PostedDec 4, 2017 | e-vehicles, news, sustainability, technology
The first of three fast-charging stations for all-electric vehicles traveling in the corridor between Alberta’s two largest cities was announced in Calgary on Tuesday. The province lags behinds Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia in electric car use — with...
PostedDec 2, 2017 | e-vehicles, energy, lifestyle, news, sustainability, technology
A major automotive manufacturing company, Continental AG, released its vision of “the mobility of the future,” which includes fleets of driverless electric vehicles. Although its 19th century roots are in rubber manufacturing, and its tires remain a staple...
PostedNov 6, 2017 | e-vehicles, international news, sustainability, technology
Battery-powered cars will make up about half of the global automotive market by 2030, as environmental regulations, falling prices and the deployment of driverless taxis fuel demand, according to a new study by the Boston Consulting Group. “The timing of the market’s...
PostedOct 30, 2017 | climate change, e-vehicles, energy, news, policy, sustainability
Cities like Vancouver aim to combat climate change. Twelve major cities including London, Paris, Los Angeles, and Cape Town promised on Monday to buy only zero-emissions buses from 2025 and to make major areas free of fossil fuel emissions by 2030 to protect the...
PostedSep 18, 2017 | energy, lifestyle, sustainability, technology
A group of architects and engineers in Ottawa are building a tiny, totally self-sufficient house that people might actually want to live in. In a small alcove at the rear of the Architecture Building at Carleton University in Ottawa, the future of zero-energy housing...
PostedSep 6, 2017 | climate change, energy, international news, sustainability, technology
The latest roadmap to a 100% renewable energy future from Stanford’s Mark Z. Jacobson and 26 colleagues is the most specific global vision yet, outlining infrastructure changes that 139 countries can make to be entirely powered by wind, water, and sunlight by...
