As promised a couple months ago, Waymo has launched robotaxi service in Miami, Florida. (Thanks to a reader for pointing this out to me under my article about Tesla’s robotaxi coverage reaching 50% of the US population … or not.) After doing its usual process of testing, testing, and more … [continued]
Florida’s governor loves a trash incinerator, as long as it is in a community of color. One thing you can say for Ron DeSantis, he’s consistent. He never fails to bend the power of the state to favor white residents and create disadvantages for everyone else. In addition to mounting … [continued]
Officials from Portland, New York, Miami and Phoenix discuss plans to keep residents safe in extreme heat.
Miami-Dade county has taken another step towards the electric future by adding 42 Proterra ZX5+ buses to its rapidly growing electric bus fleet, bringing the grand total of Proterra-built EVs operating in Miami to 75. But that’s just the headline — along with the buses, Miami will be installing 75 … [continued]
Miami-Dade County Public Schools has made the decision to convert its fleet from diesel buses into an electric fleet. This push was driven by Holly Thorpe, a middle school student who used her science fair project to convince the school board that this switch was necessary.
Miami-Dade is taking a big first step into the electrified future with the purchase of 33 fully electric buses from Proterra. The agreement represents the largest purchase of electric buses to date on the east coast of the United States.
Cleantech projects through the Startup In Residence (STIR) program trigger images of a borderline science-fiction world. Except, they’re a lot less creepy and far more useful.
The leader of the most economically developed nation in the world told fellow Americans on this cloudy, muggy south Florida afternoon that “climate change cannot be edited out of the conversation,” as some would like it to be. He spoke from the imperiled Everglades wetlands about the way that climate change threatens … [continued]
