• Govt plans closure of most UK railway station ticket offices within weeks (Guardian) • Liverpool Edge Hill Station now Scheduled Monument: Video (Liverpool&ManchesterRyTrust) • The compleat list of Dr Who Underground scenes & sets …
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Old electric vehicle batteries get 2nd life as solar power storage (Axios)
A California energy startup has turned more than a thousand electric vehicle (EV) batteries into solar power storage capsules, in an intriguing effort to prove out an alternative to traditional recycling. Why it matters: Electric cars …
Continue readingFlexible, high efficiency solar cells can power EVs, aircraft (Anthropocene)
High-efficiency silicon solar cells go on a roll. Lightweight and flexible, these solar cells could power airships and drones, or be easily integrated into electric vehicles and building facades. Solar panels are powering an increasing …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 26 June 2023
• Tube pickpocketing up as police report stats (Standard) • The problem w/ Rowan Atkinson’s take on electric cars, is too many electric cars (LloydAlter) • The work of Tube fluffers, now called track cleaning …
Continue readingBattery powered UK inter-city train under development (RailwayGazette)
Hitachi Rail is working with Turntide Technologies to design and manufacture traction battery systems for trial installation on an inter-city trainset. Turntide said installing traction batteries to make a Hitachi electro-diesel trainset into a tri-mode …
Continue readingInductive charging highway section to be built in Florida (Electrive)
The Norwegian company ENRX wants to inductively charge electric vehicles with 200 kW while driving on a section of highway in Florida. A one-mile section of a four-lane highway near Orlando is to be electrified. …
Continue readingThe gas station/convenience store vs utilities EV charger death match (Heatmap)
The convenience store lobby is very, very interested in electric vehicle charging. In state after state, they have clashed with utilities over who gets to install electric chargers — and who pays for it. The …
Continue readingLithium mining cannot keep up with the pace of EV production (Bloomberg)
The electric car market is driving insatiable demand for lithium. But a supply crisis of the wonder metal could dent the world’s chances of meeting its climate goals. Elon Musk wants to mine it, China is …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 1 May 2023
• Kentish Town Tube station to close 26 June for a year for essential improvements (RailAdvent) • Active travel is more than bikes, it include accessibility devices, wheelchairs &c (AccessibleLink) • Absurd 200 foot railway …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 April 2023
• Closing Nuneham Viaduct the right decision says Network Rail boss (NewCivilEng) • History of women in London’s transport (LTMuseum) • Repurposed Thurgoland railway tunnel has otherworldly acoustic characteristics (AtlasObscura) • If only we saw …
Continue readingTfL testing first fully electric New Routemaster bus (Electric&Hybrid)
The electrification specialist unveiled the New Routemaster at the Euro Bus Expo this week. Developed in Norfolk, its hybrid drivetrain has been replaced with Equipmake’s Zero Emission Drivetrain (ZED), which uses 95% British-built components. Operated …
Continue readingDead electric car batteries find 2nd life powering UK cities (NextCity)
What do you do with old EV batteries that are too weak to run a car? Connect them by the hundreds to power vital urban infrastructure. This story originally appeared in Reasons to be Cheerful. Last …
Continue readingThe promise of lithium-sulfur batteries (TransportWeekly)
Low in cost and high in density, a lithium-sulfur battery could power the future of transport — if it ever gets to market. The element sulfur is cheap and plentiful. There‘s so much of it …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 20 March 2023
• Elizabeth line is now the UK’s busiest railway (IanVisits) • The Beauty of Toilets: Southern Railway stations shine anew (BeautyOfTransport) • World’s longest cycle tunnel opens in Bergen Norway (Jalopnik) • New York has …
Continue readingFlixbus to test two prototype electric coaches (Bus-News)
Under a recent partnership with Daimler Buses, FlixBus has announced that it will test two prototype long-distance electric coaches in real operating conditions. This project is supported by funding from the German Ministry for Economic Affairs …
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