• Railway industry to tackle sexual harassment on trains (RailInsider) • Rail Alphabet 2: NR’s Wayfinding Design Manual – Pt 2 (BeautyOfTransport) • The lost history of the electric car (Guardian) • Toronto’s Crosstown LRT …
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Friday Reads – 20 August 2021
• Mott’s £6m plan approved for Hammersmith Bridge (ConstructIndex) • What is the City, Greenwich, & Lewisham railway? (Variably) • The future of electric buses is its own past (RidersBloc) • Former EV leader Toyota …
Continue readingWhy aren’t there solar cars (and trucks)? (Forbes)
To set the stage, let’s consider several events within the first half of 2021 which should have naturally led the masses to the doorstep of solar cars. For starters, in January the Atomic Scientists read …
Continue readingBacteria can help to recycle EV batteries – AirQualityNews
Researchers at the University of Coventry have established a new method to use bacteria to recover precious metals from electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The method, called bioleaching, also known as bio-mining, uses microbes to oxidise metals …
Continue readingIn Motion Charging for buses: Knowledge Brief (UITP)
Battery electric trolleybuses with In Motion Charging (IMC) are highly effective technology with huge economic and environmental potential: with passenger capacity, an infinite range, uninterrupted 24/7 operation, the flexibility of off-wire service and energy-efficient emission-free …
Continue readingEVs difficult to convert for wheelchair users (Verge)
nIn a Super Bowl commercial that aired earlier this year, GM declared that its electric vehicles were designed for everyone. The ad closed with the image of a one-armed surfer to emphasize its point. But sometime later, that surfer …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 23 July 2021
• Transport decarbonisation plan doesn’t do what it says on the tin (Freewheeling) • Metro model railway expanded to be training simulator (MétroMaquettes) • Travel Norway’s fjords on a quiet electric ferry (Hyperdrive) • Brooklyn …
Continue readingElectric bus fleet projects around the world (SustainableBus)
Electric bus adoption in public transport urban fleet is growing all over the world. It started in China, and it has taken a few years for other regions to start the transition. But now Europe is …
Continue readingLuxury car EV converter Lunaz making EV trucks (ThisIsMoney)
Having established its reputation as a world-leader transforming luxury classics such as Range Rovers 4X4s, Bentleys and Rolls-Royce limousines and Jaguar sports cars to run as zero-emissions – at a cost of between £240,000 and …
Continue readingA cheaper, cobalt-free battery? (Hyperdrive)
I’m going to geek out here. Let’s talk battery chemistry. Automakers and battery suppliers are in an R&D race to come up with the next low-cost battery. The one move that is increasingly seen as …
Continue readingLignin supercapacitor ‘game changer’ for electric transport (TheEngineer)
Scientists from Imperial College London and University College London (UCL) have used lignin to create a new generation of low-cost, high-energy supercapacitors to power electric vehicles. The cheaper, more sustainable and energy-dense electrode material could …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 21 June 2021
• This is not an Oxford Circus tube station upgrade (Variably) • Deciphering The Stratford Diagram (DiamondGeezer) • Can this electric hydrofoil save Venice from sinking? (Electric&Hybrid) • Bringing the Park back to Park Avenue, …
Continue readingRoyal Mail gets first electric van fleet (AirQualityNews)
Royal Mail has launched its first all-electric fleet at the Bristol Delivery Office. The Bristol East Central Delivery Office, located in the City’s Easton area, has had its 23 diesel vans replaced with fully electric …
Continue readingMassless energy storage: the next step in battery technology (AZOCleanTech.com)
In this environmentally conscious world, fossil fuels are being shunned in favor of renewables for electricity generation and transportation. Due to their periodic nature, excess energy generated by renewables is frequently stored in batteries. However, …
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