Issues: Transport
Resources to help you understand the latest developments in transport technology, the changes they will work across economies, and their potential benefits to humanity.
- General Motors will phase out petroleum vehicles by 2035. [web page]
- If you want to go fast, first explode? Meet the oblique wave detonation engine. [web page]
- Norway has launched the world's first electric autonomous freight ship. [web page]
- Low-cost Tesla competitor emerges in China. [web page]
- Eviation enters the e-plane race. [web page]
- By 2035, all new cars and passenger trucks sold in California must be zero-emission vehicles [web page]
- The United States has unveiled its EV infrastructure plan, which includes four fast chargers per 50 miles. [web page]
- Drones the size of 747s might transport cargo across the world with little emissions. [web page]
- Upgraded trans-Euro rail sleepers could be the transport of the future. [web page]
- UA feels the need for speed - taps Boom Supersonic for new fleet. [web page]
- Liquid-hydrogen powertrains will bring superconductors to flight. [web page]
- A superior electric aircraft motor might be on the way. [web page]
- China did the best in the world in 2021 for EV exports - who would have thought it? [web page]
- A Norwegian company has shown a concept for a ship with a molten salt reactor for thorium. [web page]
- Trains powered by massive batteries might be a thing, soon. [web page]
- Cars get solar skins over at auto-maker Lightyear... what a Buzz. [web page]
- It may look like a flying egg, but this passenger plane now packs a hydrogen powertrain punch. [web page]
- Oceanbird's huge 80-meter sails reduce cargo shipping emissions by 90% [web page]
- Horizon Aircraft's secret eVTOL project is revealed. [web page]
- Why the world is going Hyperloopy. [video]
- In 2023, the first jet flight will be powered by ammonia. This is an important step toward clean aviation. [web page]
- Tabless battery tech to drive Tesla going forward. [web page]
- To prove the practicality of their greener approach to short-haul flights, an aviation business has completed a first-of-its-kind test flight utilising an all-electric powertrain. [web page]
- Supersonic passenger air travel creeps closer to a return. [web page]
- There's a large amount of wasted energy to be saved by electric vehicles. [web page]
- Electric aircraft aren't just for two-seaters - they're for passenger planes, too. [web page]
- Planes go electric at Rolls-Royce for the first time. [web page]
- Apple is accelerating the development of its electric vehicle and centering the project on complete self-driving capabilities. [web page]
- Switzerland advances with autonomous underground cargo delivery. [web page]
- Electric car rollout in the UK being jeopardised by ancient national grid and power. [web page]
- BMW and Ford will test solid-state batteries for electric vehicles later in 2022, bringing them one step closer to production. [web page]
- A world-first resurfacing project in the United Kingdom incorporates graphene into newly constructed roads. [web page]
- Apple looking to launch into self-driving vehicle sector with new breakthrough battery. [web page]
- Free jet fuel from CO2 capture becomes a possibility. [web page]
- Nissan is collaborating with NASA on the development of a new kind of battery for electric cars that would charge more rapidly, be lighter, and be safer, according to the Japanese carmaker. [web page]
- China leverages its rare earth supply to produce a maglev with permanent magnets. [web page]
- The first flying electric-powered air taxi passes the 150 mile flight mark. [web page]
- Flying robot drones given approval in USA. [web page]
- Hydrogen-powered aircraft are on the way (starting small). [web page]
- By zapping solid rock with a stream of superheated gas, this robot can tunnel through it. [web page]
- The debate over electric cars is history: they're coming, and they're coming now and everywhere. [web page]
- EV sales more than doubled in 2021 and are expected to rise much more this year. [web page]
- A plane that was powered by cooking oil recently flew across the United States. [web page]
- Test-trip for first British Hydrogen-powered train. [video]
- Volvo to have dumped petrol and made switch to electric vehicles by 2030, it vows. [web page]
- Airships about to make a return to the skies, maybe. [web page]
- European express train networks can replace air travel. [web page]
- Mikhail Korkorich's new business Destinus is developing a hydrogen-powered, zero-emissions transcontinental delivery drone capable of Mach 15 travel speeds. [web page]
- Special interests, graft, and corruption are lining up to try to stop Tesla's electric car revolution. [video]
