Positive Future #447 (Feature photo – Europe – CCA SA 4.0 International) While electric car sales in the U.S. are around 2% of the market, electric car sales in Europe are over 3% of the market. Interesting is that the top selling electric car in Europe was the Tesla Model 3. InsideEVs journalist Mark Kane…
Positive Future #446 (Feature photo – Drone Delivery – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Agfunder News journalist Lauren Manning brings us the latest on the emerging drone delivery universe. Wing Aviation, a division of Alphabet (the new corporate restructured name of Google) just received FAA approval for drone delivery service. Trials will begin in Virginia shortly.…
Positive Future #445 (Feature photo – Byron Bay Solar Powered Train – CCA SA 4.0 International) CleanTechnica journalist Dr. Maximilian Holland, covers an unusual story about the world’s first solar powered train. While the train is a short commuter train in sunny Australia, the fact that it exists will undoubtedly inspire development of the technology.…
Positive Future #444 (Feature photo – Tesla Power Chargers – CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain) We are seeing more and more public charging stations for electric cars. In fact, billions of dollars are being invested in public charging stations. Yet, 78 percent of commutes are less than 40 miles. While public charging stations are needed…
Positive Future #443 (Feature photo – Seal of Washington State – Public Domain) Journalist Christian Roselund of PV Magazine summarizes how the recent legislation by the State of Washington to move to 100 percent clean power joins other states and cities. Regardless of the debates going on over climate change, the momentum in the U.S.…
Touch the Soil News #1309 (Feature photo – Delivery Robots – CCA SA 4.0 International) The thought behind the world’s purveyors of food is that robots are ultimately less expensive than people and cars. So while we think robotic technology is driven by the desire for better technology, that is not the only reason. Financial…
Positive Future #442 (Feature photo – Large Wind Turbine Blades – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) LM Wind Power successfully manufactured the world’s first wind-turbine blade to surpass 100 meters – 107 meters to be exact (351 feet). It is one of the largest components ever built by mankind. The blade will also go on the…
Positive Future #441 (Feature photo – Sono Sion Electric Solar Cell Car – CCA SA 4.0 International) While everyone knows that solar cells are not enough to power a car, having a car covered in solar cells stirs the imagination. The Sono Sion is such a car and it can charge about 20 miles on…
Positive Future #440 (Feature photo – Electric Cargo Bike – CCA SA 2.5 Generic) In today’s economic environment, small business ideas and ideas to save money can make a big different in a household’s financial bottom line. The electric cargo bike is seeing a huge transformation from early pedal-only models to metro-freight service, food vending…
Positive Future #439 (Feature photo – New Flyer Xcelsior Electric Bus – Steve Morgan CCA SA 4.0 International) New Flyer of America just delivered the first of five electric buses to TriMet – the Portland, Oregon bus system. This came just before Bernie Sanders (2020 presidential hopeful) went public about moving totally away from fossil…
