The future really is now. Lithium-ion batteries are in anything from our mobile devices to our electric cars. However, they degrade over time and come with a huge environmental consequences. Scientists are on the hunt for ways to store and…
Category: Energy, Fuels & Vehicles
Air Quality News: Can better data give us the political will to address air pollution?
COVID-19 has given us the opportunity to address toxic emissions – can better data give us the political will to do it, writes Dani Simons, head of public sector partnerships at Waze a live navigation platform that utilises technology and…
Siemens’ eHighway system could slash road freight transport emissions
Siemens has been trialling an eHighway system that uses overhead electrified wires to power long-haul heavy goods vehicles on major roads. Installing this infrastructure could cut out two-thirds of the UK’s road freight emissions. The UK could eliminate the majority…
Let’s Recycle: A need to maintain environmental ambition
As lockdown restrictions continue to ease and the UK plots a path towards a ‘new kind of normal’, Amie Stringer, Alternative Fuels Commercial Manager at leading international waste management solutions provider, Totus Environmental, says it’s vital that the UK maintains…
UPS converts 10% of its global fleet to alternative cleaner fuels
UPS, the largest freight company in North America, has made the switch to cleaner fuels for 10% of its global fleet, with the aid of Kansas City Regional Clean Cities, and the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emissions Reduction Act…
New York City is to transition to an all-electric city fleet by 2040
The executive order from Mayor Bill de Blasio was announced on 6 February 2020 at his State of the City Address and it also requires the city to procure the safest possible vehicles for its fleet. NYC currently operates the…
Electra secures the largest order of electric RCVs ever in the UK
Blackburn: Electra Commercial Vehicles takes on landmark order for 27 electric RCVs from Manchester City Council and BIFFA. Blackburn-based Electra Commercial Vehicles has announced that Biffa has purchased 27 Electras for its Manchester City Council waste management agreement. This investment…