Black Mass To Rescue EV Battery Supply Chain

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 23:55:33 +0000

The Canadian EV battery recycling startup RecycLiCo is among the innovators to deploy black mass for new batteries.

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EVTOLs Remain Grounded As Dreams Of Jetsons Lifestyle Doppler Into Future

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:52:59 +0000

It’s been over three years since I bothered to publish an article on the dead end but glitzy space of urban air mobility with their origami electric vertical take-off and landing passenger aircraft. Instead, I focused my aviation related assessments on how aviation will actually decarbonize over the next few … [continued]

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Renewable Energy Investors Are Gearing Up For Another Big Year

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:53:13 +0000

Renewable energy stakeholders are getting an assist from coal producers, the community solar trend, overseas investors, and the IRA, too.

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Winnipeg Is Making Major Local Transit Bus Firm New Flyer More Likely To Fail

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:55:03 +0000

I have a lot of sympathy for Winnipeg. I’ve been there for work many times. I’ve been there in their frigid, tens of degrees Celsius below zero winters. I’ve been there in their dusty summers. I’ve even tried to get across the main intersection that pedestrians still aren’t allowed to … [continued]

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Vancouver Translink Bus Decarbonization At Risk From $1.3 Million CUTRIC Sole Source Study

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 03:21:27 +0000

British Columbia in Canada has a long history with hydrogen for transportation and its constant failures. Ballard Power, the fuel cell manufacturer that pivoted away from lithium ion batteries in 1989 to the losing technology, is based in the Vancouver area. Whistler, the famed ski and mountain biking area with … [continued]

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€1.5 Trillion In Sustainable Mobility Investments Needed In European Cities

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:41:25 +0000

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) recently presented at the Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress (TMWC) in Barcelona. In particular, they presented about their new study, “Costs and benefits of the urban mobility transition.” One of the key points is that European cities will need a great deal of investments … [continued]

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Mitsubishi Reaffirms Commitment To EV Battery Swapping

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:04:59 +0000

The EV battery swapping startup Ample is joining forces with Mitsubishi to stimulate EV sales with a quick, seamless alternative to charging stations.

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Canadian Transit Think Tank CUTRIC Riddled With Conflicts Of Interest

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:10:09 +0000

Four weeks ago, I didn’t know the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium existed. If I’d seen mention of it, I probably would have assumed it as an innocuous little organization full of pleasant Canadians working diligently for the good of Canadian transit. But the onion keeps being peeled. … [continued]

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Agenda Of Canadian CUTA Transit Conference Shows They Have Hydrogen On Brain Too

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 03:29:49 +0000

Globally, there are almost 700,000 battery electric buses in operation and perhaps 6,000 hydrogen buses. In Europe in 2023, about 6,400 new battery electric buses were registered vs. about 140 hydrogen buses. As I noted recently, there have are more hydrogen bus trials that have been abandoned than operational hydrogen … [continued]

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Financial Investments In Smallholder Farmers Are Big Talk At UN Climate Change Conference

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:05:19 +0000

Smallholder farmers sustain humanity every day of the year. The 600 million smallholder farmers around the world, who are working on less than two hectares of land, are estimated to be responsible for 28-31% of total crop production and contribute 30-34% of food supply on 24% of gross agricultural area. … [continued]

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