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 week you get a glimpse of a wild Triumph and Genesis concept, more sustainable aviation news and how yachts may be powered in the near future.
Sustainable Land Transportation
- Renowned Designer Ian Callum’s First EV Is a Radical, Lightweight Off-Roader (Robb Report)
- 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray First Drive: Jekyll and Hyde (MotorTrend)
- 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray First Test: Green Means Go, Go, Go! (MotorTrend)
- Hyundai Doubles Down on Hybrids and EVs as Competitors Back Off (MotorTrend)
- Ford Expands BlueOval Charging Network, Increases Number of Supercharger Stations (CleanTechnica)
- Nissan drives for sustainability in the transport sector (Sustainability Magazine)
- Road & Track’s 2024 Performance EV of the Year
- First Drive Review: The 2024 BMW i5 M60 xDrive Fills A Performance Gap (duPont Registry)
- Triumph Returns With a Bold All-Electric Sports Car Concept That Needs to Become a Reality (Robb Report)
- Sorry, Purists: The Next Generation of Car Collectors Will Likely Embrace EVs (Robb Report)
- GM believes it will start making money on electric vehicles in 2025 as higher margin models arrive (Quartz)
- Tesla to deliver Cybertrucks after Musk tempers expectations (Reuters)
- 2024 Tesla Cybertruck First Look: Really Here, Really Looks Like That (MotorTrend)
- Tesla Cybertruck By the Numbers (AutoWeek)
- BMW Wants to Make an Electric Performance Car But It Will Never Be Called iM3 (Robb Report)
- New Genesis Vision Gran Turismo Concept Coupe is Sexy Word Soup (MotorTrend)
- First Drive: Lamborghini’s New Hybrid Revuelto Delivers Raw, Explosive Athleticism—and Controlled Efficiency (Robb Report)
- Fisker Ocean Sails to American Shores and We Take One for a Lap (AutoWeek)
- Lotus Reveals Chargers Too Fast for Most EVs (AutoWeek)
- EVs take 60.6% share in Sweden – Model Y Back On Top (CleanTechnica)
- London EV Show 2023 // highlights
- Caterham Project V | An In-depth Walkaround (Caterham)
- Ball Beverage Packaging and Coca-Cola launch HVO trial (BioFuels News)
- How Much Should You Worry About EV Fires? (AutoWeek)
- The 2024 Fiat 500e Is, Finally, a Modern EV for American Cities (Road & Track)
- Toyota Shares Progress on Environmental Sustainability Targets in 2023 North American Report (Toyota)
- Cirba Solutions Helps Toyota Expand Battery Recycling Network to Nationwide Program (Toyota)
- Focus: Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars (Reuters)
- World EV Sales Now Equal 17% Of World Auto Sales (CleanTechnica)
- Honda Teases Radical EV Design Series After Dumping Plans With GM (MotorTrend)
- SEMA Electrified 2022 (Motorsport For Mental Health)
- Do Electric Cars Have a Carbon Footprint? (AutoWeek)
- Morgan unveils all-electric XP-1 three-wheeler (Magneto Magazine)
- Here’s What It Takes to Drive a Tesla Over 1 Million Miles (MotorTrend)
- Detroit’s Newest Road Can Now Charge Electric Cars as They Drive on it (Good News Network)
- Starbucks is officially in the EV business (Quartz)
- The Porsche Macan EV Will Have Over 600 HP (Road & Track)
- BMW Boss Defends Decision To Stick With Combustion Engines (Motor1)
- Banks Power Develops First Diesel Hybrid Humvee To Be Tested By US Army (The Drive)
- Tesla Recalls More Than 2 Million Cars In U.S. To Fix Autopilot Flaw (Forbes)
- Top 10: Hybrids (EV Magazine)
- High-Mileage Drivers Aren’t Buying EVs And That’s A Problem (Jalopnik)
- 2026 Cadillac Vistiq First Look: Sharp All-Electric 3-Row Family SUV (MotorTrend)
- Cadillac Just Unveiled the New All-Electric Vistiq SUV. Here’s Everything We Know. (Robb Report)
- EVs vs. Gas Engines: We Do the Math on Carbon Emissions (CNET)
- Electric Alfa Romeo Giulia Replacement Will Be A Sedan, GTV And Duetto EVs Planned (Jalopnik)
- Porsche’s Mission X Electric Supercar Concept Leads to a Brighter Future (Road & Track)
- How Mercedes-AMG Plans to Fight Tesla and Lucid (MotorTrend)
Sustainable Aviation
- Embraer adds American Airlines as advisor on new Energia regional airliner programme (Green Air News)
- Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce hybrid-electric propulsion programmes take new steps (Green Air News)
- John Risley doubles down on sustainable aviation fuel with California plant expansion (CBC)
- The Impact of Flying – myclimate has Updated the Flight Calculator (myclimate)
- Gulfstream Completes World’s First Trans-Atlantic Flight on 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (Press Release)
- OMV supplies Ryanair with 500 tonnes of SAF (BioFuels News)
- Commission welcomes new UN Aviation Agency global target for sustainable aviation fuels (EU)
- The Golden Bullet by Fly Green Alliance sponsored by Convex Insurance (Fly Green Alliance)
- Virgin Atlantic Completes First Ever 100% SAF-Powered Transatlantic Flight on Commercial Airliner (ESG Today)
- A Virgin Atlantic Jumbo Jet Just Flew From London to N.Y.C. Using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (Robb Report)
- Virgin Atlantic Flight from London Makes History as First Transatlantic Jet Using 100% Sustainable Fuel (Good News Network)
- Inaugural trans-Atlantic flight highlights SAF importance (EnergyDigital)
- Rolls-Royce completes 100% SAF test programme (BioFuels News)
- American Airlines Signs Carbon Removal Agreement with Cleantech Startup Graphyte (ESG Today)
- Global airlines body urges oil sector to invest more in sustainable fuel | Reuters (Reuters)
- Airbus’s New Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Just Completed Its First Flight (Robb Report)
- Atlas Air signs 5% SAF deal with Repsol for flights on behalf of Spanish fashion company Inditex (Green Air News)
- American Airlines partners with PtL and carbon removal start-ups Infinium and Graphyte (Green Air News)
- Two new e-aircraft projects progress as Rolls-Royce exits electric aircraft propulsion market (Green Air News)
- Maeve unveils 84-seat hybrid-electric aircraft plans, while Ampaire sets new flight endurance record (Green Air News)
- Assessment of aviation non-CO2 climate effects warns of trade-off dangers (Green Air News)
- IATA expects SAF production to rise to 0.5% of airlines’ fuel consumption in 2024, adding $2.4bn to costs (Green Air News)
Sustainable Shipping
- From Hydrogen to Methanol: Meet the Fuels That Are Helping Yachts Cruise More Sustainably (Robb Report)
- Fincoenergies supplies Teso with biofuel from Goodfuels (BioFuels News)
Author: Mark Boudreau
Mark is the publisher of Motorsport Prospects. As a former lawyer, he applies his legal background and research skills to assist race drivers by showcasing the resources they need to make their motorsport careers happen.