We've just had an election based budget in Australia and not a mention of climate change. Our head in the sand government hasn't a clue or is simply bought and paid for by the fossil fuel industry. Amazing how a few brown paper bags stuffed full of "political bribes donations" can corrupt a democracy.
The astonishing success of the launch of the Tesla Model 3 with over 325,000 pre-orders in one week has caused ripples throughout the automotive industry. The runaway success of a vehicle that will not be delivered for two years and possibly longer marks the end of the beginning to the change in our toxic
Perhaps you saw the movie based on the GM's EV1 "Who Killed the Electric Car". Was it a conspiracy or was it a business decision based on economics? Whatever the truth behind the demise of the EV1 it seems a new conspiracy is being hatched to kill off the electric car once again. It
The town of Stuttgart in south western Germany has recorded levels of air pollution almost twice the safe maximum and residents have been told to leave the car at home. Levels of PM10 (particulate matter 10 micrometers or less in size) reached 89 micrograms on Monday which is almost double the upper limit 'safe' level
You may already have heard of inductive or wireless charging. Some consumer electronic devices have this capability. It simply means transferring energy using an electromagnetic field and has been known about since the days of Nikolai Tesla who invented the Tesla coil in 1891. This type of technology is also being developed for charging
In a spectacular example of corporate criminality, VW have admitted to gaming the test results of emissions on a range of diesel vehicles. When initially confronted with the allegation they denied it and stated that the lab tests must have been flawed. This calculated deception must have been hatched at the highest levels of management
Update 2020 - below is a video that measures EMF Radiation in a range of vehicles including EV, Hybrid and Gas Cars. The video also show EMF levels for many common household devices. This topic was raised by a reader on the MEC Facebook page. Unfortunately the comment was written by someone who
Not from terrorism - not from Ebola - but still dead and it happens every year. 2000 die in Madrid annually from vehicle pollution and the locals are fed up with it. It's not as if Madrid is the highest ranking air polluted city in Europe - it doesn't even make the top 3 and comes
We've made a point many times about the toxicity of the current global fleet. Outdoor air pollution, much of which is caused by vehicle exhaust has led to 3.2 million premature deaths worldwide in 2010, 1.2 million of which were in China. The densely populated cities of India are not faring a great deal better
Living in Beijing is now at an unbearable stage with pollution levels soaring since 19th February. PM 2.5 (particulate matter) concentrations that are the most damaging to human health hit levels of 432 yesterday - the World Health Organisation levels are a mere 25 for day long exposure. No doubt much of this smog is