical versatility, and refined efficiency set a new benchmark for modern family … [continued]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night, in an unprecedented move, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency gave up defending the national, health-based limits on fine particulate matter (PM2.5), also known as soot, that EPA strengthened last year. The EPA’s court filing asks the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to … [continued]
NIO has launched a couple of other brands in the past year and a half in order to keep its sales rising in the hyper-competitive Chinese EV market — the ONVO “family vehicle” brand and the firefly super small vehicle brand. One might have thought the firefly brand would stick … [continued]
Ottawa’s transit system is working through difficult choices at a moment when reliability, cost control, and public confidence matter more than ever. The fleet is aging, budgets are tight, and ridership is still recovering from the pandemic. Decisions made in the next two or three years will shape the quality … [continued]
Volkswagen has launched a new testing center in China. Interestingly, there was almost no mention in the announcement that this is an EV-only center. This is also the first time Volkswagen has built a full development facility in a country other than Germany. “Strategic Milestone reached: For the first time … [continued]
Hawaii is re-evaluating its electricity system again and LNG is back on the table as a proposed bridge between oil dependence and a renewable future. The idea is simple at first glance. Hawaii burns more oil for electricity than any other state and Oahu still relies on oil for most … [continued]
Several nations pushed at COP30 for an expansion of biofuels, but Transport and Environment argues that is a poor strategy.
Gagan Dhillon, CEO of Synop, and I sat down recently to discuss why electric school buses are the perfect starter V2G fleet, real-world results from electric school bus V2G programs, making electric school bus (and other EV) fleets pencil out after the federal tax-credit cliff, EV fleet energy management, and … [continued]
In a time when there is a US president who opposes clean energy and sustainable transportation, combined with the loss of federal EV incentives, it has been encouraging to see many new public EV charger installations going forward. These “small” EV charger installation projects matter in their local areas, and … [continued]
It was touch-and-go during the final days of COP30 — would there be a declaration on hunger, poverty, and human-centered climate action? Yes! 43 countries and the EU agreed to address the “unequal distribution of climate impacts” through actions including expanding social-protection systems and supporting climate adaptation for small farmers. … [continued]
