Goodnight, old industrial sprawl. Welcome, cool European metropolis. Birmingham is now an attractive and convenient destination for day trips — or weekends away, if you take in a show or a concert. Wide pedestrianised streets lead from the railway stations to most of the key attractions — some of the best performance centres in Europe,… Continue reading
Drivers in US pick up first mass-market electric cars
Remember the name. Amir Seif became one of the first people to take delivery of a mass-market electric car, the Nissan Leaf. He picked it up the car, the third person in the world to do so, after drivers in San Francisco and San Diego, in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday Dec 14, 2010. With his… Continue reading →
Solar powered collector to clean up Pacific plastic?
An unmanned solar powered collector that would criss-cross the North Pacific siphoning up plastic? And why not? It’s a hefty pollution problem, and one it is particularly difficult to see human solving directly.
The (carbon-neutral) view from the Tower Hill omnibus
New Co2 neutral hydrogen buses start running in London on December 18th 2010, after trials. The author took a trip on a prototype in 2006 and wrote the attached article.
Continue reading →Electric car “breakthrough to bring motor vehicle into modern age”?
Carlos Ghosn, CEO of carmakers Renault and Nissan, which this week announced the formal launch of the all electric Leaf, today (December 9, 2010) described the electric car as the breakthrough that will bring the motor vehicle into the modern age. He accused the automobile industry of failing to innovate for several decades past. Giving … Continue reading →
Nissan Leaf officially launches
We make a terrific fuss when a new Harry Potter blockbuster rolls out, but how many of us will be still be watching HP and the Deathly Hallows 1 (or 2) in ten years time. Chances are, however,that you, or someone in your family or someone you know will be driving or aspiring to drive… Continue reading →