Japanese auto maker Toyota Motor — the second-most valuable and the second-most prolific car maker in the world — has some words of caution for the fledgling electric-vehicle industry: EVs are over-hyped. Toyota President Akio Toyoda made his downbeat comments …
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The Zero Emission Transportation Assoc’n (DecarbTransport)
Can a lobbying group formed by utilities, EV manufacturers, and a ridehail company get us to zero emission vehicles faster? This week, we talk to Joe Britton, the executive director of the brand new Zero Emission …
Continue readingElectric car charging points to replace phone boxes (IrishTimes)
Eir and car charger installer EasyGo are to replace 180 public telephone booths with charging points. Instead of pushing button B to talk, you’ll soon be plugging in to charge. Ireland’s national electric car charging …
Continue readingBatteries to cut diesel use on London-Cornwall train (E&T)
An intercity passenger train will be converted to run on battery power for the first time in the UK, Hitachi Rail has announced, cutting diesel use on non-electrified lines by 20 per cent. Hitachi has …
Continue readingFirst UK electric-only car charging station opens (BloombergGreen)
The first all-electric auto service station will open in Britain on Monday as drivers increasingly avoid cars fueled by gasoline and diesel. It’s another sign the energy and transport industries are gearing up to deal with as …
Continue readingElectric vehicle adoption curve: look at the data (CleanTechnica)
This report conveys 4 main points: Electric vehicles, particularly Teslas, are already more than competitive in certain market segments. The tech transitions that led to the electric vehicle (EV) market of today will continue in …
Continue readingMake the vehicle body the battery to decrease weight (Wired)
Today, batteries account for a substantial portion of the size and weight of most electronics. A smartphone is mostly a lithium-ion cell with some processors stuffed around it. Drones are limited in size by the …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 30 October 2020
• Mind the data gap: Why do so few women report harassment on the Tube? (NewStatesman) • The real reason TfL’s finances are far from healthy (BBC) • Tunnelling complete at Bank Tube (RailBusinessD) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 7 September 2020
• 180th anniversary, and history, of Brunel’s Temple Meads station (BraziersGrotto) • Vivarail’s D stock decarbonisation journey (Tangent) • The 200th anniversary, and history, of Regent’s Canal (HydeParkNow) • Dummköpfe! Audi blasted for horrendously unsafe …
Continue readingCharging electric buses under catenary (UrbanTransport)
Various charging concepts for electric buses are currently in use around the world. However, although certain standardizations could be achieved, there is up to the date when this report was written no widely accepted, predominantly …
Continue readingUK firms take EV charging underground to de-clutter kerb (GreenBiz)
As demand for electric vehicles continues to surge, the race to provide requisite charge points to cater for the growing number of battery car models coming to market is also heating up, as two novel …
Continue readingLondon bus garage becomes largest vehicle-to-grid site (Electric&Hybrid)
A North London bus garage is set to become a ‘virtual power station’, generating electricity from buses when not in use. Following a transformation to garage nearly 100 new zero-emission electric buses, Northumberland Park is …
Continue readingSolving electric bus design problems (Electric&Hybrid)
A number of European cities have committed to securing only zero-emission buses by 2025. However, to achieve this objective, manufacturers must make bold design choices, radically changing bus componentry, systems, and bodywork. Here, it looks …
Continue readingCobalt-free battery better for planet & possibly efficiency (Wired)
Reducing the cobalt content in lithium-ion batteries is good for the environment, human rights, and maybe even the performance of the battery itself. The lithium ion battery is an electrochemical wunderkind. We use it for …
Continue readingMore e-buses also require a better grid (StreetsBlog)
To get more electric buses, we don’t just need a better battery – we need a better grid. A ground breaking new technology may soon help U.S. transit agencies overcome perhaps the single largest barrier …
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