Another Day, Another Hydrogen Transportation Failure, This Time Quantron & IKEA

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 19:24:17 +0000

A year ago, while assessing various organizations that had reached the terminus of the Odyssey of the Hydrogen Fleet six act tragicomedy, I pointed out the awful, horrible, very bad, no-good decision the Austrian branch of IKEA had made to buy Quantron hydrogen step van delivery trucks. Since then, I’ve … [continued]

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Brussels Conversations: Port Decarbonization, Economics Of Climate Refugees, Logistics Strategy & More

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:50:49 +0000

When people found out I was going to be in Brussels, invitations for lunch and dinner came out of the woodwork, and people started booking train rides, including two from London. Lengthy conversations on different decarbonization challenges ensued, around the main event itself, the book launch of the second edition … [continued]

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Last Mile Delivery Is Standardizing With Two Cubic Meter Roro Boxes For E-Cargo Trikes

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 22:55:30 +0000

In the past year I’ve been observing a trend that’s on at least a couple of continents. Delivery trikes now come without boxes of their own. The boxes are separate and they get packed in distribution centers with the intent of being delivered to a pickup point for an electric … [continued]

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EU Wisely Stiffens Road Freight & Passenger Emissions Guidance

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 22:17:44 +0000

A month ago, I spent some time assembling statistics on major geographies’ split of domestic freight tonnage across different modes: road, rail, and water. I was surprised to find that road freight was so much more dominant in Europe than rail compared to other major geographies. I think of Europe … [continued]

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Domestic Freight Mode Decarbonization Economics Will Vary Between Major Geographies

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 13:33:55 +0000

Every major geography will be electrifying virtually all domestic freight shipping in the coming two to three decades. However, the starting conditions matter between India, Europe, China, and the United States. This assessment sprang out of a bit of news and discussion related to it today. China’s Windrose Technology and … [continued]

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New Autonomous Battery-Electric Trains Are Coming For Your Diesel

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 15:50:01 +0000

autonomous electric railcars trains freight intramotevA Missouri startup is pushing the envelope on electric trains with a fleet of autonomously operable, battery-electric railcars.

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