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Ford launches innovate mobility challenge series

Green Car Congress

The worldwide challenges kicked off in Lisbon, Portugal; Los Angeles, United States; and Mumbai, India; before moving on to Delhi and the Chennai region in India; Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; and a countrywide challenge in Argentina. The submission period will run from 14 August to 14 November.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The British government, for example, announced recently that, in a few years, motorists will be able to get up to £5,000 in incentives to buy an electric car. People actually love the idea of a bicycle that does not need pedalling. Exchange ideas in the boardroom. The point is that everything else needs to be made easy.

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Redwood Materials Will Recycle Hawaiian Grid Batteries

Cars That Think

Currently, materials such as nickel, manganese, lithium, and cobalt are sourced from Indonesia, South Africa, Australia, South America, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and elsewhere. So the idea is, buy it once and keep it here.” We have to get the materials from somewhere,” Spangenberger said. “So

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