sustainable mobility
500,000 Euros EIB Grant to Ensure Sustainable Urban Mobility in Niš, Serbia
The European Investment Bank (EIB) – the lending arm of the EU – has signed a cooperation agreement with the City of Niš in Serbia to finance the preparation of a sustainable urban mobility plan, enabling the city to make…
New Magnesium EV Batteries For The Zero Emission Ride Of The Future
The EV batteries of today are pretty good, but apparently you ain’t seen nothing yet. Researchers are eyeballing magnesium to take over from lithium, which so far has been the workhorse of the EV revolution. There’s just one little problem,…
Create the World’s First Electric Vehicle Emoji for World EV Day 2021
EV Day founders ABB and Green.TV are issuing an “EVmoji” challenge to participants age 16 and younger to create an electric vehicle emoji. The winning design will be submitted to the Unicode Consortium – the consorti -um that finalizes and…
Ljubljana, the Capital of Bicycles, Bees and Greenery
The city government of the Slovenian capital defined the goals of sustainable mobility in 2007, and in the priorities, in accordance with the Plan for Sustainable Urban Movement adopted in 2017, they made an effort so that by 2027 citizens…
Clean Air and Green Jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean Thanks to E-Mobility
The transport sector is responsible for 15 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions in the region. New report calls to prioritize the electrification of public transport, especially when updating old bus fleets. Electric mobility could foster new investments and jobs,…
Entrepreneur Hoping to Make Electric Motorbikes a Staple of Thailand’s Streets
Bangkok has an extensive public transit network, but its maze of small side streets—sois—means that a destination is often a hike from a transit stop. In a city of extreme temperatures and monsoon rains, even a short walk in the…
Back in the Saddle
The COVID-19 pandemic has limited our movement and activities. Recreational sports around the world have been thrown into a deep freeze, shuttering everything from tennis clubs to weekend football leagues. But one diversion that remains pandemic-approved: cycling. The World Health…