Sat.May 04, 2019

article thumbnail

Niagara Falls Maid of the Mist vessels going battery-electric; ABB power and propulsion

Green Car Congress

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that Maid of the Mist, which has been navigating the waters of the Lower Niagara River since 1846, will launch later this year two new all-electric, zero-emission passenger vessels constructed in the United States. Rendering of the new electric Maid of the Mist vessels. The catamaran-style vessels will provide more than 1.6 million guests from around the world with an up-close, iconic view of Niagara Falls.

Power 319
article thumbnail

Tesla safety, Ford plug-ins, electric-car myths, Smart exit: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which company made active driver safety aids standard on their cars? What model got a new variant just for Canada? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 3, 2019. It was a big week for green car news, from California to Michigan. In the latest move away from its old promises.

Plug-in 97
article thumbnail

US Steel investing more than $1B in Mon Valley works; substrate for XG3 AHSS for automotive; reduction in criteria pollutants

Green Car Congress

United States Steel Corporation (USS) will invest more than $1 billion to construct a new sustainable endless casting and rolling facility at its Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa., and a cogeneration facility at its Clairton Plant in Clairton, Pa., both part of the company’s Mon Valley Works. The cutting-edge endless casting and rolling technology combines thin slab casting and hot rolled band production into one continuous process and will make Mon Valley Works the first facility of this typ

Pollution 207
article thumbnail

Don’t Look For Truth In @LATimes About Arson Fire Started By Phillips 66 Oil Company To Increase Prices & Pollution #JoeTakesOnTheNews

Creative Greenius

Pollution 150
article thumbnail

How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

emissions global warming Norway climate change carbon dioxide youtube lighting

article thumbnail

DOE announces $79M for bioenergy research and development

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $79 million in funding for bioenergy research and development including biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower ( DE-FOA-00002029 ). The FOA topics will advance DOE’s Bioenergy Technology Office’s (BETO) objectives to reduce the price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources.

Waste 207
article thumbnail

Spending a night in a battery-powered motorhome

Gavin Shoebridge

I took this new, 100% electric motorhome on an overnight road trip to find out if battery-powered campers are just a gimmick[.]. The post Spending a night in a battery-powered motorhome appeared first on GavinShoebridge.com.