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Eco-Innovation

Spanish school kids are ‘jumping out of bed’ to join this bike bus

Barcelona’s ‘bicibus’ isn’t just a route to school for more than 700 people - it’s also a lesson in sustainable transport.

Travel News

High-speed rail in Portugal: New Lisbon and Porto routes revealed

The country joins Spain, France, the Netherlands and Belgium with intercity high-speed rail.

Mobility

Electric cars: What support is there for swapping petrol for plug-ins?

French president Emmanuel Macron has just announced a boost for the ecological bonus available for buying electric cars. What about other EU countries?

Eco-Innovation

Oslo set to become first capital with zero-emissions public transport

Oslo is replacing its diesel-fuelled buses with 450 electric alternatives.

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France

It's the end of the line for Paris’ iconic metro ticket

After 120 years, Paris is phasing out the paper metro ticket for a paperless future. The end of an era has sparked nostalgia for many commuters.

Eco-Innovation

Dutch students devise carbon-eating electric vehicle

The all-electric Zero Emission Mobility (ZEM) car uses carbon capture technology to absorb CO2 as it drives.

Eco-Innovation

Cheaper electric vehicles are coming despite high battery costs

The new Equinox EV is only slightly more expensive than regular compact SUVs.

Nature

’Barbaric’: New Yorkers campaign to ban horse-drawn carriages

A poll shows 70 per cent of New Yorkers are in favour of replacing horse-drawn carriages with e-carriages.

Travel News

'Success': 52 million tickets sold for cheap German train travel

German short distance rail passengers made roughly a billion journeys per month between June and August, a surge the German rail association have attributed to cheap tickets.

Travel News

Is travel between France and England about to get more sustainable?

You’ll soon be able to sail between France and the UK on a sustainable, 12-person catamaran service.

Mobility

Cubans turn to electric ‘motorinas’ to get around amid fuel shortages

Amid chronic fuel shortages, young Cubans are embracing electric motorbikes, but some are dangerously tampering with them to boost their speed.

Mobility

Could this pilot scheme bring wireless charging roads for EVs closer?

Stellantis has run a successful trial for an EV that can charge itself without having to stop.

Eco-Innovation

More people cycle than drive in this 'forward-thinking' European city

Belgium’s greenest city is pedalling into the future with policies to tackle the climate crisis.

Germany

Germany backs plans for €9-a-month local transport pass

The move aims to help Germans cope with high energy prices amid Russia's war in Ukraine.

Mobility

Volkswagen has 'sold out' of electric cars for this year

Anyone ordering an EV from VW, Audi, Porsche or Škoda will have to wait until 2023 to get it, the carmaker said.

People

Meet the man who paddleboards to work and saves €3,000 a year

Your average Brit spends 400 days of their life commuting, so why not turn it into something enjoyable?

Mobility

Are e-scooters more dangerous than cycling or motorbikes?

Rental scooters hospitalised over 330 people in a Finnish city over two years, injuring relatively more riders than cars or motorbikes.

Green News

Euroviews. I quit my job as a banker to teach people about electric cars

Aidan McClean's new book tackles the misinformation around electric vehicles and climate disaster.

Mobility

Electric vans are 25% cheaper to run than diesel, study finds

European van operators would save fuel costs by going electric, but are being put off by higher upfront costs and a lack of charging infrastructure, a new report says.

Green News

New €6 million project in Istanbul is turning algae into bio-jet fuel

The 2,500-square metre facility will be able to process approximately 1,200 tons of wet algae mass per year.