California startup converts Cessna plane to electric
Electric plane startup Ampaire wants to speed up the path to electric flight by retrofitting Cessna aircraft.
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Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.
Watch Boeing’s successful test flight of all-electric passenger taxi
Urban air mobility division Boeing NeXt puts first all-electric air taxi up in air, and says, "this is what revolution looks like".
Kona Electric included in Best Sub Compact SUV award
Yet another award handed to Hyundai's crossover SUV, as the Kona Electric "quietly steps ahead" of the Tesla Model 3.
Elon Musk prices “bargain” $1bn tunnel under Blue Mountains
Tesla and Boring Company CEO Elon Musk responds to casual Twitter query from NSW MP Jeremy Buckingham about cost to build a tunnel under the Blue Mountains. Is this the Big Battery all over again?
Toyota and Kenworth join forces to make zero emissions hydrogen trucks
The Japanese automaker and the trucking company have inked a deal to produce 10 hydrogen fuel cell trucks using Kenworth T680 trucks built onto Toyota FCEV powertrains.
Rolls Royce is building world’s fastest electric plane to fly in 2020
Rolls Royce races into 2019 with plans to set a new world record for the fastest electric plane ever, taking it to the skies as soon as next year.
Elon Musk gets Boring, as first tunnel opens for test drives
Musk opens the Boring Company's first tunnel for trials, where cars will travel at such high speeds it will feel "like teleporting".
California decrees all new buses must be electric or fuel cell by 2029
California carves another clean air rule to ensure that by 2040, the amount of carbon and particulate emissions from public buses will be zero.
Revealed: Australian solar-powered electric vehicle with swappable bodies
Australian company breaks cover with a solar-powered Applied Electric Vehicle that seeks to re-imagine the future of transport.
High altitude solar aircraft find testing site in outback Western Australia
A remote WA outback airport will host test flights and form a gateway to the stratosphere for Airbus's solar high-altitude pseudo-satellite, the Zephyr HAPS.