sustainable 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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Carbon neutral Nottingham with Wayne Bexton

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Carbon neutral Nottingham with Wayne Bexton
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Wayne Bexton is the Director of Environment and Sustainability at Nottingham City Council and is driving change within the city to meet a carbon neutral goal of 2028. In this conversation, Wayne discusses the transformations underway in the residential, commercial and transport sectors to achieve environmental and societal benefits.

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 vehicle batteries with Euan McTurk

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Electric vehicle batteries with Euan McTurk
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Euan McTurk is a consultant battery electrochemist and creator of Plug Life Television, a YouTube channel busting myths and disseminating knowledge. A fact-packed, entertaining episode exploring the advances in battery technology, performance, ethical production and energy efficiency in manufacture and charging.

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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Multimodal transport in cities with Melissa Bruntlett

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Multimodal transport in cities with Melissa Bruntlett
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Melissa Bruntlett is a sustainable, multimodal transport champion; she is co-founder of Modacity, co-author of two books and international communications specialist at Mobycon. Melissa brings to life the experience of living with fewer cars and promotes happier and healthier cities for all.