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EEA TERM Report Finds Efficiency Gains of Clean Vehicle Technology Being Offset By Ongoing Increases in Travel

Green Car Congress

In the future we will need to focus not only on the mode of transport, but also the reasons why people choose to travel, because ultimately mobility is inextricably linked to our quality of life. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Policy. Towards a resource-efficient transport system—TERM 2009.

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Here It Comes: Another Hot Summer in Europe

Baua Electric

The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said several factors contribute to the continent’s vulnerability, including the proportion of European land in the Arctic — the fastest-warming region on earth — and changes in atmospheric circulation. “The Dreaming up a future getaway or just armchair traveling?

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

A plan is necessary to provide certainty to business and consumers that a future transport system will be affordable, convenient, safe and sustainable. Until that vision is articulated, and the change enabled, we will not make the progress we need to at pace or scale. . We also don’t need to ‘reinvent the wheel’. around land use).

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

Green Car Congress

We recognize that alongside the shift to zero emission vehicles, a sustainable future for road transport will require wider system transformation, including support for active travel, public and shared transport, as well as addressing the full value chain impacts from vehicle production, use and disposal.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

Cars That Think

In other words, the border agency wants to see the future on the other side of its borders. Urša Kanjir at the Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Arts and Sciences in Ljubljana, Slovenia, who published an Acta Astronautica paper on the possibility of using Sentinel-2 satellite data for rescuing migrant boats.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

Plug in America

This goal is achievable; with more EVs hitting the market and EV technology is rapidly improving, the future of EVs is here. One of the first joint activities of the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance will be participating in the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26, which will be held in Glasgow in November 2021.

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