CUTRIC’s Hydrogen Bus Study Dodges $1.5bn In Costs To Justify Higher Emissions

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:29:45 +0000

In the past week, I’ve been digging into the underpinnings of a few Canadian cities’ current fixation on wasting serious amounts of taxpayer money on hydrogen buses. I had been ignoring it, more than not, as I’d assessed global hydrogen fleet trials and results along with exorbitant global hydrogen transportation … [continued]

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How Much Does Hydrogen Leak And How Much Does It Matter?

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:46:40 +0000

Hydrogen is the gas that’s the second best escape artist in the universe. Helium has it by an edge because while helium is four times the mass of hydrogen per unit, it comes in atoms, not molecules. Hydrogen only comes with another hydrogen atom in the hydrogen molecule, which ends … [continued]

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Adventurer Circles Lake Superior In An F-150 Lightning

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 13:33:27 +0000

The North Light Photographic Workshops channel on YouTube recently shared a pretty cool story: a journey circling Lake Superior not only with an electric pickup truck, but pulling a small travel trailer along for the ride. Let’s first look at the video, and then I’ll summarize it for people who’d … [continued]

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$360M Discrepancy In Brampton Transit Study: Hydrogen Mix Falsely Positioned As Lower Cost Option

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 23:17:29 +0000

In recent days I’ve become aware that a purportedly neutral and data-centric transit organization, the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), has been advancing hydrogen for urban transit in contradiction of global evidence of failure. A contact forwarded me a more detailed study that they’d done for the … [continued]

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Mississauga Could Get A Dozen Electric Buses For The Cost Of Five Hydrogen Ones

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:05:35 +0000

Recently I published a perspective on the Canadian city of Mississauga’s plan to pilot hydrogen buses for their transit system. It included global data on the high cost and low reliability of hydrogen electrolysis and refueling systems and the high cost and low reliability of hydrogen fuel cell buses. Someone … [continued]

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Arctic Expedition Shows That EVs Can Conquer Almost Anything

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:17:37 +0000

A couple weeks ago, I came across an interesting video on X (aka Twitter) showing that EVs, and specifically Cybertrucks, really can tackle the longest and hardest journeys, sometimes far from the fast chargers. Not only did the team drive all the way to the Arctic Ocean in Canada, but … [continued]

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Tesla Cybertruck Sales More Than Doubled In Q3, Became 3rd Best Selling EV In USA

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:56:39 +0000

The Tesla Cybertruck is anything but normal. However, the sci-fi electric truck is following the trend of other Tesla models and shooting up the sales chart. Naturally, ramping up gradually, it is nowhere close to the top selling Tesla Model Y (86,801 deliveries in the 3rd quarter) or the Tesla … [continued]

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Real Zero at Fortescue

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 03:58:11 +0000

Fortescue has been in the news a lot recently. Just a few weeks ago, at a United Nations roundtable, Fortescue Executive Chairman Dr Andrew Forrest AO unveiled a plan to move mining operations from “net zero” to “real zero.” “The detailed timeline shows how Fortescue will eliminate Scope 1 and … [continued]

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2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV Offers Up To 492 Miles Of Range, New Trim Levels

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:00:54 +0000

The 2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV launches later this year in three distinct trims with more range, content, and price options for retail and commercial customers. Range: With 492 miles1, the 2025 Silverado EV with Max Range sets the new standard as the range leader for electric trucks. Trims: The Silverado EV offers … [continued]

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100 Electric Trash Trucks, 150 Electric Buses, 30 Electric Graders — Commercial Electric Vehicles Report

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2024 21:30:17 +0000

The commercial world is showing a strong preference for electric vehicles, which have now proven themselves in many industries.

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