New Zealand: Transport
Quarter of world's 100 busiest airports in danger from the sea
14 Sep 2018
As a typhoon tore through Japan last week, travellers at Kansai International Airport looked out on a terrifying void: Where the runway should have been, they saw only the sea.
Electric Mercedes spearheads Germany's assault on Tesla
6 Sep 2018
Mercedes-Benz is set to unveil its much-anticipated electric SUV this week, marking the start of a German onslaught against Tesla.
Drivers foot huge bill for carmakers' scam
31 Aug 2018
Drivers in Europe have paid $NZ260 billion more on fuel than they would have if their vehicles had performed as well on-the-road as in official laboratory-based tests, says a new report.
Europe now boasts more than a million e-cars
30 Aug 2018
Europe now has more than a million electric cars after sales soared by over 40 per cent in the first half of the year, new figures reveal.
Nissan makes electric car just for China
30 Aug 2018
Nissan has begun production for its first electric car designed specifically for China.
The road ahead might not be smooth for electric scooters
21 Aug 2018
Electric scooters are seen as a good choice by many eco-conscious consumers, but some cities see regulatory headaches.
Companies offer e-cars on subscription
20 Aug 2018
Electric vehicles could soon be available on subscription.
E-planes on way ... as soon as we can figure out the battery
20 Aug 2018
At least 20 companies are developing aerial taxi plans, including Boeing and Airbus. But flying requires an incredible amount of energy, and presently, batteries are too heavy and too expensive to achieve liftoff.
Rolls-Royce making battery to power ships
20 Aug 2018
Rolls-Royce is developing a battery storage device for use in the shipping industry.
Who will own EV charging stations?
16 Aug 2018
The fragmented nature of EV charging infrastructure ownership means that any of a range of players could be taking your money.
KiwiRail sees exciting future for hydrogen trains
3 Aug 2018
Hydrogen-powered trains could play a big part in cutting New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions, KiwiRail says.
Toyota planning Olympic Games specials
31 Jul 2018
Toyota is planning to use the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo to showcase the future of transportation.
Airbus to build solar-powered unmanned planes
23 Jul 2018
Airbus has unveiled plans to manufacture a solar plane which will fly unmanned high in the sky.
Drivers get help to find EV charging stations
19 Jul 2018
Finding a place to charge your electric car is about to get easier.
Aircraft industry feels heat from changing climate
19 Jul 2018
The extreme heat that has come with climate change is prompting aircraft manufacturers to test their fleets for increasingly hotter temperatures.
Musk eyes 500,000 e-cars a year from new China factory
13 Jul 2018
Tesla founder Elon Musk says his new factory in Shanghai - the company's first outside the US - will build 500,000 electric cars a year.
Next Beetle will be electric with four doors
10 Jul 2018
Volkswagen's next Beetle will be a completely new, all-electric model with four doors.
Airlines eye massive carbon handout
29 Jun 2018
Brazil and China are behind a push to allow billions of tonnes of old carbon credits to be used to offset future growth in pollution by airlines.
Musk's latest is a pickup truck that can carry a pickup truck
29 Jun 2018
TESLA CEO Elon Musk is talking about his plans for an over-sized electric ute. He calls the concept “a pickup truck that can carry a pickup truck”.
Gas not answer to shipping problem, says study
28 Jun 2018
Europe has little to gain from trying to decarbonise the unwieldy shipping sector with liquefied natural gas, according to a new study.
Self-drivers might make us more dependent on cars
26 Jun 2018
Lots of questions remain unanswered about how urban systems will work with the introduction of self-driving vehicles.
Norway eyes passenger flights after testing tiny electric plane
21 Jun 2018
Norway has tested a two-seater electric plane and predicted a start to passenger flights by 2025 if new aviation technologies match a green shift that has made Norwegians the world’s top buyers of electric cars.
Daimler moves on e-truck market
13 Jun 2018
Daimler, the largest truck manufacturer in the world, is eyeing up the prizes to be won from electric vehicles.
Fiat Chrysler to stop making diesel cars
5 Jun 2018
Italian-American carmaker Fiat Chrysler will stop producing diesel-fuelled passenger vehicles within three years,
BIT ON THE SIDE: Lambo looks at a new way to power e-cars
1 Jun 2018
Lamborghini wants to build a super e-car, but has no faith in today's battery technology to do the job. The Italian carmaker says the answer is likely to be rechargeable side panels.
Walking is good for you ... and for the planet
29 May 2018
Walking and cycling programmes in New Plymouth and Hastings are paying good returns on investment by cutting greenhouse gas emissions and improving health, a new study shows.
BP invests $20m in tech to charge EVs in 5min
29 May 2018
BP will invest $20 million in an Israeli startup that claims to offer five-minute electric-vehicle charging with new-generation batteries.
Electric vehicles seen driving crunch time for cobalt
28 May 2018
The increasing popularity of electric vehicles might create a crunch for supplies of cobalt in the early-to-mid 2020s, miners and analysts say.
