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Toyota to build prototype city of the future, powered by hydrogen fuel cells

Green Car Congress

Envisioned as a “living laboratory,” the Woven City will serve as a home to full-time residents and researchers who will be able to test and to develop technologies such as autonomy, robotics, personal mobility, smart homes and artificial intelligence in a real-world environment.

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ToxicTown Torrance to Hold Public Forum on Chemical Threat

Creative Greenius

Your friendly neighborhood Greenius wrote seven months ago about the chemical problems the City of Torrance , known throughout the South Bay as ToxicTown (when it isn’t going under its new official designation as a Blighted Community) , but not a single person on the City Council, in City Government or connected with the city in any way cares (..)

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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. million to 229 million.

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Wendy Greuel Gains Green Ground in South Bay L.A. – Stands Up & Speaks Out To Keep Hermosa Hermosa

Creative Greenius

Your friendly neighborhood Greenius has been waiting for awhile now to see which of the candidates for Henry Waxman’s 33rd District seat was going to step up environmentally. Today that person turned out to be Wendy Greuel. And yet… I’m just not feeling Ted Lieu.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

Secret Service claims to be able to identify an unknown person in a voice-only lineup, comparing a recording of an unknown voice with a recording of a known speaker, as a reference. As such, there are many reasons to be concerned about its use in the criminal legal system. A 2020 U.S. Government Accountability Office report says that the U.S.

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Personal: One in a Million

Clean Fleet Report

The number of EVs in my neighborhood seems to be growing weekly. The post Personal: One in a Million first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. Hold onto your charge plug, it looks like it’s going to be another great year. Story & photos by Michael Coates.

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2026 Hyundai Ioniq 9 joins growing group of electric 3-row crossover SUVs

Charged EVs

The premiere was held at the Goldstein Residence, an early 1960s residence with expansive views set into a hillside in LA’s Beverly Crest neighborhood. Hyundai provided airfare, lodging, and meals to enable Charged to bring you this first-person report. Cargo volume is 21.9 cubic feet behind the third row, and 46.7

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