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From electric cars that can drive themselves to modernized public transport such as the Hyperloop to human - sized drones and hover boards (real ones, not those silly two - wheeled contraptions that catch on fire), we are entering an era of potentially dramatic change on the transportation front.

This is precisely why his Grantham Foundation has aggressively invested in alternative transportation technologies, such as the lithium - ion battery systems expected to drive mass - market adoption of electric vehicles.

As will be Elon Musk, who co-founded PayPal, electric car designer and manufacturer Tesla Motors and space transportation company SpaceX.

In addition to SpaceX, the entrepreneur serves as chief executive of Tesla Motor Co., an electric car company, is chairman and co-founder of SolarCity and is working to build a high - speed «Hyperloop» transportation system, which — in theory — could revolutionize travel by cutting commute time from Los Angeles to San Francisco to 30 minutes.

Lime, the transportation company now formerly known as LimeBike, has partnered with Segway to launch its next generation of electric scooters.

HARTFORD — Old and new collided at the General Assembly's transportation committee Wednesday as traditional automakers and Tesla Motors, for a second year, debated a proposal that would allow electric car companies to sell directly to consumers, instead...

But as those deposits arrive, fast - growing startup Proterra, packed with ex-Tesla employees, got an order for 25 battery buses from the Los Angeles Department of Transportation in December, each priced at about $ 700,000, as the agency converts a 359 - vehicle fleet to electric.

That complements the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's recent $ 138 million order for electric buses from New Flyer and China - based BYD as it too replaces thousands of natural gas vehicles.

Our residents will be able to experience the future of transportation and provide feedback that will be invaluable to industry leaders and policy makers as we chart a course towards the shared, electric, and autonomous future,» Brandes said in a press release.

Ever since the Boosted Electric Skateboard came out, it has been redefining the urban transportation as we know it.

Among the holy grails of physics, a room temperature superconductor, Dias said, could radically change our transportation system, making magnetic levitation of high - speed trains possible, as well as making electric cars more efficient and improving the performance of many electronic devices.

With the EV revolution in full swing, University of Michigan mechanical engineer Jeffrey Stein says the time is now to integrate the electrical grid with the transportation infrastructure and ensure the country's carbon emissions drop as a result of the introduction of electric cars.

«People travel twice as much on the electric bike, both in terms of kilometres, amount of trips, and as part of the total transportation,» says researcher Aslak Fyhri at the Institute of Transport Economics.

«Electric cars have been discussed as a possible solution to reduce carbon emissions for a long time, but scientists debate whether this mode of transportation is the future or not,» says Saeid Haghbin.

OLEV is a groundbreaking technology that accelerates the development of purely electric vehicles as a viable option for future transportation systems, be they personal vehicles or public transit.

In this way, the robots are using electric fields both as a mode of transportation and as a means of navigation.

The big - bucket breakdowns were decided by Congress as part of the guidance given to DoE, so the $ 2.3 billion for electric batteries and electric transportation, all of that was really part of the design of the Recovery Act.

Some of these fall in the popular categories mentioned above, whereas others promise to push the boundaries of other domains, such as electric - powered transportation.

«How do transportation networks like a subway system or an electric grid resolve the tension between two competing objectives, such as cost and performance?

Over in San Diego we've seen the release of a number of concept posters showing off some of the film's major talents, as well as a still showing off Black Widow's transportation of choice, a brand new electric motorcycle.

The motorcycle, known as Project Livewire from Harley Davidson, is not intended for sale to the public, but just as an introduction to the future world of electric transportation.

NORWOOD, Ohio — U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today visited the Siemens USA, Norwood Motors Manufacturing Facility where workers are building traction motors and gears for 70 energy - efficient, electric locomotives as part of Amtrak's equipment modernization effort.

WASHINGTON — As required by the bipartisan Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010 (PSEA), the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing that hybrid and electric vehicles meet minimum sound standards in order to help make all pedestrians more aware of the approaching vehicles.

India, of course, is as usual the most optimistic of these when it comes to rapidly switch a populous, transportation starved country to all - electric.

I'd like to get a loan of at least $ 1,000 (rent amount) to $ 1,500 maximum (extra $ 500 would be for phone and electric bills, public transportation, and basic necessities such as food), but will obviously take anything in - between.

Municipal Securities may be used for numerous public purposes, including construction of public facilities, such as airports, bridges, highways, housing, hospitals, mass transportation, schools, streets, water and sewer works, and gas and electric utilities.