Oil industry should be very afraid of fuel-efficient engines
25 May 2018
Oil demand is set to face an even bigger threat from fuel-efficient engines than from electric vehicles over the next two decades, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
We're looking at 11 million electric-car sales by 2026
24 May 2018
Sales of new electric vehicles will reach 11 million within the next eight years, according to new analysis.
Modern diesels part of the pollution solution
22 May 2018
Concerns over urban air quality and the rise in global temperatures have spurred technological innovation by car makers, meaning that the era of dirty diesel is now over.
Why greener fuels might not make shipping safer
21 May 2018
The shipping industry is concerned that compared with traditional fuels, greener alternatives have a greater potential to cause major accidents.
Tesla could be looking for $10 billion boost
21 May 2018
Elon Musk might need to tap capital markets for more than $10 billion by 2020 to fund Tesla’s automaking operations, new products and an expected expansion into China,
Volvo to stop making diesel cars
17 May 2018
Swedish car company Volvo has announced its intention to stop making diesel cars.
EU warms to plastic waste as transport fuel
11 May 2018
A proposal to use non-recyclable plastic waste in the production of transport fuels is picking up momentum among EU member states, despite warnings from environmentalists.
We're still talking electric locos, says minister
10 May 2018
KiwiRail says the new government hasn’t told it to reverse plans to replace electric locomotives on the Main Trunk Line with diesel engines.
SHIP SHAPE: What will vessels look like in the next 30 years?
4 May 2018
With a global shipping industry target to halve its huge carbon footprint, the race is on to find new technologies to green the fleet.
VW makes $25 billion bet on e-cars in China
27 Apr 2018
Volkswagen will invest $NZ25 billion in electric and autonomous vehicles in China by 2022.
PSSST! Ferrari quietly - very quietly - testing electric car
26 Apr 2018
Ferrari CEO Sergio Marchionne has admitted the supercar manufacturer has been quietly - very quietly - testing a gasoline-electric hybrid car.
E-car revolution will bring problems of its own
23 Apr 2018
Electric cars are praised as the answer to questions of green and clean mobility. But the overall sustainability of electric vehicles is far from clear.
Shipping pact calls for 50% emissions cut
16 Apr 2018
Global shipping must at least halve its emissions by 2050, under a hard-fought international deal that for the first time sets the sector on course to shrink its carbon footprint.
Shipping industry has the technology to go green
11 Apr 2018
As the engine of global trade, the shipping industry is, broadly speaking, invisible in our daily lives, yet 90 per cent of the world’s goods are transported by ship. AS THE ENGINE of global trade, the shipping industry is, broadly speaking, invisible in our daily lives, yet 90 per cent of the world’s goods are transported by ship,
NZ wants to see cuts in shipping emissions
9 Apr 2018
New Zealand is calling for deeper emissions cuts from the international shipping industry.
Shipping talks ‘on knife-edge’ as deadline looms
9 Apr 2018
Talks on a climate target for international shipping looked fragile on Friday, with countries deeply divided a week before the deadline.
German diesel car sales follow UK in falling off a cliff
9 Apr 2018
Sales in Germany of diesel vehicles dropped by an astonishing 25 per cent in March, compared with the same time last year.
Will the shipping industry give us climate deal of the year?
5 Apr 2018
As a key meeting kicks off in London, the hopes of climate hawks are pinned on the shipping industry setting a course for the climate deal of the year.
H-power key to climate targets, says Shell
28 Mar 2018
Planes and trucks powered by hydrogen will be a crucial part of efforts to cut carbon emissions to safe levels, according to oil giant Shell.
Ford partners with Mahindra to build e-vehicle
28 Mar 2018
Car giants Ford and Mahindra have agreed to work together on developing a new EV for the huge Indian market, but potentially for sale elsewhere.
Hydrogen-powered car faces big setback
27 Mar 2018
A two-year trial to offer cars that consume Earth’s most common element and emit only water will end over high costs.
Change rail rules, says trains privatiser
23 Mar 2018
One of the men behind the privatisation of New Zealand’s rail network says the rules need to be changed so that rail can help to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Nature is not an economic handbrake: Environmental Defence Society
Fri 16 May 2025
Nature is not a handbrake on economic growth – the two must go hand in hand, attendees heard on the final day of the Environmental Defence Society’s Dollars and Sense conference this week.
Methanex closure comes early this year
Wed 14 May 2025
The almost-now-annual closure of Methanex has come earlier this year, giving more confidence that the electricity system will get through the winter without a fuel shortfall.
Climate-denying farming groups attack govt’s methane strategy
Fri 16 May 2025
A trio of farming groups is claiming that a survey shows 95% of farmers have rejected the government’s methane strategy.
NZ could ditch 8 million fossil fuel machines right now to slash emissions
7 May 2025
The majority of the country’s ten million fossil fuel machines could be replaced cost-effectively with electric equivalents right now, new research from Rewiring Aotearoa has revealed.
Farming lobby attacks ‘loopholes’ in carbon forestry limits
7 May 2025
Beef + Lamb New Zealand is urging the government to close what it says are loopholes in new guidance around limits on carbon forestry.
FMA exemption grants compliance relief to climate reporters
7 May 2025
The Financial Markets Authority has signed off on new exemptions giving climate-reporting entities a break from some of their compliance duties.
