Despite all the technological advancements, a storage device is still needed in order to save excess solar and wind energy for times when the sun is not ...
Audi will mit Stoßdämpfern Strom erzeugen
Audi will sich laut WirtschaftsWoche holprige Straßen zu Nutze machen: Der bayerische Autobauer arbeitet derzeit an speziellen Stoßdämpfern, die mit ...
Cities should tap students to get smarter
Cities today are increasingly under pressure to work smarter but often lack the financial resources to develop concepts to work more efficiently. ...
Ford to invest 4.5 billion USD in electrified vehicles by 2020
Ford has outlined an aggressive plan to invest 4.5 billion USD in electrified vehicles by 2020. The American car manufacturer plans to develop a whole ...
How LA aims to take 100,000 cars off its streets
The County of Los Angeles, USA, has announced a plan to take 100,000 cars off its streets within the next five years. The strategy paper, called “ ...
What’s new in the final draft of the New Urban Agenda?
After four iterations and 38 hours of nonstop negotiations at the UN headquarters in New York over the weekend, the final draft of the New Urban Agenda was ...
Aktionsplan Nanotechnologie 2020 soll E-Mobilität beflügeln
Am gestrigen Mittwoch hat das Bundeskabinett den Aktionsplan “Nanotechnologie 2020” beschlossen, mit dem Förderaktivitäten auf Bereiche wie ...
The Gramercy District: Building a smart city from scratch
Just outside of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, a group of business leaders, researchers and developers are trying to build a smart ...
Infographic: Air pollution costs money and lives
Air pollution has become the fourth-leading risk factor for deaths worldwide and is substantially damaging the world’s economy. The infographic below ...
Hinkley Point C: Why investing in renewables is a better idea
Nuclear energy is risky and expensive, yet the UK government has given the green light for a new nuclear power plant (via BBC). Damian Carrington of The ...
