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The company said it would now focus its efforts on developing fully autonomous vehicles for personal use.
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VW Turns on Germany as China Targets Europe’s EV Blunders
Losing ground in the race to produce electric vehicles, German and French carmakers are heading toward a disruptive wave of factory closures
The Uruguayan company teaching people how to turn regular cars into EVs
Organización Autolibre is teaching individuals and companies across 14 countries to retrofit vehicles. Critics worry about the process’s safety.
Youth activists win ‘unprecedented’ climate settlement in Hawaii
State’s transport department given a 2045 deadline to fully decarbonize and achieve zero emissions under agreement
‘Cruisezilla’ passenger ships have doubled in size since 2000, campaigners warn
Experts say booming demand for holidays afloat mean ocean liners’ burden on the environment is growing
T&E called on policymakers to set up no-cruise zones in waters with fragile ecosystems and establish stricter rules for decarbonising cruise ships than non-luxury vessels.
Ethiopians are struggling to keep up with the new “EV or nothing” policy
Ethiopia became the first country in the world to ban the import of gas and diesel cars. But the country has only around 50 charging stations.
Ethiopia became the first country in the world to ban the import of gas and diesel cars. But the country has only around 50 charging stations.
In February, the Ethiopian government banned imports of all non-electric vehicles. The decision was taken to reduce Ethiopia’s expense on fuel imports, which stood at $7.6 billion in 2023. While the country has become the first in the world to stop the entry of fossil fuel-powered vehicles, the decision was made without preparing for its outcome, EV owners, dealers, and experts told Rest of World.
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What does a city that has spurned cars look like? Olympics visitors to Paris will get a look
Changes designed to encourage people in Paris to take other forms of transportation have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution, according to city officials.
(1) Matthew Fraser 🇪🇺 on X: "Paris has tripled parking rates for SUVs. Parking 6 hours will costs 225 euros instead of the current 75 euros. The new rates, which come into effect on Oct. 1, apply in the central arrondissements I to XI. https://t.co/qSLytoRbsY" / X
— Matthew Fraser 🇪🇺 (@frasermatthew)
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Ethiopia's Transport and Logistics Ministries have announced that automobiles cannot enter the country unless they are electric. (!)
China Launches World's Largest Electric Container Ship, Slashing 8,600 Pounds of Emissions per 100 Nautical Miles
China debuts the world's largest fully electric container ship, the Greenwater 01, revolutionizing maritime transportation with its eco-friendly propulsion system and potential for significant emission reductions.
Health gains of low-traffic schemes up to 100 times greater than costs, study finds
Research looked at three London boroughs to value overall health benefits of active travel over 20 years at up to £4,800 per head
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It isn’t yet known how many flights will actually be impacted by restrictions.
Apple abandons its car: Here are other projects the company has killed | TechCrunch
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Putting 10,000 EVs on African roads, the hard way
Benin-based Spiro exchanges old bikes for electric models across four African countries, but the experience has been a mix of pain and success.
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Carbon capture technology aims to create jet fuel from thin air
A South Yorkshire tech centre has extracted carbon dioxide in a project that could reshape aviation travel
SUVs drive trend for new cars to grow 1cm wider in UK and EU every two years, says report
Bigger cars more likely to kill people, release more toxic gas and are outgrowing design of cities
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Chinese *public EV chargers* use more electricity than Greece 🤯 pic.twitter.com/ySfP7HHVem— Justin Guay (@Guay_JG) January 8, 2024
Tesla overtaken by China’s BYD as world’s biggest EV maker
Fourth-quarter sales from Elon Musk’s group beat estimates but fall behind Chinese rival for the first time
Philippe Starck designs minimalist refuelling station that highlights the "nothingness" of hydrogen
Philippe Starck has created HRS by Starck, a hydrogen refuelling station that features a mirror-polished stainless-steel casing and dichroic glass.
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Researchers Propose a Fourth Light on Traffic Signals – For Self-Driving Cars
The new light would enable autonomous vehicles to help control traffic flow – and let human drivers know what’s going on.
This concept we’re proposing for traffic intersections, which we call a ‘white phase,’ taps into the computing power of autonomous vehicles (AVs) themselves,
possible for AVs to communicate wirelessly with both each other and the computer controlling the traffic signal
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Australian student invents affordable electric car conversion kit
Australian design student Alexander Burton has developed a prototype kit for cheaply converting petrol or diesel cars to hybrid electric.
Volvo is finally phasing out diesel cars next year in favor of an all-electric future
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