Category: green

Daimler is bringing electric school buses to Virginia

[ad_1] The Proterra-powered school buses, equipped with 220kWh batteries, have zero emissions while being quieter and more comfortable than current models. Using 60kW DC faster chargers, they can be charged in about three hours. In addition, they’re equipped with V2G (vehicle to grid) tech, so Dominion will be able to use them for backup during […]

Mercedes EQA teaser reveals an electric counterpart to the GLA

[ad_1] Mercedes has posted a teaser for the production EQA, and it doesn’t appear share much of anything in common with the 2018 concept EV. The near-finished vehicle is now positioned as an “electric brother” of the 2021 GLA crossover, complete with a virtually identical side profile. Mercedes hasn’t said much more, but it is […]

Electric Mini Cooper SE pre-orders are open in the US

[ad_1] The base Mini Cooper SE will set you back $29,900 with an $850 destination and handling fee (federal and state credits will bring down the price a bit, if you’re eligible). Among the features on the standard model are a 6.5-inch display with a navigation system, Apple CarPlay compatibility, automatic dual zone climate control, […]

Mercedes delays the US launch of its all-electric SUV until 2021

[ad_1] The EQC arrived in Europe earlier this year, and apparently it “generated high interest,” enough so that Mercedes’ parent company Daimler made a “strategic decision to first support the growing customer demand” in Europe. The EQC base model is expected to start at $67,900 — less than the $74,800 Audi E-Tron and the $84,990 […]

Ferrari won’t produce an EV until after 2025

[ad_1] The executive said there were “significant issues” with range and recharging speeds preventing Ferrari from making the leap. Although Ferrari had been looking at the possibility of an electric GT car, the focus would be on hybrids like the SF90 Stradale. The firm wants hybrids to represent 60 percent of its sales by 2022, […]

VW will roll out self-driving electric shuttles in Qatar’s capital

[ad_1] You may see these self-driving transporters on the road before 2022. Closed testing is poised to start in 2020, and trials could start in 2021. That is, of course, provided there are no setbcks. There are already self-driving shuttle services in a number of cities. They aren’t always on this scale, though, and you […]

Philips seems to be working on more Hue outdoor lights

[ad_1] New to the collection are the Philips Hue Nyro, an angular light available as a path lamp or wall lamp; the Hue Resonate, a box that will cast light up and down the wall; and the Philips Hue Appear, a tubular version of the Resonate. Other new wall lights will include the circular Daylo […]

Most Cadillacs will be electric by 2030, says GM

[ad_1] The head of GM’s Cadillac brand made that pledge today, Reuters reports. Though, Cadillac President Steve Carlisle noted that Cadillac could continue of offer internal combustion versions alongside EVs if there’s demand. He also said Cadillac will offer a large electric SUV similar to the Escalade. Cadillac has made a few hybrid attempts, like […]

First commercial electric airplane completes test flight

[ad_1] The eBeaver is a highly modified version of de Havilland’s legendary DCH-2 Beaver, equipped with a 750 horsepower electric motor from Redmond, Washington-based Magnix. Harbour Air announced its partnership with Magnix earlier this year and said it planned to build the world’s first “completely electric commercial seaplane fleet.” So far, electric planes have failed […]

Study says climate change is starving the oceans of oxygen

[ad_1] The report also warned that this could upset delicate ecological balances by favoring sealife tolerant of low oxygen, like microbes and jellyfish. Even “basic processes” on Earth like the cycling of nitrogen and phosphorous could suffer, the IUCN said. Nutrient pollution from farming and other sources is also a problem on coastlines, according to […]