iPhone 4S em Portugal a partir de 629 euros
Já é conhecido o preço do iPhone 4S em Portugal. A Apple vende-o desbloqueado a partir de 629 euros (versão 16GB).
RYNO: Moto eléctrica de uma roda
Tem um sistema de equilíbrio semelhante à Segway e promete competir com a Vespa e as scooters eléctricas.
DeLorean regressa ao futuro
Um novo modelo DeLorean vai sair da linha de montagem na Irlanda do Norte. Agora, eléctrico.
Veículos eléctricos livres de impostos em 2012
Os veículos exclusivamente eléctricos continuam isentos do imposto sobre veículos (ISV) em 2012.
STAY HUNGRY, STAY FOOLISH!
Vídeo legendado e transcrição do discurso de 2005 de Steve Jobs em Stanford.
Showing posts with label PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. Show all posts
EU to become free of petrol-fuelled cars by 2050
Aposta eléctrica destaca Almada na Europa
De acordo com o jornal PÚBLICO, citado pelo portal Mobi.e, "o júri que avaliou as candidaturas ao prémio destacou em relação a Almada o esforço na promoção de alternativas sustentáveis de mobilidade junto de diferentes públicos-alvo, bem como a impressionante variedade das medidas concretizadas a título definitivo".
Entre elas esteve o "lançamento do Flexibus (um serviço de transporte público em miniautocarros eléctricos), a instalação de pontos de carregamento de veículos eléctricos e a criação de uma passagem aérea ciclável e pedonal para ligar o campus universitário da Caparica ao pólo empresarial Madan Park", avança o jornal.
De Múrcia o júri destacou uma "mistura criativa de actividades para promover hábitos de transporte saudáveis e sustentáveis" e de Riga o "ambicioso programa de iniciativas". Gävle (Suécia), Budapeste (Hungria), Koprivnica (Croácia), Leão (Espanha), Copenhaga (Dinamarca), Nantes (França) e Ljubljana (Eslovénia) ganharam o prémio em anos anteriores.
Na nona edição da Semana Europeia da Mobilidade - que decorreu entre 16 a 22 de Setembro de 2010 - participaram 2221 vilas e cidades da Europa, do Brasil, Canadá, Equador, Argentina e Japão. Durante uma semana, promoveram actividades sob o tema Travel Smarter, Living Better, que em Portugal foi traduzido para ‘Viaje bem, viva melhor'.
New York City to ditch yellow cabs for greener taxis?
New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission chairman David Yassky, who is overseeing the search for a new design, says the city hopes to replace the current fleet standard, the gas-guzzling Ford Crown Victory.
"It's done great work," he says. "But it's time for a new car. The Ford Crown Victoria gets 12 miles to a gallon. It's not the most comfortable ride in the back, and while it's a design that everyone associates with the New York City cab, it's time to freshen it up."
The finalists in the competition to design the next generation of yellow cabs include car manufacturers Nissan, Ford and Karsan of Turkey. The results will be announced in mid-January.
'No choice'
The competing designs are all roomier and more fuel-efficient than the current yellow taxis, which number about 13,000, and they all bear more than a passing resemblance to the most modern black cabs in London.
City officials are thinking of giving one manufacturer the contract to build all of New York's cabs - a change from the current situation where 16 different models of taxi are made by nine different manufacturers, although the majority are Ford's Crown Victoria.
The competing designs - including this Nissan - are all roomier and more fuel efficient than current cabs The potential move to one manufacturer is not popular with veteran taxi driver John Caines, who is devoted to his Crown Victoria.
"It's as New York as Broadway, as Manhattan as Times Square," he says. "It's my office, my production facility, my way of earning income."
Every morning, he gets up, washes his cab, and heads out to see what the day brings. Mr Caines does not want to part company with his current vehicle, and dislikes the idea of one manufacturer making all of the city's taxis.
"What about choice?" he asks. "Where's my freedom to choose? And what if that one manufacturer can't get you the parts when you need them? It's risky."
He also worries about how much the new cab might cost.
