Getting to the Track Sustainably

Getting to the Track Sustainably is my monthly column on developments in sustainable transportation that could have some application to motorsport. Since most carbon emissions come from logistics and transportation, this topic is of utmost importance as motorsport works to make itself more sustainable. Here are some articles you may find of interest.

This month Mika Häkkinen goes all in on electric motorcycles, Toyota plans an electric sports car with a manual shift, Boeing and NASA have plans for a new sustainable X-Plane and a hydrogen-powered inland container ship.

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Sustainable Land Transportation

• Toyota Has a Performance EV in Development and Yes It Has a Manual
• A second life for EV batteries? Depends how long the first is
• What factors drive electric vehicle adoption globally?
• Clean Fuel Made by Pulling CO2 From Air and Plastic Waste–Powered Only by the Sun and Photosynthesis
• How Will the Electric Grid Handle 100% Electric Vehicles? (Part 1)
• How Will The Electric Grid Handle 100% Electric Vehicles? (Part 2)
• Toyota’s Planned Solid-State Batteries to Provide 900 Miles of Range
• The Sorry State of EV Charging
• PepsiCo project to convert UCO into biodiesel
• Shell to invest $1bn a year in hydrogen and CCS in next two years
• California’s $100 Billion Electric Bullet Train Will Be Fully Solar Powered
• New Batteries Promise 1,000 Kilometers of Autonomy
• Fossil fuel company net zero plans ‘largely meaningless,’ report says
• General Motors Will Adopt Tesla’s Charging Standard Starting 2025
• Top 10: Electric Motorcycles

• The Mercedes-Benz Vision One-Eleven
• The Porsche Mission X In-Depth
• Connections between Apple Car and a mysterious Arizona facility deepen with new evidence
• Growing sales but not emissions – Polestar reduces CO2 intensity by 8% during a record year
• I love my electric car but I didn’t realize my life would revolve around charging it
• Mahle Powertrain and Clean Air Power collaborate to deliver components for zero-carbon engines
• Wait What? Hyundai is Selling Class-8 Semi-Trucks Powered by Hydrogen?
• Future Ford EVs Won’t Need Adapters to Be Tesla Supercharger Compatible
• Tesla’s 3 Master Plans — What It Has Achieved & What It Hasn’t
• Ford became the first US carmaker to take up Tesla’s offer to use its supercharging network
• Alpine and Lotus cut ties on EV sportscar
• Could Low-Carbon Trains Cure Europe’s Flying Addiction?
• Rimac’s Lightning-Fast Nevera Electric Hypercar Just Set 23 Records in One Day
• F1 Champ Mika Häkkinen Teamed Up With Verge Motorcycles on All-Electric Road Rocket
• Autev Introduces New Charging Experience Through Autonomous Service

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Sustainable Aviation

• NASA Unveils an X-Plane They Hope Will Save Earth
• Out of thin air: The synthetic fuel promising an emissions-free future for flying
• Kenya Airways becomes first African airline to use SAF
• IATA: SAF production to hit 69 billion litres in five years
• Masdar and Airbus collaborate on SAF solutions
• SAF – welcome aboard
• Qatar Airways signs deal with Shell for SAF supply
• Airlines can cut emissions by 70% but may miss net zero goal
• Neste and World Fuel expand availability of SAF

• How JetZero aims to be the ‘SpaceX of aviation’
• Stellantis invests in high-volume eVTOL manufacturing
• Delta Hit with Greenwashing Lawsuit over Carbon Neutrality Claims
• Parliament and Council reach deal on cleaner aviation fuels

• Bombardier’s New Blended-Wing ‘EcoJet’ Cuts Emissions by 50%—and It’s Hitting the Skies Soon
• FedEx Launches Tool Enabling Customers to Track Shipping Emissions
• France has banned short-haul domestic flights to get tougher on emissions

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Sustainable Shipping

• Nike Launches First-Ever Hydrogen-Powered Inland Container Ship
• DNV Biofuel usage in maritime industry on the increase
• Marine Environment At Risk Due to Ship Emissions
• Collaboration is the key ingredient driving shipping’s decarbonisation

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