Transportation

Video : electric cars are a lot cheaper to run than gas ones

Going from a regular petrol or diesel car to an electric one might be one of the best ways to save a lot of money. A Youtube content creator analyses his savings and the results are astounding.

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Electric vehicles emits 4 times less CO2 than internal combustion engines ones

For this week’s post I am writing about transportation and a very interesting study on the Life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars in the European Union published by  International Council on Clean Transportation.

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European Union to double cycling by 2030

Some European countries are some of the best in the world when it comes to cycling. The European Union wants to double the distance travelled by bike by the end of the decade.

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Peak oil demand is nearing. More ebikes are needed

BNEF believes that electric vehicles could help peak oil happen this decade. I just think that maybe cars, electric or otherwise, are not that great an answer to our mobility needs.

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Paris’ tremendous transformation towards more cycling and less driving

In recent years, the French capital has seen some serious improvements on its cycling infrastructure and biking has increasingly become part of daily life and commuting.

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Electric buses are a solution to our cities’ worst problems

A lot of news and noise surround electric cars but another vehicle is also benefitting largely from elecrification: buses. Running not for just a little bit in the morning and in the evening, they run all day, and sometimes, even part of the night. Tranporting not just one or two people to work at a

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Four reasons why I cycle to school

For the past few weeks I have been cycling to and from Pinchot University where I am studying for my MBA in Sustainable Business. I believe this was the right decision for many reasons.

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The United States are entering a post-oil world

When Bloomberg writes that in the United States “ Big Oil Is About to Lose Control of the Auto Industry ” you know there is something going on, especially when they rely on solid BNEF study and data. 

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Hydrogen is ” an incredibly dumb ” car fuel

That’s Elon Musk’s opinion so that must be true. Tesla’s genius founder put yet another nail in the hydrogen coffin and stated what we knew all along : hydrogen is a technology that may well be too complex to ever be significant.

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A study proves it : your car makes you fat

We have read and heard it time and again : our cars make us fat. All that time spent behind the wheel is just killing us. But is is really true or is it just a white (or green) lie from treehuggers ?

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