Holland is better than we are ...

May 19, 2013 by

Holland is better than we are at everything,

And they’re being smug about it, and we still want to go

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Flying from San Francisco to N...

May 9, 2013 by

Flying from San Francisco to New York City in a solar plane

he Wright brothers would be proud

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Go (slightly) greener by getti...

May 3, 2013 by

Go (slightly) greener by getting your groceries delivered

Do you drive to the grocery store?

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Beautiful Cykno electric bike ...

May 1, 2013 by

Beautiful Cykno electric bike goes for vintage look

The idea that electric bikes have to look..

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Obama administration wants to ...

May 1, 2013 by

Obama administration wants to add 10,000 hybrids to government’s fleet

The U.S. government manages a huge fleet vehicles…

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Congress Bails Out Travelers, ...

Apr 26, 2013 by

Congress Bails Out Travelers, No One Else

FAA Furlough Bill Passes House To Ease Air Travel Delays

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New York City launches LEAF ta...

Apr 25, 2013 by

New York City launches LEAF taxi pilot program

New York City wants 1/3 electric taxis by 2020

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Carbon ‘tape’ easi...

Apr 12, 2013 by

Carbon ‘tape’ easier way to cut CO2 from our flying habit?

As a society we can’t seem to, or don’t seem to want to wean ourselves from flying around the world.

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Will driverless cars solve our...

Apr 11, 2013 by

Will driverless cars solve our energy problems — or just create new ones?

Self-driving cars are all the rage these days.

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The 2014 Mercedes B-Class Elec...

Apr 9, 2013 by

The 2014 Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive is coming to the U.S.

How do you make the Mercedes B-Class better?

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Here’s what it would look like...

Apr 8, 2013 by

Here’s what it would look like if we connected every subway from Canada to Mexico

What would it look like if we all put aside our differences,..

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Flying worst class: Air travel...

Apr 8, 2013 by

Flying worst class: Air travel is about to get bumpier and barfier

It’s a lovely day to be flying across the Atlantic. Cruising at a tidy 40,000 feet,,,

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China is building buses so eno...

Apr 7, 2013 by

China is building buses so enormous that cars can just drive underneath them

You know when you’re driving and there’s a bus in front of you and it’s annoying as hell,..

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Smart Parking: A Launch Pad fo...

Apr 4, 2013 by

Smart Parking: A Launch Pad for Fully Integrated, Intelligent Transportation

In 2007, city drivers in a pint-sized 15-block district in Los Angeles drove more than 950,000 miles,..

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‘SuperTruck’ has 5...

Mar 25, 2013 by

‘SuperTruck’ has 54% better fuel economy than the average long-haul truck

Truck fuel costs are embedded in almost everything you buy.

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We’re addicted to this map of ...

Mar 6, 2013 by

On average, in America, it takes a person 25.4 minutes to get to work.

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Don’t try to get anything done...

Mar 5, 2013 by

Don’t try to get anything done in D.C., even driving

We already know Washington, D.C., has the worst gridlock in the world.

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New Vehicle Average Fuel Econo...

Feb 18, 2013 by

New Vehicle Average Fuel Economy Reaches Record 24.5 MPG in January 2013

Good News, But Plug-in Vehicles Are Needed to Truly Jump Forward

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Test drive of Tesla sedan leav...

Feb 14, 2013 by

Test drive of Tesla sedan leaves New York Times stranded

Tesla is Silicon Valley’s car.

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Biggest cities with biggest tr...

Feb 8, 2013 by

Biggest cities with biggest transit systems still face biggest congestion

Congestion is gross whether it’s in your sinuses or your city.

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Bike sharing goes big – but ca...

Feb 7, 2013 by

Bike sharing goes big – but can it get over its little helmet problem?

Seattle crunches quite a bit of granola, hugs more than its allotted trees,..

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The Boeing 787 Dreamliner Is N...

Jan 30, 2013 by

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner Is Not So Dreamy

In my humble opinion the problems with the now famous, or infamous, Lithium-ion batteries..

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Boeing’s 787 Lithium-ion...

Jan 30, 2013 by

Boeing’s 787 Lithium-ion Batteries are Inherently Unsafe, Says Elon Musk

More Accidents Could Affect People’s Perception of Lithium-ion Technology.

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Baby, you can drive my car: Ho...

Jan 22, 2013 by

Baby, you can drive my car: How car sharing teaches us to be good neighbors

When news got out a few weeks ago that car-rental company Avis had purchased the popular car-sharing service Zipcar…

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“Physical Internet”...

Jan 21, 2013 by

“Physical Internet” for Business Could Reduce Carbon Emissions and Increase Profits

Businesses are great at building systems —

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50% of All Food Produced Is Wa...

Jan 15, 2013 by

50% of All Food Produced Is Wasted

So many people. So little land and water.

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Steep Price Drop for EV1

Jan 15, 2013 by

Steep Price Drop for EV1

Nissan is lowering the price of its Leaf electric car to try to boost anemic sales.

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Why New York’s Sandy commissio...

Jan 15, 2013 by

Why New York’s Sandy commission recommendations matter

[Translate] Grist By Eric Jaffe Reuters / Rich-Joseph Facun From a behavioral perspective, the hardest thing about adapting to the...

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Peer-to-peer sharing went big ...

Jan 1, 2013 by

Peer-to-peer sharing went big in 2012 — and so did opposition

This year, ride-sharing services Lyft and Sidecar amassed millions in new funding.

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Electric Vehicles are Not a Pr...

Dec 22, 2012 by

Electric Vehicles are Not a Problem, Says Texas Grid Operator

Can the Power Grid Handle Electric Cars?

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