Association Of American Railroads Aligned With US DOT In Derailing Electrification

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 19:30:01 +0000

DALL·E generated image of American freight train derailed, digital artThe Association of American Railroads is lobbying hard to radically reduce rail as a freight delivery option in the US. It’s the exact opposite of a rational business strategy.

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Buses, Beer, & CARB Kept BYD Busy Through The Winter

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 16:35:44 +0000

BYD electric busStarting with a ride-and-drive of made-in-America all-electric trucks to a delivery of a EV truck to a beer brewer and acknowledgement of the gain of CARB’s scoping plant, BYD (Build Your Dreams) was busy through the winter and into the new year. At the Harbor Trucking Association’s Zero-Emission Ride and Drive event in Long Beach, […]

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Wireless Charging for Autonomous Electric Buses — World 1st

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 19:04:54 +0000

How many buzzwords can you fit into one story or title? Wireless charging for autonomous electric buses is about as good as it gets. (Perhaps we could squeeze “AI” in there somewhere.) Well, it certainly caught my attention. The news comes from WiTricity, which calls itself “the leader in wireless EV charging.” Unsurprisingly, the setting […]

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Super Metro Adds First Electric Bus To Its Fleet For Operation In Nairobi

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:01:04 +0000

Super Metro Sacco, one of Nairobi’s leading public transport operators, has just introduced its first electric bus as part of its fleet. Supplied by Kenyan electric mobility start-up BasiGo, the 25-seater K6 electric bus started operating yesterday and will ply the CBD to Kikuyu and CBD to Kitengela routes. The bus is the first of […]

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2022 Indian EV Market Share — Start Of The S Curve Evolution

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 21:05:44 +0000

2022 has been an exciting year for the Indian EV market. Hence it makes sense to take stock of things on where we are and what the road ahead looks like. By Lakshmisha K S All the data here has been sourced by the Indian central (federal) dashboard (Vahan portal). The portal aggregates data from […]

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China’s Purchasing Power Advantage & Wright’s Law Mean Its Green Investments Go A Lot Further

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 18:05:19 +0000

DALL·E generated image of lots of big wind turbines on a plain, chinese water color style, no textChina spent $546 billion of 2022’s $1.1 trillion USD global green investment, but China is getting about a trillion USD in value out of its investment.

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Electric School Buses Can Fight Inequity In The USA, Or Worsen It

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2023 04:50:13 +0000

GreenPower Motors BEASTMore than 20 million students in the United States ride school buses every year. This equals approximately 7 billion trips per year, making school buses one of the most widely used forms of public transport in the United States. But those trips aren’t always safe ones. Most students — especially those from low-income and communities […]

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Kenya’s Producing Its First Electric Buses — 1,000 Buses Over 3 Years

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 16:30:29 +0000

The transition to electric mobility is happening faster than previously  thought. Electric buses provide a key pathway to increasing access to more sustainable transport for the majority, especially in developing countries. Electric buses coupled with the right business models can usher a new era in Africa’s mass transit sector and also catalyze the manufacturing sector, […]

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The Megaproject Paradox: Why Rail Projects Struggle To Deliver On Time & Budget

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 22:30:18 +0000

DALL·E generated image of futuristic high speed rail in china 3d renderRail requires a lot more tunnels, and as the data shows, any time you are digging tunnels, fat-tailed risks abound and projects operate more slowly.

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