Tag Archives: transportation
FUTUREWATCH: Sensors Embedded in Roads
In many countries there are regulations in place to prevent trailer owners from overloading their vehicles. This leads to the need for periodic inspections. To weigh a large vehicle one obviously needs to stop it. After the inspection, when a vehicle accelerates to normal speed, it wastes a lot of fuel for no good reason. [...]
Affordable Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars by 2015?
According to reports flying around in the motor press recently, the race to start mass-producing pollution-free hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is well and truly on. The Sukuki Motor Corporation for example, started a joint venture with UK-based Intelligence Energy just last year to develop its air-cooled fuel cell system and has already announced that they [...]
The Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid: Sickest Green Car?
Ever since it first entered the market, the Porsche Cayenne started gaining worldwide recognition thanks to the powerful engines, great styling and high-quality interior. That’s why it has sold very well despite its high price tag. Since there have been a lot of eco-friendly vehicles in recent years that have been popular among consumers, in [...]
Going Somewhere? Consider these Green Options
Bounce Your Way to Work: We’ll start from the ground up, with the perhaps most fun form of transportation: a trampoline road. Estonian architecture studio, Salto, has built an inventive solution to the boredom of the morning commute—a 51 meter (170 foot-long) trampoline, that can be used to bounce to your destination. The trampoline, dubbed [...]
Trends in Green Supply Chain Efficiency Technology
Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine has announced the recipients its 2012 Green Supply Chain Awards. This year’s fifth annual awards recognize 57 companies of all sizes that are using innovative practices to drive supply chain sustainability. “Leading companies recognize that initiating sustainable practices in their supply chain processes is key towards driving their competitive [...]
Sodium-Ion Batteries: The Future of Electric Vehicles?
AutoBlog Green had some interesting news to report this morning. Apparently Toyota is looking into potentially replacing the lithium-ion batteries in their hybrids and EVs with sodium-ion batteries. Though at best it’s just a rumored possibility at the moment, according to the AutoBlog report, sodium-ion batteries would have the potential to turn EVsinto what we’ve [...]
Report: State Departments of Transportation Go Green
State departments of transportation across the country are successfully implementing a range of sustainable practices and programs, according to a new report by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO) Center for Environmental Excellence. “This report documents how state transportation departments, municipal planning organizations, and transit providers are putting into practice proven [...]
2012 Dubbed “The Year of the Green Car”
With the 2012 model year ending in September, auto industry analysts at the National Resources Defense Council and Baum & Associates are calling it the most successful year ever for green cars. Preliminary data suggests the average fuel economy among new cars and the sales of hybrids and plug-in electric vehicles are currently at all-time [...]
In Focus: The Smart Highway
Designers and urban planners around the world are constantly looking for ways to connect citizens to the skyscrapers, restaurants and museums around them. Vast amounts of money are spent designing parks, boutique retail spaces and condominiums. So how come our roads don’t get that kind of attention? That was the kind of question running through [...]