Climate Solutions: Road Transport
Emissions from the burning of petrol and diesel from all forms of road transport including cars, trucks, lorries, motorcycles and buses – and excluding the emissions related to manufacture them, which are counted elsewhere. 60% of road transport emissions come from passenger travel, and the remaining 40% from road freight. This is purely an energy issue, and the solution is simple, if hard to implement: electrify everything on the road, then produce enough extra green energy to keep it all going.
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The company formerly known as Solo AVT is now Terraline. The name change signifies a shift in direction that sees the company put its autonomous program on the back burner while developing a 500-mile electric Class 8 truck for human drivers. -
Claiming a system-level energy density 5X higher than batteries, Amogy has rolled out "the world's first ammonia-powered, zero-emission semi truck." It holds about 900 kWh of energy, like the Tesla Semi, but you can refuel it in about eight minutes. -
Following a similar decision in the European Union, the state of California has announced it's phasing out new sales of diesel and gasoline cars by 2035, setting aggressive targets along the way. This move will have dramatic effects across the USA. -
Well-respected Austrian solar energy company Fronius has broken ground on its first customer green hydrogen hub, giving us a good look at what it'll take to run a fleet of vehicles on green hydrogen produced entirely on-site using solar panels. -
Like Volkswagen, Toyota and other big names in auto-manufacturing, Honda is making moves away from fossil fuels, declaring a new plan to only sell electric vehicles in major markets by 2040, along with some lofty ambitions around road safety. -
Volvo's performance brand Polestar has revealed plans for a forthcoming model that will be entirely carbon neutral, which would involve a dramatic rethink of the company's entire production process to avoid the "cop-out" of carbon offsetting. -
Another Californian EV startup has unveiled an electric concept SUV – but this time, it's built to do between 10-60 miles per day on pure sunlight. The Humble One will rock more than 80 square feet of solar panels to self-charge even when unplugged. -
There are a lot of reasons to like adding more battery power to off-roading, but there's also a big question: How do you charge that battery? Jeep is looking to help out by adding a network of off-road charging stations to its 4xe family. -
Japanese firm Teijin has teamed up with Australia's Applied Electric Vehicles to reimagine the role some cars might play in the future of urban mobility, developing a solar-topped electric vehicle that is low on speed and high on energy efficiency. -
Renault Trucks is the latest manufacturer to lay out its electrification pledge: it'll have an electric option in every segment from 2023, aiming for 35 percent electric sales in 2030, and it'll ditch fossil fuels and decarbonize completely by 2040. -
Where will hydrogen fit in the clean transport mix? Not in trucking, says one of the world's largest heavy duty vehicle manufacturers, which is scaling back its fuel cell big-rig research and development operations in favor of battery-electric power. -
New US President Joe Biden has committed to replace the entire 650,000-strong federal fleet with American-made electric vehicles, kicking off what could be a seismic transformation in the US automotive industry. But will it even be possible?
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