California approves $2.9 billion in funding for zero-emission transportation infrastructure
The funds will be used for the installation of more EV chargers, zero-emission trucks, school and transit buses, and hydrogen refueling technology.
The funds will be used for the installation of more EV chargers, zero-emission trucks, school and transit buses, and hydrogen refueling technology.
The total number of EVs sold in 2022 jumped a staggering 68% from 2021. China led the world, both in number of EVs sold and in the fraction of its vehicle sales that were fully electric.
Established in May 2021, BasiGo has now announced a partnership with Associated Vehicle Assemblers to assemble the first 1,000 electric buses in Mombasa, Kenya, over the next three years.
There are now more than 600,000 EVs in Norway. In 2017, the country pledged to end the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2025. The government also has exempted new EVs from purchase tax and sales tax.
With $3 billion in funds from the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, USPS plans to spend around $9.6 billion in upgrading its fleet and building charging stations, starting immediately with a purchase of 66,000 EVs.
The European Commission has approved the move which will abolish flights between cities that are linked by a train journey of less than 2.5 hours.
The Dutch company Lightyear officially commenced assembly of its first vehicle, aptly titled ‘Lightyear 0’, becoming the first automotive firm to manufacture an electric vehicle that generates a realistic amount of charge via sunlight.
Rolls-Royce and European airline easyJet announced that they’ve successfully tested a hydrogen jet engine — technology the companies hope might eventually help erase aviation’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Indonesia is hoping to reduce its carbon footprint by 29% by 2030. One way they plan to do so is to help put two million electric motorcycles on the road by 2025 through a new subsidy program.
Kenya Power intends to substantially reduce its footprint by phasing out gas-powered vehicles and replacing them withelectric vehicles in the “near future.”