Almost every week, another major automaker announces a billion-dollar-plus investment in battery manufacturing, and with it, thousands of new American jobs. Why it matters: Eyeing President Biden’s climate agenda, carmakers are racing to create a domestic …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 18 October 2021
• London getting wetter & its transport network is too slow to adapt (NewStatesman) • Minicab drought: ‘Rotten’ rates biting into Uber drivers’ wages (BBC) • UK public warms to road pricing as fuel duty …
Continue readingBattery powered train to enter service in Germany (IntlRailJ)
Alstom demonstrates battery-powered train in Germany. The train is being demonstrated this month and will enter passenger service in December. An Alstom battery-powered Coradia train undertook demonstrations in Saxony, Germany, running from Flöha and Zschopau …
Continue readingWorld’s largest wireless eTaxi charging (ElectricHybridTech)
Starting in 2025, only taxis with emission-free drive systems will be permitted in Austria, which is seeing Vienna and Graz increasingly shifting to eTaxis. To support this, automated conductive charging technology is being rolled out to …
Continue readingThe tough emissions calculus of EVs (TechCrunch)
From materials and batteries to manufacturing, calculating the real carbon cost of EVs is just getting started. Investors and politicians embracing a vision of an all-electric car future believe that path will significantly reduce global carbon …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 September 2021
• Addison Lee taxi firm orders electric SUVs to speed up all EV fleet (CityLab) • And now in colour: Harlow Town Station’s Mid-Century Modern style (BeautyOfTransport) • Istanbul’s European rail terminus to reopen (RailTurkey) …
Continue readingProject COBRA to create advanced battery system (Electric&Hybrid)
A new partnership between Eatron Technologies and WMG has been formed for the COBRA (Cloud/Onboard Battery Remaining useful life Algorithm) project, thanks to the funding from the Faraday Battery Challenge. The COBRA project will create new algorithms …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 September 2021
• London’s clean air rules for trucks could benefit all of UK (SmartCitiesDive) • Bristol’s abandoned funicular tunnel used by BBC in WW2 (IanVisits) • The History of Britain’s canal system (HistoryOfLondon) • When cars …
Continue readingWhy the US grid is ready for electric truck fleets (MITTechReview)
Existing technology can support heavy-duty electric trucks that travel short distances, though longer trips still pose a challenge. Whether you call them semis, tractor-trailers, or 18-wheelers, heavy-duty trucks keep the economy (literally) moving. And at …
Continue readingUK funding EV battery with petrol engine range devt (E&T)
The UK government has announced £91.7m funding for green automotive engineering projects, including electric vehicle (EV) batteries with range similar to internal combustion engines and batteries which can charge in as little as 12 minutes. …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 August 2021
• Railway industry to tackle sexual harassment on trains (RailInsider) • Rail Alphabet 2: NR’s Wayfinding Design Manual – Pt 2 (BeautyOfTransport) • The lost history of the electric car (Guardian) • Toronto’s Crosstown LRT …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 20 August 2021
• Mott’s £6m plan approved for Hammersmith Bridge (ConstructIndex) • What is the City, Greenwich, & Lewisham railway? (Variably) • The future of electric buses is its own past (RidersBloc) • Former EV leader Toyota …
Continue readingWhy aren’t there solar cars (and trucks)? (Forbes)
To set the stage, let’s consider several events within the first half of 2021 which should have naturally led the masses to the doorstep of solar cars. For starters, in January the Atomic Scientists read …
Continue readingBacteria can help to recycle EV batteries – AirQualityNews
Researchers at the University of Coventry have established a new method to use bacteria to recover precious metals from electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The method, called bioleaching, also known as bio-mining, uses microbes to oxidise metals …
Continue readingIn Motion Charging for buses: Knowledge Brief (UITP)
Battery electric trolleybuses with In Motion Charging (IMC) are highly effective technology with huge economic and environmental potential: with passenger capacity, an infinite range, uninterrupted 24/7 operation, the flexibility of off-wire service and energy-efficient emission-free …
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