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Solar Impulse 2 Is Airborne, Flying From China To Hawaii

By : Sustainability ..., Jun 1, 2015

Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) is in the air as you read this. André Borschberg is anticipated to fly for 6 days and 5 nights, and land on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. If this flight is successful, there will be new world records set for solar aviation. The Si2 team released the...

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Smart Cities Market in India- A $45- $50 Billion Opportunity outlined by the SCOAM model

By : Sustainability ..., May 28, 2015

Sustainability Outlook has developed a Smart Cities Opportunity Assessment Model (SCOAM) which pegs the opportunity for smart cities in India over the next 5 years at $45-$50 billion. The Opportunity Assessment model builds on Sustainability...

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Japanese wireless tech promise for electric vehicles

By : Sustainability ..., May 28, 2015

Researchers at University of Tokyo claim to have developed a technology for wireless transfer of electricity which they believe will help develop more advanced electric vehicles.

The team has incorporated the technology in the “world’s first in-wheel motor system for...

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EVA, An Electric Taxi Designed For Singapore

By : Sustainability ..., May 28, 2015

Today’s electric vehicles are aimed primarily at regular consumers, rather than the commercial fleets that make up a big chunk of automakers sales. A team of scientists and engineers from TUM Create and NTU is taking a different approach to EVs, developing a purpose-built...

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Poop-powered bus breaks world speed record

By : Sustainability ..., May 27, 2015

The UK’s poop-powered bus has set a speed record for a regular service bus with a top speed of 76.8 miles per hour (123.5kph). The vehicle is called the ‘Bus Hound’ (a tongue-in-cheek homage to supersonic Bloodhound SSC) and it’s powered by biomethane derived from cow manure...

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Nissan, BMW launching national grid of charging stations

By : Sustainability ..., May 26, 2015

Nissan and BMW are to jointly build a national grid of electric vehicle (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) charging stations in South Africa. The grid is to be utilized by Nissan and BMW vehicles.

According to news reports, the companies have signed a...

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Subject Tags: sustainable transport

Collaboration to Transform Logistics: From Cost-to-country (CTC) to Benefit-to Country (BTC)

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 5, 2014

LOGISTICS SECTOR: HIGH CTC 

Contrary to popular perception, costs of transporting goods from production sites to the end consumer are significant compared to producing them. The logistics sector costs accounted for 14% India’s GDP and amounted to...

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