11 tips to save fuel (and ecodrive)
If you wish to reduce consumptions dramatically, even with powerful engines, follow these tips for an ecodrive and get immediate positive results.
Amsterdam is home to the first cycling lane that generates solar power
Every day around two thousand cyclists ride the two-way cycling lane that connects Krommenie and Wormerveer, two suburbs of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. For commuters and students bicycles are the fastest means of transport to get around in this city. From 12th November, a 70-metre stretch of this path will become
5 electric cars you could buy now
Today (almost) all car companies produce electric cars. Here are a few models you can have a go at.
5 SmartDriving Apps
The spread of smartphones apps has allowed for the development of useful software to help us while driving: allowing us to avoid traffic congestion, reduce pollution, make smart choices in every moment of urban life and save money. 5 SmartDriving apps that will change your life on the road. Waze www.waze.com This is the
An African student develops a solar and wind-powered car
Retrofitting is a technical term which means modifying the technology of an object to improve its performances. Segun Oyeyiola, a Nigerian student of Engineering, just retrofitted an old Volkswagen Beetle and turned it into a solar and wind-powered car. Within a year the final year student managed to convert the Beetle into a
A cycling lane replaces the iron curtain that divided Europe
A cycling lane of almost 7,000 kilometres retraces the history of the iron curtain that divided Europe, from the Warsaw Pact to the Berlin Wall fall.
Google builds its self-driving car
After a number of trials and tests on vehicles built by other manufacturers, Google officially started to build its own self-driving car. Electric. The car will seat two people, its nose is fun, almost smiling, and aims to insert itself in the collective imagination as a safe and reliable means of transport. It has
Carpooling: how to travel with your colleagues whilst having fun
The idea of sharing a car journey to work has to do with common sense, but in recent years it has aroused interest for its positive influences on both traffic and ecology. The spread of technologies for connectivity has also led to the creation of sites and apps for the travel companions’ identification in
The 5 Mobility Revolution indicators
Mobility Revolution Indicator: Environment Traffic has always been related to environmental and social issues concerning fossil fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Mobility Revolution takes into account the contribution of every car in terms of its ecological impact, paying particular attention to CO2 and NOx emissions, as well as other pollutant agents tackled by European legislation.