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Tag: Transportation

  • New York Firm Designs EV Chargers Disguised as Manholes

    A New York company has designed a way for drivers to wirelessly charge electric vehicles (EV) using a product disguised as something seen all over the five boroughs—a manhole. HEVO Power wants to debut a patent-pending wireless charging network in early 2014 at Washington Square Park, CEO and founder Jeremy McCool told WIRED. Instead of plugging in…

  • Nissan Offers $15,000 to Businesses That Install EV Charging Stations Before 2014

    Business owners and nonprofit leaders in areas where electric vehicles (EV) thrive could save nearly 70 percent on charging station costs if they install one before the end of the year. Nissan’s EV Advantage program will reimburse companies by up to $15,000 if they install a CHAdeMO quick-charge station and offer it to the public by Dec. 31,…

  • Siemens Launches Smart City Project In Vienna, Austria — Aspern

    Vienna, Austria will soon be home to a large smart city pilot project — one which will create a multifunctional urban district that features intelligent power grids, power supply, building systems, and communication technologies, which all work together within the Aspern region of Vienna. The project officially began on July 3 with the creation of…

  • VW Chattanooga: A Model for Designing Ecological Sustainability Into Auto Manufacturing Sites

    Auto manufacturing also takes a heavy toll on societies and ecosystems, however, requiring vast amounts of energy and natural resources, as well as pumping out vast quantities of pollutants into our atmosphere, land, waterways and oceans. These costs have grown along with the industry and become increasingly apparent over the years. Changing with the times,…

  • Molecular Switch for Cheaper Biofuel

    Biofuel can be obtained quite easily from starchy plants – but this places fuel production in competition with food production. Manufacturing biofuel from lignocellulose is therefore a preferable option.