Living in China takes 3½ years off your life
China’s failure to bring air quality up to global standards is shaving years off the lives of its citizens: 3½ years on average, to be precise.
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Electric cars dominate the buzz at Frankfurt auto show
Carmakers at the Frankfurt auto show are unveiling the low-emissions vehicles and technology strategies they hope will let them profit from the sweeping changes expected to hit the auto industry in the next few years.
China wants to ban gas and diesel cars
China is preparing to put the brakes on gasoline and diesel cars.
GM is selling a $5,000 electric car in China
General Motors will start selling a tiny electric car in China this week that will cost about $5,300 after national and local electric vehicle incentives, according to GM.
Switch to renewables won’t end the geopolitics of energy
Americans and Europeans in particular are familiar with the geopolitical downsides of a heavy reliance on fossil fuels.
Invisible and ignored: air pollution inside the homes of Nairobi’s residents
Air pollution is a visible problem in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The city’s poor air quality is evident in its congested streets where passenger vehicles, trucks and motorcycle taxis jostle for space while belching clouds of black smoke.
It’s hard to keep up with all that lithium demand
Hidden within the salt flats high in the Andes mountains of South America are vast deposits of the lithium that Elon Musk may need for his electric-car revolution
TUM electric car designed specifically for Africa
A group of scientists and engineers at the prestigious Technical University of Munich will unveil the aCar, an electric vehicle designed specifically to meet the driving needs of those living in sub-Saharan Africa.
OPEC: Is this the cartel’s last stand?
Since its creation more than half a century ago, OPEC has become the textbook case of a successful cartel.
India is rolling out trains with solar-powered coaches to save on diesel
India’s massive diesel-guzzling railway network is getting serious about its experiments with solar.
