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Charging/rideshare provider Revel hires former Tesla Supercharger exec – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Noseworthy, a seven-year Tesla veteran who oversaw the company’s charging design in the Northeast, will bring his expertise in charging development and customer experience to Revel’s growing fast charging network in New York, the Bay Area and other markets. Revel says it is actively pursuing several sites abandoned by Tesla in NYC.

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Sensor Networks Help Fight Floods and Noise Pollution

Cars That Think

A challenge for New York City's efforts to reduce the negative impacts of street-level flooding and noise pollution has been how to measure these issues effectively. Ultimately, the data and knowledge gained through FloodNet can be used by local residents, researchers, and city agencies to address flood risks.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

The Truth About Cars

Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly.

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NYC Testing Rexroth Hydraulic Hybrid Technology in Refuse Trucks

Green Car Congress

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has launched field tests of Bosch Rexroth ’s Hydrostatic Regenerative Braking (HRB) parallel hydraulic hybrid system to assess HRB’s viability for use as an alternative drive system for the department’s refuse trucks. The hydraulic hybrid refuse truck. Click to enlarge.

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What’s In It For Me?

Creative Greenius

Because my father’s father was an illiterate Italian illegal immigrant who drove a truck in New York City his entire career, all undocumented workers are my family. I had a blast the whole time with one incredible experience after another here in Southern California, in New York, and so many other places around the USA.

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How ridesharing can help solve the challenge of urban EV ownership

Charged EVs

It’s easy to see that there’s a connection between ridesharing and urban public charging, but as Revel COO Paul Suhey recently explained to Charged , the synergies run much deeper than are apparent at first glance—and Revel’s approach could prove to be a model for advancing EV adoption in cities around the world.

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NYU-BMW i report explores future urban mobility; sustainability and resilience

Green Car Congress

Demographic factors such as an overall urban population boom, the increase in urban single-person households and rapidly aging urban populations—the population age 65 and older in New York City, for example, is expected to increase more than 36% by 2030—will lead to significant changes in urban mobility.

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