Tag: Air pollution
Rolls-Royce uses green hydrogen in jet engine test
LONDON — Plans to reduce the significant environmental effects of aviation took a step forward this week after Rolls-Royce and easyJet said they had c [...]
French project aims to supply Europe with lithium
A Lithium-ion battery photographed at a Volkswagen facility in Germany. The EU is looking to increase the number of electric vehicles on its roads in [...]
Australian bank to scrap loans for new diesel and gasoline cars
Cars and buses in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, May 25, 2020. Authorities in the country are looking to set up a National Electric Vehicle Strategy.Br [...]
Volkswagen CEO says EV outlook is very good
An ID. Buzz photographed at a plant in Hanover, Germany, on June 16, 2022. Supply chain constraints — including those related to semiconductors — have [...]
World’s largest hybrid ship to ferry passengers between UK, France
An artist's impression of the Saint-Malo at sea. According to Brittany Ferries will have a battery capacity of 11.5 megawatt hours.Brittany FerriesA s [...]
Siemens Mobility inks $8.7 billion deal for high-speed rail in Egypt
A train passes through a station in Egypt. The project involving Siemens Mobility will use trains that can reach a top speed of 230 kilometers per hou [...]
Airbus sets up UK facility to focus on hydrogen tech for aircraft
A model of one of Airbus' ZEROe concept planes, photographed in November 2021. The firm has said it wants to develop "zero-emission commercial aircraf [...]
Toyota ramps up efforts to look at potential of hydrogen vehicles
One of Toyota's Sora busess photographed in Japan on Nov. 5, 2021. Toyota started working on the development of fuel-cell vehicles back in 1992.Koreko [...]
IEA’s plan to cut oil use
Cyclists photographed in Lisbon, Portugal, in October 2018.Kamisoka | Istock Unreleased | Getty ImagesSpeed limits on highways should be cut by at lea [...]
Sustainable aviation fuel costs more but consumers willing to pay: IATA
Sustainable aviation fuel's main challenge relates to volume rather than airlines' desire to use it, and consumers will be willing to pay the extra co [...]
Volvo Cars, Northvolt to build gigafactory in Gothenburg
A Volvo XC40 Recharge car on display at the 38th Thailand International Motor Expo 2021.Peerapon Boonyakiat /SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty ImagesV [...]
‘Green’ fuels more expensive but need to think long term: Maersk CEO
The container ship MORTEN MÆRSK heading to Hamburg on April 22, 2020.eyewave | iStock Editorial | Getty ImagesThe CEO of shipping giant Moller-Maersk [...]
The office monitor workers will find more common in the Covid era
An employee works on a laptop computer at the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, which opened in 2018. It is among companies that have focused on o [...]
Amazon’s top doctor on biggest work health challenge of the century
The U.S. is by no means out of the woods when it comes to the pandemic. While booster shots are being approved and the number of deaths may be plat [...]
All-electric aircraft from Rolls-Royce completes maiden flight
Rolls-Royce's all-electric Spirit of Innovation takes to the skies for the first time.Courtesy: Rolls-RoyceRolls-Royce's first all-electric aircraf [...]