Collaborate Disseminate
This week the Washington Post reported that Americans “are more hesitant to buy EVs now than they were a year ago, according to a March Gallup poll, which found that just 44 percent of American adults say they’d consider buying an EV in the future, dow… Continue reading Electric Car Sales Keep Increasing in California, Despite ‘Negative Hype’
schwit1 shares a report from NPR: When you first approach this bridge over Interstate 66 in northern Virginia, it may feel like you’re driving on the wrong side of the road. Because, in a way, you are. “There were a lot of people who looked at me like … Continue reading Road Planners Embrace the Diverging Diamond Interchange To Speed Up Traffic
Sales of SUVs hit a new record in 2023, making up half of all new cars sold globally, data has revealed. Experts warned that the rising sales of the large, heavy vehicles is pushing up the carbon emissions that drive global heating. From a report: The … Continue reading Global Sales of Polluting SUVs Hit Record High in 2023, Data Shows
Nashville-based Yoshi Mobility launched in 2015 to deliver gasoline to vehicle owners, reports Forbes. But this week the company announced they’ll begin converting GM electric delivery vans into “mobile EV superchargers” — fast, battery-powered 2… Continue reading Company will Convert GM’s Electric Vans into Speedy Mobile Superchargers for Fleets
“64% of Americans live within 2 miles of a public charging station,” Pew Research reported this week, citing a survey paired with an analysis of U.S. Energy Department data that found over 61,000 publicly accessible charging stations.
And those who … Continue reading Pew Research Finds 64% of Americans Live Within Two Miles of a Public EV Charger
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished in 2014 — and efforts continue to find it. In 2018 a UK-based video producer claimed to have discovered the crashed aircraft on Google Maps — but Newsweek pointed out the same wreckage “is visible in im… Continue reading Could Sea Explosions Finally Locate the 2014 Crash Site of Flight MH370?
Nine more accidents have been discovered by federal safety regulators during their safety investigation of Waymo’s self-driving vehicles in Phoenix and San Francisco. TechCrunch reports: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Office of Defe… Continue reading Feds Add Nine More Incidents To Waymo Robotaxi Investigation
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Hopes that replacement fuels for airplanes will slash carbon pollution are misguided and support for these alternatives could even worsen the climate crisis, a new report has warned. There is curre… Continue reading Hopes For Sustainable Jet Fuel Not Realistic, Report Finds
Hybrid and electric cars are more likely to hit pedestrians than petrol or diesel vehicles, due to their quieter engines that make them harder for pedestrians to hear. Other contributing factors include the tendency for drivers of electric cars to be y… Continue reading EVs More Likely To Hit Pedestrians Than Petrol Vehicles, Study Finds
“Last week, we reported on a customer who was charged $277 for gasoline his rented Tesla couldn’t have possibly used,” writes the automotive blog The Drive.
“And now, we’ve heard from other Hertz customers who say they’ve been charged even more.”
He… Continue reading Some People Who Rented a Tesla from Hertz Were Still Charged for Gas