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President Joe Biden drives a Cadillac Lyriq through the show room during a tour at the Detroit Auto Show, Sept. 14, 2022, in Detroit. Credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File The Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards Wednesday that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut planet-warming emissions from passenger vehicles.…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The main cost of an electric vehicle (EV) is its battery. The high cost of energy-dense batteries has meant EVs have long been more expensive than their fossil fuel equivalents.…

by KeAi Communications Co. Effect of GDM hydrophobicity gradient on water transport in PEMFC. Credit: Qinwen Yang, et al Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs) are typically powered by polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), which convert the chemical energy of hydrogen and oxygen into electricity and produce…

Renault is already pushing strongly into the small electric vehicle segment with the launch of its retro R5 E-Tech model. The chief executive of French automaker Renault called Tuesday for a European "Marshall Plan" to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles and reduce carbon emissions in the face of Chinese competition.…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Meeting Canada's ambitious net-zero emissions target by 2050 necessitates significant technological, behavioral and systemic changes in the transportation sector, a major contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Indeed, the transportation sector alone is responsible for a quarter of all GHG emissions worldwide, with road transport accounting for about 80 percent of this figure.…

Car lights are reflected in the wet street as commuters line up in traffic to enter the I-110 Harbor freeway in the rain in downtown Los Angeles, March 6, 2024. Most electronic systems that take on some driving tasks for humans don’t adequately make sure drivers are paying attention, and they don’t issue strong enough warnings to make drivers behave. That's according to an insurance industry study published Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Credit: AP…

Britain's Airlander 10 is being billed as a less polluting alternative to traditional aircraft. Britain's innovative Airlander 10 airship could soon take to the skies to offer leisure passengers panoramic views and far less pollution than traditional aircraft, according to its manufacturer.…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain On Monday, LATAM Airlines flight 800 from Sydney to Auckland experienced what officials are describing as a "technical fault" that meant the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner "just dropped" without any warning.…

Holoscene Bike sensor bike from Boréal Bikes during test rides in the municipality of Puch bei Hallein. Credit: Salzburg Research Bike friendliness of a cycle path depends to a large extent on the surface quality. This allows people who use bicycles for work-related reasons or to complete daily errands and want to keep bike-commuting climate-neutral to perform their tasks faster and in a more pleasant way.…

Schematics of an intersection with white phase, connected automated vehicles (CAVs), connected human-driven vehicles (CHVs), and pedestrians. Credit: Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (2024). DOI: 10.1111/mice.13178 Adding a fourth light to traffic signals—in addition to red, green, and yellow—would shorten wait times at street corners for pedestrians, as well as improve traffic flow for both autonomous…