Electric vehicles
Electric big rigs are going farther and charging faster
Heavy-duty battery-powered trucks running real cargo on U.S. roads are going hundreds of miles per charge — a good sign for cutting trucking emissions.
By Jeff St. John .
Transportation
Transportation
Full steam ahead for electric freight trains
Wabtec Corp. unveiled the world’s first battery-powered, heavy-haul locomotive this week in Pennsylvania. Freight rail is only just catching up on electrified transportation.
By Maria Gallucci .
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Air travel
‘E-fuels’ are catching on as a way to decarbonize air travel
Massachusetts-based Lydian is the latest startup to raise funds to produce power-to-liquids fuels, which could emit less CO2 overall than fossil jet fuel.By Maria Gallucci .
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Electric vehicles
E-bike manufacturers are fighting right-to-repair. That's a problem
As e-bikes proliferate, companies are embracing battery recycling — but opposing laws that would let consumers repair the bikes themselves.By Maddie Stone .
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EV charging
The grid isn't ready for the EV boom. Can better data fix that?
Utilities lack the necessary data to plan ahead for the coming influx of EV charging. A new data-sharing consortium could help them overcome that obstacle.By Jeff St. John .
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Transportation
Driving less may be as easy as riding a bike — a big electric one
Cargo e-bikes are catching on and could curb U.S. car emissions. Canary Media took a test ride to learn more about this emerging form of transportation.By Maria Gallucci .
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EV charging
California is getting its biggest electric truck charging station yet
Forum Mobility is building a 96-truck charging depot in Northern California — a significant step toward the state’s goal of decarbonizing trucking by 2035.By Jeff St. John .
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Electric vehicles
How US school buses are going electric, in four charts
EVs now make up about 1% of the nation's school bus fleet, but that figure is rising fast thanks in large part to $5 billion in federal funding.By Jeff St. John .
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Electric vehicles
Chart: EVs could make up more than a third of global car sales by 2030
A new electric-vehicle forecast from the IEA is a big upward revision from just a year ago, underscoring the speed of the global EV revolution.By Dan McCarthy .
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Transportation
California adopts first-ever rules to decarbonize freight trains
All new locomotives operating in California will have to be zero-emissions by 2035. But rail operators say the technology isn’t ready to roll just yet.By Maria Gallucci .
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Electric vehicles
How quickly can trucking decarbonize? California is about to find out
California's new Advanced Clean Fleets rule will push trucking to go electric over the next 20 years — the most ambitious such mandate in the country.By Jeff St. John .
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