NYC Fire Boss Wants More E-bike Battery Regulations
Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 19:20:20 +0000
New York City’s Fire Commissioner wants a crackdown on subpar e-bikes that could be fire risks.
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Greener School Playgrounds Are An Overlooked Climate Solution
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:05:49 +0000
Across the country, cities are transforming asphalt schoolyards into spongy, shady community centers. The new schoolyard at PS 184M Shuang Wen, a grade school in Manhattan’s Chinatown, features new play equipment, a yoga circle, a stage and basketball and tennis courts. It also has a porous turf field that can capture an estimated 1.3 million […]
NYC Wants Uber & Lyft To Be 100% Electric By 2030
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 14:00:33 +0000
The City of New York will require all Uber and Lyft vehicles to be electric by 2030. The companies could get there even sooner.
New York City Votes to “Skip the Stuff” In Take-Out Orders
Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 02:36:59 +0000
“Billions of pounds of plastic cover 40% of our ocean surfaces and we contribute to that,” said Council Member Erik Bottcher. “That’s why I’m so proud to be a prime cosponsor of the Skip the Stuff Legislation. Thanks to Chair Velázquez for sponsoring this bill and holding this important hearing. I’m also grateful to the amazing advocates and organizations like Reusable NYC who work on this issue every single day.”
NYC Set to Add 900 EVs to City Fleet
Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 20:25:04 +0000
New York City (NYC) recently announced plans to replace some 900 internal combustion vehicles with all-new, clean-running EVs!
This Little Autonomous Vehicle Getting Use At New York’s JFK International Airport
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2022 03:55:58 +0000
We give much attention to autonomous driving companies like Waymo, Cruise, Tesla, Argo AI, etc., yet often forget about little autonomous shuttle company Navya. It’s true — Navya is not tackling general AI or usable in nearly as many environments as the tech created by those other companies. Nonetheless, it gets use on various simple […]
1st Open Access Electric Vehicle Chargers Operating in Middletown
Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 04:41:37 +0000
Downtown Middletown in the Mid-Hudson Region New York has just received the first open-access electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers thanks to the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the Department of State (DOS). Part of NYPA’s EVolve NY high-speed charging network initiative, the two-charger hub adds another charging site to the Hudson Valley. Six cities […]
Cities Are Tapping Residents to Study Climate Change Impacts
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 22:51:15 +0000
By Sarah Amandolare an independent journalist covering science, health and travel. This article is co-published with Next City and made possible by a grant from the Open Society Foundations. Nexus Media News is an editorially independent, nonprofit news service covering climate change. Follow us @NexusMediaNews.
First V2G (Vehicle to Grid) System on Launches NYC Grid
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2022 17:20:50 +0000
The first vehicle-to-grid system on NYC’s electricity grid launched this week. The system comes from a collaboration between Revel rideshare, Fermata Energy, and NineDot Energy. Revel’s rideshare system includes only fully electric cars. However, Tesla vehicles are not set up for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) service, so it’s just the rideshare network’s Nissan LEAFs that will be sending […]
1st Vehicle-to-Grid System on NYC Grid Launches
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2022 17:20:50 +0000
The first vehicle-to-grid system on NYC’s electricity grid launched this week. The system comes from a collaboration between Revel rideshare, Fermata Energy, and NineDot Energy. Revel’s rideshare system includes only fully electric cars. However, Tesla vehicles are not set up for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) service, so it’s just the rideshare network’s Nissan LEAFs that will be sending […]