Electricity & Airplanes — Lowering The Carbon Emissions Of Flight
Electrification of airplanes and the airline business is moving ahead with new vehicles from Mercedes and Airbus.
Electrification of airplanes and the airline business is moving ahead with new vehicles from Mercedes and Airbus.
Growth of EV fast chargers is critical to ongoing fast growth of the electric vehicle market. Deployment of EV fast chargers — also called high-powered chargers — has been going well, but it could always go faster. Now, just as it seemed the industry was consolidating a bit, we’ve got … [continued]
Amazon and Walmart have caught the hydrogen-powered electric forklift bug, and now they are moving on up to fuel cell trucks.
Five leading freight haulers are eager to test the new long haul, heavy duty GenH2 hydrogen fuel cell truck from Daimler Truck.
Tesla has reportedly toppled Ford to become the most searched auto brand in the United States. Behind Tesla and Ford is Toyota in third. Globally, in terms of number of countries where an auto brand is #1, the story is a bit different. Toyota is #1 (for the 4th year … [continued]
November saw the UK EV share at 25.7% of the auto market, down from 27.7% YoY. Plugin hybrid volumes grew by 56% YoY, whilst full electric volumes fell by 17%, potentially a hold-back ahead of incoming policy changes. Overall auto volume was 156,525 units, up 9.5% YoY, roughly in line … [continued]
Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) is investing R100 million ($5.35 million USD) in a solar PV installation with 22,847 solar panels at its East London manufacturing plant. This installation will be part of the second phase of MBSA’s pursuit towards net-carbon-neutral manufacturing. The first phase of the 3,692 PV solar panel … [continued]
In case you haven’t caught wind of the hottest new show on YouTube, it’s Jo Borras and me talking about electric vehicles! Jo has decades of experience in the EV world, and even deeper history in the auto world. I’ve been covering the EV sector for more than a decade … [continued]
From China to Amsterdam to Atlanta to Los Angeles, the electric vehicle industry continues to grow and improve at a rapid clip. In fact, it is the only climate solution that is growing enough to put us on track for only 1.5°C of global heating. I’d say that the biggest … [continued]
I have covered the Mercedes-Benz Charging Hub announcement here and the roundtable with Mercedes-Benz executives here. In this article, I’m sharing my pictures and a summary of the opening, my comments on the EQS, and comments on the EQS from one of my friends. The Chargers The Hub For People … [continued]