- Zoox is Amazon's move into the robot driving sector. [web page]
- GM wants to test a self-driving vehicle without a steering wheel in the United States. [web page]
- Hydrogen fuel being developed for clean air travel. [web page]
- The all-electric aircraft from Rolls-Royce has completed its 15-minute first flight. [web page]
- There's a long history of attempting liquid hydrogen-powered flight, and it's powering up again as a tool of zero-carbon flight. [web page]
- Joby Aviation is looking to make air-taxis a viable form of transport. [web page]
- The first autonomous large rigs will appear on Texas roadways in the form of robotic vehicles. [web page]
- A new generation of airships is attempting to take flight and give a more environmentally friendly alternative to both luxury travel and heavy industries. [video]
- Carmakers lose out on $61 billion of sales due to reliance on semiconductor just-in-time logistics. [web page]
- Japan sails the first battery-powered tanker vessel. [web page]
- Airbus plans hydrogen-powered air fleet future. [web page]
- Driverless A.I. taxis drive ahead inside California. [web page]
- Daimler showcases new hydrogen truck tech [web page]
- What if, though, EVs could charge directly from the sun, bypassing the grid entirely? [web page]
- Electric cars go micro for lower running costs. [web page]
- FedEx believes a new company might crack A.I. cargo flights. [web page]
- San Francisco, California has approved the operation of a driverless taxi service. [web page]
- Deliveries in 30 seconds? This firm wants to build a package-shifting hyperloop. [web page]
- The promise of an EV with a range of 600 miles is almost too much to take in. [web page]
- Florida sets up vertiports for Lilium air taxis. [web page]
- By early 2022, Israel hopes to have 400 self-driving electric taxis on the road. [web page]
- In the United Kingdom, driverless buses may beat driverless vehicles as a widespread means of transportation. [web page]
- Airbus has hydrogen-powered planes planned for 2035, now. [video]
- Scaling the electric vehicle revolution with better batteries. [web page]
- FedEx will test self-piloting cargo planes next year. [web page]
- China rolls out the Robotaxi revolution a little earlier than anticipated. [web page]
- Using a virtual world named Waabi World, you can teach an AI driver system nearly exclusively inside a simulation rather than using actual automobiles. [web page]
- Green hydrogen fuels will be making an impact, soon. [video]
- Airbus intends to have a zero-emission commercial aeroplane in service by 2035—and it might operate on recycled cooking oils to do this. [web page]
- Jet fuel produced from unwanted carbon dioxide in atmosphere? [web page]
- Earth-bound ion propulsion systems for flight now possible? [web page]
- The race towards self-driving cars is getting crowded and grows fiercer the more players jump in. [web page]
- Russia's Yandex self-driving car trials going well. [web page]
- Lithium-Metal battery tech could realise the dream of much longer range electric vehicle travel. [web page]
- By the end of 2023, Ford expects to build 600,000 electric vehicles per year. [web page]
- Hydrogen powered engines and long distance air travel will never mix. [web page]
- Nissan is the latest carmaker to announce plans to invest $17.6 billion over the next five years on an ambitious electrification strategy to boost the adoption of electric cars. [web page]
- How the Mayflower became the first self-sufficient A.I. ship to cross the Atlantic. [web page]
- By 2040, Japan wants half of its cargo ships to be autonomous. [web page]
- Air taxis move closer in California. [web page]
- Rocky Mountain states will collaborate on a hydrogen technology proposal. [web page]
- By failing to plan for net zero transportation, we're planning to fail. [web page]
- According to scientists, speedy charging techniques have been developed that may safely charge several kinds of electric car batteries in 10 minutes or less. [web page]
- ZeroAvia, a fuel cell company, is planning green hydrogen hubs at airports to help decarbonise aeroplanes. [web page]
- Google's drone delivery service project notching up the test deliveries at a pace, now. [web page]
- An inside look at the competition to re-conquer supersonic flight. [web page]
- Can Germany's new free public transport measures be replicated inside the UK? [web page]
- Food waste can now be converted into jet aircraft fuel. Tasty! [web page]
- China's Baidu competes with GM and Waymo to create autonomous vehicles. [web page]
- Lidar will drive the self-driving car revolution forward. [web page]
- Volvo will conduct a three-year trial of wireless EV charging in Sweden. [web page]
