General Motors is reintroducing the gas-guzzling, military-style vehicle known as The Hummer. This time, it’s getting a green makeover as a zero-emissions, fully electric pickup truck, NPR reported. “The irony is not lost on anyone that this former gas-guzzler is coming back as an electric vehicle,” Ivan Drury, Edmunds‘ senior manager of insights, told NPR. […]
As electric vehicles become more mainstream, the demand for lithium ion car batteries is growing. But to increase production, the industry needs more lithium, cobalt, and nickel. One possible source is batteries that are no longer in use. “It’s a bit of a waste to just have batteries sitting in a landfill. And there’s opportunity […]
The state of California made history Thursday when it passed a clean truck rule that E&E News reported was the first of its kind in the world. The Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) Regulation, passed unanimously by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), will require more than half of trucks sold in the state be zero-emission […]
By Dana Nuccitelli Environmentalists and renewable energy advocates have long been allies in the fight to keep unchecked industrial growth from irreversibly ruining Earth’s climate and threatening the future of human civilization. In their new YouTube documentary “Planet of the Humans,” director Jeff Gibbs and producer Michael Moore argue for splitting the two sides. Their […]
By Maddy Savage Americans love their cars — their gas-guzzling, air-polluting, smog-producing cars. Although the vast majority agree that if we all drove electric vehicles we could reduce oil consumption and pollution, only a third would consider buying one anytime soon. Far fewer are actually making the switch. The adoption of all-electric and plug-in hybrids […]
By Raphael Gindrat Advocates of autonomous mobility are looking forward to the day when zero-emission, shared autonomous vehicles deliver services that dramatically reduce urban congestion and pollution. But as the mass deployment of autonomous vehicles seems farther and farther off, it is important to point out that we don’t have to wait for autonomy to […]
Ride-hailing services such as Lyft and Uber are creating more climate pollution and road congestion per trip than the transportation options they displace, according to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Looking at data from seven major U.S. cities, the authors found that a non-pooled trip from a ride-hailing service creates 47 […]
By Kieran Cooke Driving an electric-powered vehicle (EV) rather than one reliant on fossil fuels is a key way to tackle climate change and improve air quality — but it does leave the old batteries behind as a nasty residue. New technologies give rise to their own sets of problems. The all-important battery in an […]
Tesla can continue clearing a forest outside Berlin in order to build a new Gigafactory factory, a German court ruled Thursday. The company is planning its first European electric car and battery factory in the town of Gruenheide, but local environmental groups opposed the tree clearing necessary to construct it, Reuters explained. The court had […]
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