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Los Angeles launches New Mobility Challenge 2018

Green Car Congress

For the second year running, Los Angeles is inviting innovative and environmentally-friendly entrepreneurs from around the world to push the envelope on urban mobility solutions from ride-sharing and zero-emission electric bikes and scooters to self-driving vehicles and flying cars. Revenues of up to $5 million.

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LADOT partnering with GMV and ViriCiti for e-bus management and maintenance

Green Car Congress

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) is rapidly electrifying its fleet to meet sustainability goals set under the Green New Deal for Los Angeles. LADOT will equip all of its new e-buses with software to improve bus performance by measuring bus efficiency, ridership, and bus arrival-departure timing.

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How to Build EV Charging for All: Why You’re More Likely to Get an Electric Uber in Westwood than Inglewood

CleanTechnica EVs

By John Schroeder Electrifying transportation is crucial to limiting global warming to 1.5°C. To make the EV transition more inclusive we must bring EV chargers to low-income neighborhoods. One way to do […].

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

Fleets tested Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 tractors for three years: Here’s what they learned. However, heavy-duty electric trucks from traditional makers have started to hit the market. Publicity magnet Tesla said it delivered its first battery-electric Semi tractor on December 1. Put another way: Plan first, order trucks second.

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The View From Here Today

Creative Greenius

Our neighborhood is called the “Hollywood Riviera&# because of its beautiful hillside homes with idyllic ocean views framed by palm trees. We both know that 20% of California’s electric power is used just to move water from the North down here to the South and all the other places it goes.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

For some Americans it gives a chance to drive and experience a different car, maybe an electric car they might be thinking of purchasing. According to Navigant Research, global revenue generated by ride-hailing services is expected to grow to almost $1.2 trillion in 2026.” In the U.S. Hertz has 8,500 locations in 150 countries.

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Greenius Gets Groove On with Greenpeace & GRID Alternatives

Creative Greenius

And I have never been more all now or totally happening. In this case for GRID Alternatives at a low income home in my old neighborhood in Long Beach, California. Thanks to them, a family’s electricity is now solar-powered. One of the great things about this display was how people all day long were touching the panels.

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