Young people and cars: bicycles, computers and smartphones are better

Young people and cars: bicycles, computers and smartphones are better

Smartphones and bicycles instead of cars. This is what teenagers these days prefer, while, on the contrary, in former times, young people craved to pass their driving test and get a car, as a means to become more independent adults.   So, it’s not due to diesel emissions scandal that Germans don’t drive as they did

The United States blocks oil drilling in the Arctic

The United States blocks oil drilling in the Arctic

“Yes. No. I don’t know. Let me think about it”. The never-ending soap opera on Arctic oil drilling seems to have come to an end. At least for the moment. After the decision made by Shell to “cease further exploration activity in offshore Alaska for the foreseeable future” due to their costs, the interior secretary Sally Jewell, in

Nissan e-NV200 Evalia, the electric car for big families

Nissan e-NV200 Evalia, the electric car for big families

Suitable for numerous families as well as for taxi drivers and businesses (the abatement of costs accounts for 41% if compared to the same model powered by a diesel engine), the new Nissan e-NV200 Evalia is the first electric car with seven seats ever seen in the European market.     Don’t think of a

Wind and solar energy are cheaper than fossil fuels

Wind and solar energy are cheaper than fossil fuels

The cost of electricity coming from renewable sources has been plummeting and we’re now reaching the point in which such energy is cheaper than burning fossil fuels. A situation that seemed like just a fantasy a decade ago has now become reality.     This is highlighted by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF)’s latest research,

Sweden wants to be the world’s first country to quit fossil fuels

Sweden wants to be the world’s first country to quit fossil fuels

Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Löfven announced it during the United Nations General Assembly. Sweden wants to become one of the first countries to quit fossil fuels. How could it become fossil fuel-free? In September, as reported by the Independent, the government announced it would allocate 480 million euros to green infrastructure (solar panels and wind

Volkswagen is about to recall 9.5 million cars worldwide

Volkswagen is about to recall 9.5 million cars worldwide

After the scandal of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen, the new Chief Executive Officer Matthias Müller – appointed after the resignation of Martin Winterkorn – has announced the start of VW’s largest recall. Müller, former Porsche CEO, declared to the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that “if all goes to plan”, then the automaker will start recalling