Transport
Low emission transport
Tough New Super-repellent Coating
Written by Peter, on April 11, 2017
University of Michigan scientists have developed a new superhydrophobic coating which repels almost any liquid, is extremely tough and can repair itself. Read more »
Powering Trains with Trackside Solar Panels
Written by Peter, on January 12, 2017
Imperial College London and the climate change charity 10:10 have announced a project to investigate using track-side solar panels to power trains. bypassing the electricity grid so that the panels can provide power precisely when needed most. Although this sounds quite straight forward, it is not being done anywhere in the world. Read more »
Bloomberg Predicts That EVs Will Cause Oil Oversupply Market Crash by 2023
Written by Peter, on April 17, 2016
Bloomberg predicts that the electric car will cause an oil glut and an oil crisis by 2023. Read more »
Capturing Energy from Braking London Tube Trains
Written by Peter, on September 27, 2015
Transport for London has been trialling a new system that collects and recycles waste energy from London’s Underground train brakes. It is estimated that the technology could save as much as £6 million ($au 13 million) a year. Read more »
Fueling Vehicles with Hydrogen from Corn Waste
Written by Peter, on April 8, 2015
Researchers have found a way to make hydrogen fuel by a biological method that uses cheap and abundantly available corn stover (the stalks, cobs and husks) and greatly reduces the time it takes to produce the fuel. Read more »
Daimler’s “SuperTruck” Halves Fuel Consumption
Written by Peter, on April 8, 2015
Daimler has now unveiled its response, the “Freightliner SuperTruck” which is claimed to improve fuel efficiency by 115% over the baseline standard. Read more »
Electric Cars Could Reduce Temperatures in Cities
Written by Peter, on March 23, 2015
Researchers have shown that replacing conventional cars with electric ones could not only cut emissions from cars but it could also lower emissions of carbon dioxide by cutting the use of air conditioning. Read more »
World’s Largest Bike Share – Hangzhou
Written by Peter, on March 5, 2015
The scale of bike sharing in China, and Hangzhou in particular, dwarfs anything in the West. Hangzhou has a 50,000-bike system with 2,050 bike-share stations are spaced 300 metres apart in the city centre and less than 800 metres apart in the suburbs. Read more »
Simple Design Elements to Improve Cycling
Written by Peter, on October 17, 2014
Copenhagen has some simple, inexpensive “micro designs” to improve urban cycling. Read more »
Hybrid Compressed Air Car
Written by Peter, on September 16, 2014
Peugeot is turning to hybrid compressed air technology to address the biggest barrier to customers buying electric cars and plug-in hybrids – the cost. The company believes that this simple but effective technology could be added to a wide variety of engines for a small price premium and boost economy significantly. The Peugeot 2008 Hybrid Air prototype […] Read more »
