This story hits home in more ways than one since I live in Long Beach, California. Although Long Beach is a fun city, we pay a high price living in such a highly polluted Californian city.
BYD continues to make inroads into the North American market with a new deal for 20 of its fully electric buses destined for the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The new buses will provide airfield passenger transportation, replacing the existing fleet of diesel-powered buses and adding capacity to the system.
Critics of electric vehicles sometimes try to dismiss them as being only for “tree huggers,” but such commenters seem to be overlooking some critically important facts.
Elon Musk has tweeted that the first tunnel under LA is nearly complete, a tunnel from DC to NYC is already started, and one from LA to SF will begin next year. But some experts think he is in over his head.
A fight in California exposes a rift among city dwellers as to how to provide more affordable housing.
I jest, but when a moderator joked that someone had suggested California, Oregon, and Washington secede and become a separate country, everyone had a good, happy laugh. The topic of this year’s LABC Sustainability Summit was: Regional Solutions for an Inclusive, Clean Economy. By inclusive, I thought they meant inclusive of all income brackets.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced on Twitter that SpaceX will build the rocket colloquially known as the BFR — which may or may not stand for the Big Falcon Rocket — in Los Angeles.
Byton has been discretely building the bits and pieces that all modern, hopeful electric vehicle (EV) startups need for a bright future. The company just recently announced that in order to expand its international reach and establish its brand recognition, it acquired a facility near Los Angeles, giving it a foothold in one of the biggest EV hotspots in the country.
Tesla has developed a training program called START to teach people how to qualify for jobs at its service centers. The first START class has just graduated from Central Piedmont Community College in Huntersnville, North Carolina.
Bird steps in to help you access an Uber-like electric scooter (e-scooter) service, and so far the reception has been great.
