Nikola truck makes 519 Km round trip under -10°C in one tank
-Round trip from Calgary to Edmonton
-Tank still had hydrogen when returning
-Displaying H2 fuel cell tech capability to perform under freezing temperatures
Railroad companies have penalized #workers for taking the time to make needed repairs and created a culture in which supervisors threaten and fire the very people hired to keep #trains running safely.
Decarbonising freight is critical to decarbonising the transport sector and meeting Australia's climate targets. ClimateWorks report on Delivering freight decarbonisation: Strategies for reducing Australia’s transport emissions.
"Three types of solutions to reduce freight emissions have been set out in this report. First, solutions that make trips shorter or reduce the level of transport activity. Second, solutions that shift freight to lower-emissions modes such as rail or e-cargo-bikes; these also offer major benefits in terms of reducing congestion on Australia’s roads as the freight task grows. Third, decarbonisation solutions can be achieved through improved energy intensity of vehicles and reduced carbon intensity of fuels. Enlisting a suite of solutions in an integrated way, can help Australia reach its emissions targets and also improve other outcomes, such as productivity and impacts on health and liveability" #Freight#TransportEmissions#Ebikes#CargoBikes#Logistics#ClimateSolutions#ClimateCrisis
"There’s only one way to know if #ElectricTrucks can really replace diesel-fueled trucks: load them up with cargo, put them on the road and collect the data to see how far they can go.
That’s exactly what 10 freight depots in North America have been doing over the past two weeks. And so far, the data indicates that the latest electric medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks are increasingly ready to handle a lot of North America’s #freight-hauling needs."
Spending some quality time in the Harrisburg area 😊
This river is huge - it is the longest river in the US East Coast. I saw a lot of fish rising, but I didn’t fish. I just enjoyed the view of this great river 😉
A freight train is slowly crossing the river over the Rockville Bridge 😊
"...It found that passing #trains carrying #coal add on average 8 micrograms per cubic meter of #air (ug/m3) to ambient PM2.5 #pollution. That is 2 to 3 ug/m3 more than #freight trains contribute. Even empty coal cars add about 2 ug/m3 to the air due to traces of coal dust.
...the first study of coal train particulate pollution in a #US urban area. It’s also the first to use artificial intelligence [#AI] technologies to verify that the source of #air#pollution detected comes..."