Climate Action Plan – public comments Prepared by Jim Hindson, VEVC secretary treasurer To all Members: Here is the biggest 5 minute opportunity that you may have in 2016 to make a difference. If you believe that the electrification of the transportation sector is vital to reducing CO2 emission levels and meeting the Paris COP21 targets put forth in…
Hyperloop Transportation Idea MIT Students Win Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Design Competition By Cole Mellino | February 2, 2016 9:28 am | A team of student engineers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology won Best Overall Design in SpaceX’s competition to design a pod for a Hyperloop system that would transport people through high-speed vacuum tubes. “The public wants something new,” SpaceX…
Federal Budget – Pre-Budget Consultation To all Members: Here is a major opportunity to make a difference If you believe that the electrification of the transportation sector is vital to reducing CO2 emission levels and meeting the Paris COP21 targets, you have an individual opportunity in the next few days to communicate directly with the Federal government on this…
Dear Premier Clark: Regarding: Accelerating the electrification of the transportation sector. This open letter communication is from electric vehicle (EV) organizations and supporters representing hundreds of experienced EV owners and outlines the measures that need to be taken by the BC government to increase the adoption rate of EVs in the Province. Following the signing of the Paris Agreement…
Self-driving cars; self-flying drones Drone Capable Of Carrying A Human At 100KM Per Hour Unveiled January 8, 2016 | by Robin Andrews Drones are everywhere these days. The proverbial tool of the future, they are used to deliver aid to war-torn areas, fly over inaccessible lava lakes, and take elaborate selfies. The U.S. military are even developing “vampire drones” that…
New Climate Economy @NewClimateEcon 8h8 hours ago The US #solar industry is adding workers 12X faster than the rest of the economy http://buff.ly/1JIVfVD @solarfound
Vancouver 100% Renewable David Dodge Become a fanProducer/Host, Green Energy Futures.ca How Vancouver Plans To Go 100 Per Cent Renewable So when a city says it’s going to go 100 per cent renewable, that definitely got our attention. Vancouver’s commitment came in March 2015, and they’re not wasting time to put it in place. Vancouver has the advantage of British…
Just What EV Owners Need Link provided by Jim Henshaw More than 30% of the drivers in Russia take disabled parking spaces without caring about the signs on the ground. Dislife, a Russian non-profit organisation, came up with a powerful campaign to stop this inconsiderate behaviour. They installed projections of a real disabled person that popped up every time…
Faster Than Tesla Aaron Tilley , FORBES STAFF Faraday Future’s electric concept car, the FFZERO1 In a tightly packed tent on a rainy Las Vegas night, Faraday Future made its first unveiling to the world. The new electric vehicle startup is still a “couple years” away from launching its first production vehicle, but it’s not afraid of setting up some…
Mars Is Getting Closer Nasa trialled an engine that would take us to Mars in 10 weeks And may have inadvertently created a warp drive in the process. FIONA MACDONALD NASA scientists have reported that they’ve successfully tested an engine called the electromagnetic propulsion drive, or the EM Drive, in a vacuum that replicates…
