Elon Musk announced on Twitter that Tesla has produced one million electric cars. The Verge reports: Musk made the announcement by sharing a picture of the car, a red Model Y, and congratulated the Tesla team on hitting the milestone. It’s a significant moment for an automaker that was only founded in 2003. Tesla released its first consumer car, the Roadster,…
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Honda Will No Longer Sell Any All-Electric Vehicles In the US
According to a report Green Car Reports, Honda said it discontinued the company’s Clarity Electric and has no plans for the model to return. CNET reports: The battery-electric version of the Clarity rounded out a diverse lineup of alternative-fuel options housed in the nameplate. Honda still sells a plug-in hybrid version of the Clarity and introduced modest updates to the Clarity…
Amazon Nixed ‘Green’ Delivery Proposal to Avoid Alienating Shoppers
An anonymous reader quotes Bloomberg:
The team building Amazon’s Prime Now same-day delivery service knew that the quickest delivery options tended to be the worst for the planet. A guaranteed one-hour delivery window sometimes meant sending couriers in mostly empty vehicles darting to far-flung neighborhoods, all the while emitting roughly the same greenhouse gas emissions as a fully loaded truck or van….
Melting Glaciers: Effects on the Environment, Humans, and Biodiversity
Recently, the temperature in the Arctic appears to have hit a new continental high, close to 70 degrees. That’s leading to continued melting of glaciers in the Arctic and around the world. But how will that impact the world’s ecosystems? Dr. David Hik is an Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science as well as […]
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Uber and Lyft Generate 70 Percent More Pollution Than Trips They Displace, Study Finds
According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, ride-hailing trips today result in an estimated 69 percent more climate pollution on average than the trips they displace. The Verge reports: In cities, ride-hailing trips typically displace low-carbon trips, such as public transportation, biking, or walking. Uber and Lyft could reduce these emissions with a more concerted effort to electrify its fleet of…
AI could help make fast-charging, long-lasting electric car batteries
Artificial intelligence is helping optimise the recharging batteries in electric vehicles, balancing speed while maximising lifespan Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2234401-ai-could-help-make-fast-charging-long-lasting-electric-car-batteries/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
GM To Invest $2.2 Billion In First All-Electric Vehicle Plant, Create 2,200 Jobs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: General Motors confirmed Monday it will invest $2.2 billion to convert an aging Detroit assembly plant into the manufacturing heart of its “all-electric future.” The Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant was one of five North American factories GM said it would close in November 2018 but the automaker reversed course as part of an…
Tesla Patents New Chemistry For Better, Longer-Lasting and Cheaper Batteries
Tesla is closing the year by filing a patent on a new chemistry for better, longer-lasting and cheaper batteries. The new patent is related to the new battery cell that Tesla’s battery research partner, Jeff Dahn, and his team at Dalhousie University unveiled earlier this year. The new cell “should be able to power an electric vehicle for over [1 million…
Electric Buses on London’s 100 Route Will Play a Soundtrack To Alert Pedestrians To Their Presence
Matt Burgess, writing for Wired UK: Last year London’s 8,000 or so buses traveled 279 million miles and completed 2.23 billion journeys — more than half of all bus trips completed in England. But they’re not green enough. Yet. According to mayor Sadiq Khan, London has Europe’s biggest electric bus fleet with more than 200 currently in use. It’s a small…
Good News For Climate Change: India Gets Out of Coal and Into Renewable Energy
“India has been aggressively pivoting away from coal-fired power plants and towards electricity generated by solar, wind, and hydroelectric power,” writes the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Lasrick shared their report: The reasons for this change are complex and interlocking, but one aspect in particular seems to stand out: The price for solar electricity has been in freefall, to levels so…