Oslo no longer wants to deal with cars. After the main political parties have reached an agreement to ban the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2025, the municipality of Norway’s capital has launched a new campaign against cars. The aim is to ban all cars from the city centre by 2019. Hybrid and electric
Unveiled in Berlin by Alstom, this sustainable hydrogen-powered train that produces zero emissions will replace diesel-burning ones.
It will be put on the market in 2018 and will be a six-passenger model. Designed in Germany and crowd-funded, it is world’s first solar car to be mass-produced. Prices start from 12,000 euros and the car travels 250 km on a full charge.
The prototype was developed by two Palestinian 23-year-old students, who self-funded. The car reaches a speed of up to 30 km/h.
Navigant research shows that e-bike sales are booming. China is in the lead, Europe is beginning to increase its market share: global sales are expected to grow from 15.7 billion dollars to 24.4 billion by 2025.
For the first time ever a plane powered by solar energy has completed a round-the-world trip, flying 40,000 km without fuel. Watch the video of its last, triumphal landing.
Printed and assembled in a few hours, and then it’s ready to carry up to 12 passengers. The first prototypes of this bus are being tested in the streets of Washington, D.C.
Sweden inaugurated the first stretch of electric highway in the province of Gästrikland, more precisely between Kungsgården and Sandviken, on the 22nd of June. It’s a stretch of the E16 road, a highway that connects Sweden to Norway. It’s a 2-kilometre stretch where hybrid trucks will be powered by electricity, exactly like trams. A two-year
The UK’s withdrawal from the European Union will have profound consequences on the automobile industry and technological innovation. Car manufacturers are concerned about what will come after Brexit.
Commercial vehicles produced before 1997 won’t be allowed in the streets of Paris. The measure, which will come into force on 1 July, is intended to reduce air pollution in the French capital.