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Related post: London to ditch black cabs for green taxis
Azores Islands, Portugal, test electric buses
According to the Açoriano Oriental newspaper, quoted by Mobi.e, the regional government bought a 30 to 36 seats bus with an estimated autonomy of 120 kms, and another 18 to 22 seats vehicle with an estimated autonomy of 100 kms.
Related: South Korea starts commercial operation of electric battery buses in Seoul
South Korea starts commercial operation of battery electric buses in Seoul
SMG has set a goal of putting a total of 120,000 electric vehicles in use in the city by 2020, which will account for 50% of all public transport vehicles, 10% of sedans and 1% of trucks and vans.
The electric coaches now serving on the Mt. Namsan circular routes are 11.05 meters long and run up to 83 km (52 miles) with a single charge. They can be fully charged in less than 30 minutes with a high-speed battery charger. The electric bus, with a maximum speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), has a low floor and a 240 kW motor. It features a high-capacity lithium-ion battery and a regenerative braking system.
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Paris unveils electric car scheme
For a 12€ monthly fee, those 58% of Parisians who do not own a car will be able to use one of the 3,000 Bolloré Bluecars for short journeys around the city, starting in fall 2011. The self-service car scheme, named Autolib, is based on the famous Vélib cycle-sharing system that Paris developed in 2007 and other international cities are now adopting and adapting, or simply put, copying.The electric, french-made four-seat Bluecar comes with its own GPS and is able to travel for 250 km (155 miles) between charges and has an estimated to speed of 130 kph (80 mph). Charging will take 4 hours at any of the 3,000 self-service plug-in stations being built across the city and its suburbs.
Drivers will pay 5€ for the first half an hour of use, 4€ for the next and 6€ for each subsequent 30-minute slot, to encourage short time trips. The prices will make the Bluecar an interesting alternative to Parisian taxis.
The mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoe expects the plan to attract between 160,000 and 200,000 subscribers.
Source: The Guardian
London to ditch black taxis for green ones
From 1 January 2012 licences will not be issued for the iconic Hackney carriages that are more than 15 years old, London's mayor Boris Johnson has announced. According to the mayor's office, road traffic is responsible for about 80% of airborne pollution in central London, with black cabs contributing 20% of it. Sources: BBC and the Green Car Website
Off-topic: Airlines post record profits in 2010, Air China is the world's biggest airline
IATA'S chief economist Brian Pearce has announced this Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland, that profit estimates for the airline sector have nearly doubled from the 8,9 billion dollars posted in September to 15,1 billion dollars. Stable oil prices and passenger number growth have brought the sector back from the grave.
2011 could tell a different story, though, especially in Europe, Pearce said. But not in Asia and Latin America, where there's a bright outlook. IATA presented an updated list of the world's biggest airlines in therms of market capitalization, with surprising results. Air China gets the gold (20bn), followed by Singapore Airlines (14bn), Cathay Pacific (12bn), China Southern (11bn) and LATAM (Chile's LAN + Brazil's TAM, 11bn).
2011 could tell a different story, though, especially in Europe, Pearce said. But not in Asia and Latin America, where there's a bright outlook. IATA presented an updated list of the world's biggest airlines in therms of market capitalization, with surprising results. Air China gets the gold (20bn), followed by Singapore Airlines (14bn), Cathay Pacific (12bn), China Southern (11bn) and LATAM (Chile's LAN + Brazil's TAM, 11bn).
NGO brings electric jeepneys to Manila
From CNN: Quietly cutting through the chronic traffic of Manila, the sprawling capital city of Philippines, is a fleet of brightly colored electric vehicles. Can these e-jeepneys -- eco-friendly versions of the iconic Philippine form of public transport -- lead the country towards a clean, green future?
Red Constantino believes so. He's the Executive Director of the Institute of Climate and Sustainable Cities, the NGO behind the 20 vehicles currently driving around the area of Makati.
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Red Constantino believes so. He's the Executive Director of the Institute of Climate and Sustainable Cities, the NGO behind the 20 vehicles currently driving around the area of Makati.
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