Tag: alternative fuels
In flames: Paris takes 149 electric buses off the road
After two fires, the city temporarily takes the affected model off the road. Similar cases also in southern France and Germany. Are e-buses really safe and ready for use?
France: Best environmental badge now also possible for trucks
US postal trucks will have internal combustion engines for years to come. Because of environmental concerns, 15 states are now suing the new USPS fleet.
E-cars as batteries
Climate-neutral electricity is good, but it often cannot be stored. When the sun shines or the wind is strong, a lot of energy is therefore lost if it is not stored temporarily. Now there are car models that are supposed to provide a remedy.
Solution to rising oil prices?
Things are not looking good for Germany's motorists. Energy and fuel prices keep rising. We are not going to escape the energy stranglehold that Germany has surrendered to Putin any time soon. E-fuels could provide relief by replacing oil from Russia. However, there are some obstacles to overcome.
US Postal Service plans fleet renewal
Around 150,000 delivery vehicles of the US Postal Service are to be renewed. But instead of using e-cars, the US postal fleet will be replaced by combustion engines. Criticism is now pouring in.
Combustion engines out of the EU
In the EU, around a quarter of CO2 emissions come from transport, 12 percent of which are from passenger cars. The EU has adopted a plan in which emissions from new vehicles are to be 55 percent lower than in 2021, and Germany has now agreed to this plan.
Biodiesel more harmful than fossil fuel
Mannheim is banning cars from the city centre, but only on a trial basis for the time being. More space is to be created for pedestrians and cyclists and the city is to be freed from noise and exhaust fumes.
The end of the internal combustion engine, but not in Germany
Combustion engines are supposed to be a thing of the past in the EU from 2035. But Germany is refusing to comply.
Germany: Not without my car
For 47 years, the Deutsche Automobil Treuhand (DAT) has been investigating how the German car market is developing. Now there is a new survey about Germans and the car. The results probably do not correspond to the wishes of the traffic light coalition.
Introduction of environmental zones in amusement parks
"De Efteling" is the largest theme and amusement park in the Netherlands. Now the provincial government of North Brabant wants the park to reduce its emissions. Only then would it be allowed to increase its visitor numbers by one million per year. One possibility would be the introduction of environmental zones.