Transport

Sustainable city logistics

The Zedify story started with two founders, Rob King and Sam Keam.  They managed existing logistic businesses when they met at a cycle logistic business event.  Rob and Sam recognised e-commerce deliveries were accelerating.  The logistics market in the UK has historically revolved around motorised vehicles, typically vans.  Whilst vans may be an efficient means …

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Electric vehicle batteries

Based on my conversation with Euan McTurk, here are the answers to some commonly asked questions on electric vehicle batteries. What is a battery?  A battery is an energy source consisting of one or more electrochemical cells, where stored chemical energy can be converted into electrical energy when needed.  It has a negative electrode, an …

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Electric cars

Why choose an electric car? The evidence is clear on greenhouse gases from fossil fuels being the dominant contributor to climate change, and we have to reduce these emissions.  The car sector has the second-biggest carbon footprint, after heating homes, in the UK (see this WWF report). If all cars in the UK became electric …

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