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Deloitte Complicit In Indefensible Brampton Hydrogen Bus CUTRIC Study

December 19, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Energy, fuel cell buses, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, subsidies

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 04:57:13 +0000

In one of my articles related to the debacle that is Canada’s transit think tank CUTRIC’s guidance and modeling on bus fleet decarbonization, especially the Brampton fleet report that was off by about $1.5 billion on a $9 billion price tag, I shared the open letter to the Board I’d … [continued]

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US Postal Workers Love Their New Electric Mail Trucks!

December 6, 2024 admin carbon emissions, clean transport, electric cars, electric mail delivery vehicles, Electric vehicles, fleet electrification, inflation reduction act of 2022., mass transit / public transit, oshkosh defense, renewable energy, usa, usps

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:21:49 +0000

New electric mail trucks have been spotted in communities across the US. It’s been all smiles for carriers since the US Postal Service launched its new fleet of electric mail trucks. What’s new with the new USPS electric mail trucks? Nearly everything, as the design of the vehicles hasn’t had … [continued]

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Madison, Wisconsin’s Transit Goes Electric Again After 100 Years

December 6, 2024 admin clean transport, electric buses, Electric vehicles, Madison, mass transit / public transit, new flyer electric buses, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:50:13 +0000

In the 1920s, Madison had a fully functioning overhead electric pantograph steel rail streetcar system. See a Madison Wingra Line Streetcar in the upper panel of the photo below. Below we see a map made by Jake Berman in 2020 depicting Madison’s complete streetcar system 100 years ago with 3 … [continued]

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Hamburg Orders 350 Electric Buses from Daimler

December 1, 2024 admin clean transport, daimler, daimler truck, electric buses, Electric vehicles, GERMANY, Hamburg, mass transit / public transit, mercedes, Mercedes Benz, mercedes-benz ecitaro

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 04:57:21 +0000

The electric bus revolution continues to grow. The latest news in this regard, arriving yesterday, comes from Hamburg, Germany, and Daimler Buses. Daimler has been tapped by Hamburger Hochbahn AG to supply the transit agency with 350 electric buses. In particular, these will be Mercedes-Benz eCitaro and Mercedes-Benz eCitaro G … [continued]

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Hydrogen Trains Continue To Derail

November 28, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, commuter rail, ev batteries, France, GERMANY, green economy, green jobs, heavy rail, hydrogen, India, investment, Italy, Malaysia, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, South korea, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 03:05:53 +0000

Recently I collaborated with David Cebon, head of the Cambridge Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, and interested parties on a complete list of all of the abandoned hydrogen bus trials globally. There are a couple of dozen of them, and I’m pretty sure there are more transit agencies that have … [continued]

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Utah Transit Authority Clean Energy TRAX (Street Cars) & Electric Buses Plus Front Runner (Heavy Rail)

November 27, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, mass transit / public transit, Utah

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:49:24 +0000

In preparation for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002, the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) planned and executed significant upgrades to the Salt Lake County and eventually Wasatch Front transit systems. The first element in the upgrade was the implementation of TRAX, the first Salt Lake City light rail … [continued]

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How Can A Canadian Transit Think Tank Be So Deeply Incompetent?

November 26, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, fuel cell buses, green economy, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, mass transit, mass transit / public transit

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 17:06:37 +0000

Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Raynor, formerly a managing director of sustainability and thought leadership for Deloitte and author of multiple books on innovation and strategy. We talked about not only an innovative approach to addressing Scope 3 emissions that Raynor has developed, but also … [continued]

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Winnipeg Is Making Major Local Transit Bus Firm New Flyer More Likely To Fail

November 24, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric buses, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, ev batteries, ev sales, Fossil Fuels, fuel cell buses, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, new flyer, policy & politics, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:55:03 +0000

I have a lot of sympathy for Winnipeg. I’ve been there for work many times. I’ve been there in their frigid, tens of degrees Celsius below zero winters. I’ve been there in their dusty summers. I’ve even tried to get across the main intersection that pedestrians still aren’t allowed to … [continued]

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Vancouver Translink Bus Decarbonization At Risk From $1.3 Million CUTRIC Sole Source Study

November 23, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, fuel cell buses, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, policy & politics, renewable energy, subsidies

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 03:21:27 +0000

British Columbia in Canada has a long history with hydrogen for transportation and its constant failures. Ballard Power, the fuel cell manufacturer that pivoted away from lithium ion batteries in 1989 to the losing technology, is based in the Vancouver area. Whistler, the famed ski and mountain biking area with … [continued]

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Canadian Transit Think Tank CUTRIC Riddled With Conflicts Of Interest

November 22, 2024 admin air quality, ballard, Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, enbridge, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, new flyer, Oil, policy & politics, subsidies

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:10:09 +0000

Four weeks ago, I didn’t know the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium existed. If I’d seen mention of it, I probably would have assumed it as an innocuous little organization full of pleasant Canadians working diligently for the good of Canadian transit. But the onion keeps being peeled. … [continued]

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