Seven of Vienna’s ten new hydrogen buses are sidelined because CaetanoBus cannot supply ordinary spare parts. Not hydrogen tanks. Not fuel-cell stacks. Not high-pressure valves. Door compressors and blind-spot monitoring systems. That is what makes the case important for transit procurement agencies. The reported failure is not exotic enough to … [continued]
I wrote a piece earlier today about the best places in the UK to vacation with an electric car — based on the simple metrics of most hotels or Airbnbs with EV charging stations and most hotels or Airbnbs with EV charging stations per capita. The company that created that … [continued]
Yes, you are right. This is exactly the time of year when a well-known Polish EV pioneer (a real one, unlike the many who are simply followers) takes to the roads of Europe to test e-mobility in real life.
The city of Zurich, Switzerland, has been named the world’s most sustainable city by the Netherlands-based building consultancy Arcadis. Considering that the city has an economy based largely around banking, I have to wonder if naming the city the most “sustainable” makes sense. When you look at the factors used to compile the list, though, then the choice makes more sense.
Originally published on Green Building Elements. Vienna will soon be home to the world’s tallest wooden building. Designed by Rüdiger Lainer and Partner, the so-called HoHo project will be built in the Seestadt Aspern area, one of Europe’s largest urban development sites. It will stand 276 feet tall and house a hotel, … [continued]
IBM has teamed up with Slovakia’s Zapadoslovenska energetika, a. s. (ZSE), the largest distributor and supplier of electricity in the country, to implement a smart energy feasibility study aimed at preparing Slovakia’s capital city of Bratislava for electric vehicles (EVs) and finding possibilities for connecting Bratislava and Vienna with publicly available electric vehicle … [continued]
