The submission of the Spinetta report to the Government on the future of the SNCF has set fire to the powder keg. Among the many shocking proposals contained in this document, there is one that crystallises the tensions: the closure of certain small rural railway lines, deemed not profitable enough, and the closure of some of them.
PlusFourth resurgence - 2010 years The electric car is experiencing a new resurgence starting in 2010. While there are several reasons for this resurgence, the great motivation for this rebirth is, more than ever, the fight against global warming. The latter is accompanied by logical measures to reduce production
PlusSecond resurgence - 1970s But the electric car (EV) has not completely disappeared. As California's smog finds its culprit, the thermal car, the battery manufacturer NUE (National Union Electric) and Eureka Williams, a household appliance company, propose to manufacture an EV in response to this nuisance, to
PlusEmergence of EVs - 1890s In the early days of the automobile, EVs were on an equal footing with combustion-powered vehicles. Unlike combustion-powered vehicles, EVs had a number of significant advantages. It was clean, discreet, silent, easy and pleasant to drive, and its acceleration was continuous and progressive. It
PlusThis Thursday, October 4, the Mondial de l'Automobile Porte de Versailles in Paris opens for ten days and is expected to attract more than a million visitors. This 120th edition marks a profound change, forced to reinvent itself to embody a mobility sector in full transformation. And it is unquestionably the advent
PlusIn the wake of an exceptional mobilization for the climate, the government unveils its national plan dedicated to the promotion of bicycle use (see below the Prime Minister's speech). For the associations of the Climate Action Network (FNH, FNE, WWF, FUB, FNAUT, Greenpeace, etc.), this is a step forward, but the resources made available are not sufficient.
PlusUber announced on May 23rd that it will open a Uber Elevate research station in Paris. Its researchers will devote the next five years, and some 20 million euros, to research on how to navigate autonomous flying taxis in air traffic and how to comply with
PlusThe electric vehicle is beneficial for the future of the planet. Will it be the future of transport? What will it take to make this happen? Elements of an answer. "It is tempting to think that in the not-so-distant future all vehicles will be electric, but
PlusEvery second, 29,000 Gigabytes (GB) of information is published worldwide, or 2.5 trillion bytes of data every day, and 88% of this available data is not analysed. In this "datavore" ecosystem, the data generated by connected cars will become a huge market to be analysed and
PlusAccording to experts from the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and the Sea, short-distance journeys on French roads will increase by 29% by 2050, leading to an increase in traffic jams and air pollution. The French government is beginning to realise the environmental impact that this increase in traffic will have on the environment.
PlusAujourd’hui les collectivités ont pour la plupart une vraie problématique autour du stationnement avec des enjeux importants : réduction de la pollution, fluidification de la circulation, optimisation du temps des automobilistes, amélioration de la stratégie de stationnement, régulation des fraudes. ParkingMap, startup parisienne et acteur dynamique de la « Smart-city
PlusLes sols sont des matériaux complexes constitués d’un squelette minéral plus ou moins compact présentant de plus en plus de besoins d’entretien, de consolidation. C’est notamment le cas de la construction des routes. Suivant le type de sol considéré et le type d’ouvrage à réaliser, il convient de retenir une
PlusTous les parisiens attendaient avec impatience l’arrivée des SeaBubbles sur la Seine. Ces bulles volantes, nouveau concept du navigateur Alain Thébault pour développer un mode de transport des plus écologiques. Ces machines volantes devaient être mises en service ces jours-ci. Las ! Le lancement est reporté à plus tard pour d’obscures
PlusBGRS' 22nd Talent Mobility Trends Survey shows that leading global companies are undergoing significant transformations to improve workforce planning and leadership development. Senior executives recognize that global mobility
PlusA few weeks ago, at the beginning of June, the annual report on the development of renewable energy in the world (see the report) informed us that, for the first time, the renewable power installed in 2016 had exceeded new fossil fuel production capacity, with 161 GW installed. In total, the
PlusEn France, chaque jour, des millions d’automobilistes roulent seuls dans leur voiture. En parallèle, il y a des millions d’utilisateurs de transports en commun qui pourraient optimiser leurs parcours et gagner du temps. Mais jusqu’à présent, il n’existait aucune solution simple de covoiturage pour les courtes distances. Maintenant c’est fait :
PlusLe secteur de l’automobile est en pleine révolution et il faut s’adapter ! Notamment avec les multiples implications de l’innovation en termes d’impacts sociétaux inhérents à tout progrès technologique. Un sujet de préoccupation qui n’appartient plus au seul monde de la technique et des ingénieurs, mais est aujourd’hui un enjeu de
PlusHyperloop is a hyperfuturistic train born in the fertile mind of Elon Musk, the father of Tesla and Space X. Capsules in which passengers are comfortably seated are projected at very high speed into a tube. Ecological and highly futuristic, this revolutionary new type of transport abolishes distances.
PlusLa maire de Paris Anne Hidalgo a eu le coup de foudre. Elle veut ces Seabubbles pour la Capitale. Des petites bulles de la taille d’une Fiat 500 capables de voler sur l’eau. Un moyen de transport inédit pour décongestionner la circulation dans les grandes villes. L’inventeur est le célèbre
PlusLe distributeur de pièces détachées anglais Euro Car Parts a récemment réalisé une étude permettant d’imaginer l’environnement urbain de demain grâce à une vidéo schématisant une circulation sans conducteur en 2050. Cette recherche révèle que les routes pourraient devenir indépendantes de toute signalisation et que la technologie sans fil permettra
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