Transportation is one the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. But smart transportation solutions are here. A transportation system that has changed little in the past 100 years is undergoing a massive overhaul as we improve technologies and deploy more sustainable and cost-effective ways to transport goods and people.
Black & Veatch is at the forefront of change. A leader in zero-emission vehicle infrastructure and energy storage, we’ve been involved from the earliest stages, and are currently deploying the newest technologies.
Our approach aligns in-house site acquisition, engineering, permitting and construction teams to deliver extensive charging, fuelling and communications networks that validate these transformational clean mobility solutions and technologies.
Autonomous Vehicles
Self-driving cars and trucks are here. Driven by economics, they will continue to grow exponentially in the next two decades. How we deliver goods, the ownership of personal vehicles, ridesharing, public transportation – these all will take new shapes as autonomous vehicles (AVs) accelerate.
Cities, utilities, industry players and policymakers are quickly scaling to deliver on AVs, which promise to be safer, faster, more cost-effective, and cleaner for our health and environment than yesterday’s mobility systems.
Electric Vehicle Charging
A new mobility is taking hold. Electrification is cleaner for our communities, costs less per mile to transport people and goods, and provides greater efficiency and benefits to the grid.
Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is outpacing predictions, and trends point to mass adoption of consumer and commercial electric vehicles within the next two decades.
Hydrogen Filling Stations
The demand for hydrogen fuel stations is increasing as manufacturers release new models of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), fuel cell electric buses (FCEBs), railways, and machinery and materials handling equipment, such as forklift trucks.
Advancing clean, zero-emission transportation, hydrogen fuel cells generate electricity using electrochemical reactions, rather than combustion, so vehicles release no harmful emissions. Fuel-cell powered vehicles have longer run times and refuel faster than electric vehicles take to charge.
Hyperloop
A revolution in transportation is transforming how we view the very concept of community. Hyperloop technology, electric and autonomous vehicles powered by energy from the wind and sun, and advanced, zero-emission hydrogen fuel cells are redefining how we move people, goods and ideas.
Electric Aviation
In major metropolitan areas, electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs), are a promising solution to rising traffic, congestion and vehicle emissions challenges. However, the industry needs electric infrastructure that can handle the highly distributed, yet often concentrated, charging volume.
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Black & Veatch’s Permitting, Design Expertise Helps Innovator Quickly Expand Electric Vehicle Charging Network
Black & Veatch is EPC Contractor for the First Hydrogen Fueling Station Network in U.S. History
Partnering with Tesla to Construct the Largest Contiguous Electric Vehicle Charging System in the World
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2020 STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS: MEGATRENDS
Black & Veatch is proud to release its first 2020 Strategic Directions: Megatrends report, which analyzes years of survey data to explore and illuminate some of the most striking and consistent trends across the water, power, telecommunications, natural gas, commercial and industrial (C&I) and manufacturing industries.