As with his electric cars, Elon Musk avoids dealing with the fundamental problems of transportation.

-- A growing number of affordable, long - range electric vehicles coming on the market — Ongoing policy - making commitment to those vehicles, even from a post-Brexit conservative UK government (the future is a little less certain on this side of the pond)-- Low cost, large - scale renewables and wide - spread energy storage — A wider range of non-car transportation options, including affordable, high - quality e-bikes — Internal combustion engines shall henceforth forever be known as the Suck - Squeeze - Bang - Fart engine

As part of that commitment to the future of cleaner transportation, Ryder itself is taking delivery of an initial order of 125 of Chanje's electric delivery vans, which will be offered to both ChoiceLease and rental customers in select US markets in California, New York, and Illinois.

In that sense, while the right electric bike for me would have at least one rack and attachment points for panniers on it because it's practical for replacing car trips, the right e-bike for someone else who just wants to be able to go for a cruise around the park, a ride to the beach, or as transportation for going out to eat might very well be one like this next bike, which is long on style but short on carrying capacity.

As Manjoo notes, it's pretty amazing to think that GM — a company so recently on the verge of bankruptcy — has embraced the future of affordable electric vehicles, demonstrating that emissions - free, affordable, long - range transportation really is feasible.

But between electric trucks, cars, buses and even planes, car - free cities and serious investment in bikes as transportation, I suspect we may soon be reaching a tipping point when investors start questioning the long - term wisdom of financing fossil fuels.

As the director of the University of California at Berkeley's Transportation Sustainability Research Center (/ / tsrc.berkeley.edu) I am huge believer in electric vehicles [EVs].

Within a few decades, the U.S. will lack car, truck, air, and rail transportation, as well as mechanized farming, adequate food and water supplies, electric power, sanitation, home heating, hospital care, and government services.

One can use an electric vehicle and other electric equipment for all aspects of mining and ore transportation, certainly; for manufacturing of steel, silicon, etc., there's the electric arc furnace and so on, and as far as installing wind turbines, use electric cranes.

In the last few years, Europe as a whole has made a variety of efforts to reduce carbon emissions, by encouraging use electric and hybrid vehicles as well as of alternative modes of transportation.

They share our vision and see the important potential for the emergence of an electric car as an everyday part of consumer transportation.

From the fancy electric YikeBike (also described as a barstool on wheels), to bamboo bikes, Treehugger is used to covering the stranger end of cycle transportation.

The visionary Paul MacCready, who designed both human - and solar - powered aircraft, as well as the prototype that became the General Motors electric car, is sanguine about plug - in hybrids «with enough electricity built in to provide all your transportation for maybe a 60 - to 100 - mile range.

Similarly, the Energy Commission's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) is providing approximately $ 36 million in cost - share support for projects that receive awards through DOE solicitations covering alternative transportation fuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development activities.

Transportation is on the cusp of a major transition, with more efficient cars and trucks, new technologies such as electric vehicles and zero - emission buses, services such as ride sharing, and a renewed emphasis from planners on creating accessible, livable, walkable, and bikeable communities.

Our complete technology solution also provides electric utility companies a means to control the load that plug - in vehicles put on the grid and a means to compute and implement taxes on electricity as a transportation fuel.»

''... the wild card in this discussion is vehicles as EV shares increase, a whole new set of mobile distributed storage assets will enter the grid and involve transportation system needs, not just electric system needs,» Kelly Speakes - Backman, ESA.

Nissan and other makers are beginning to view electric cars not just as transportation, but as mobile energy - storage units that can provide emergency power and take stress... read more October 30, 2014 by Stephen Edelstein

BED defines «net zero» as Burlington sourcing at least as much renewable energy as it consumes in energy for electric, thermal, and transportation purposes.

San Francisco police are issuing $ 125 tickets and confiscating electric scooters as the new transportation fad goes viral — and sparks complaints from angry local residents.

A new study shows that burning crops such as corn and switchgrass to create electricity to power electric vehicles would actually yield more transportation miles than turning those crops into ethanol.

Margo Oge, a former EPA transportation and air quality official and author of the book «Driving the Future: Combating Climate Change with Cleaner, Smarter Cars» agreed about the Rocky Mountain Institute's «overall findings that autonomous, shared mobility will utilize largely electric power trains as they will be cheaper to operate.

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Electric vehicles (EVs) have the potential to reduce US transportation - sector energy use and associated emissions, as well as to support the transition to a more sustainable transportation system.