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Traffic congestion charge would boost air quality in New York City, study finds
Charge of up to $23 a day would reduce number of cars entering Manhattan by 15-20%, assessment says
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The Case for Making Public Transit Free Everywhere
From Spain to Germany and Luxembourg to Estonia, more and more countries are experimenting with fare-free transportation.
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How Electric ‘Infinity Trains’ Could Run Forever on One Initial Charge
These trains don't break the laws of physics, but rather harness them in a way that results in a round-trip energy surplus.
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Uber broke laws, duped police and built secret lobbying operation, leak reveals
A leaked trove of confidential files has revealed the inside story of how the tech giant Uber flouted laws, duped police, exploited violence against drivers and secretly lobbied governments during its aggressive global expansion.
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Amazon is using electric cargo bikes that look like mini-trucks to make deliveries in the UK
Amazon wants to be carbon neutral by 2040.
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The Boring Company will build a 34-mile tunnel network underneath Las Vegas
The Boring Company's underground transportation system will be more expansive than what it originally planned. The Elon Musk-founded company has just received approval from the city to bring its underground transportation system called the Vegas Loop to city limits. When Clark County Commissioners first approved the Vegas Loop, it was supposed to be a 29-mile tunnel network connecting 51 stations. Now, the network will span 34 miles and have a total of 55 stations, including ones that will serve the Harry Reid International Airport and the Allegiant Stadium.
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Porsche is acquiring German e-bike company Fazua in its latest micromobility purchase
Porsche’s electric bike shopping spree isn’t over. The German automaker announced Thursday that it would be acquiring Fazua, an e-bike drivetrain manufacturer that specializes in lightweight motors. After buying a 20 percent stake in the company earlier this year, Porsche said it would acquire all of Fazua’s shares, making it the latest e-bike company to come under the automaker’s control. Porsche acquired a majority stake in Croatian e-bike company Greyp (pronounced like the fruit) late last year.
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Hyundai says it's the first to pilot a large autonomous ship across the ocean
Hyundai says it completed the first cross-ocean voyage of a large autonomous ship — although there are a few catches.
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The push-button ignition was a luxurious way to start your car until it wasn’t
"No keys, push to start."
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What would a flying-free world look like?
Aviation has long been a pain in the neck for those working to cut human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. It is the pinnacle of a "hard-to-decarbonise" sector: energy-intensive, lacking in immediate technical options to make it lower carbon, and strongly associated with the lifestyles of the richest and most powerful in society.
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The Decade of Cheap Uber Rides Is Over
How American life was changed by a subsidy that ride-hail companies can no longer afford.
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The Boring Company to take on hyperloop project
Elon Musk said his tunnel-building-for-urban-transport business The Boring Company will attempt to build a high-speed, and still theoretical, hyperloop.
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Airbus just flew its mammoth A380 superjumbo jet using fuel made with cooking oil
Airbus just completed another milestone in its effort to reduce aviation carbon footprint by flying an A380 jumbo jet using 100% sustainable aviation fuel.
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Career Choices: How to Find Work in the Remote Economy [Infographics]
Choices are sometimes conscious decisions and other times circumstances force change. Regardless of which it is for you, you do have choices! Many previously could not imagine choosing not to commute. Where they live most may live in one area and commute to another so it never occurred to them there are options. But you can, by making a conscious choice about your career.
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Stellantis plans to build an EV battery plant in the US
Stellantis, the parent company of Dodge, Jeep, and Chrysler, plans to build an electric vehicle battery factory in the US. The news came out of an announcement Wednesday that the automaker would invest $4.1 billion on a new battery facility in Canada, along with South Korea’s LG Energy Solution.
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Arcimoto unveils radical three-wheel-drive electric leaning trike that it thinks can beat e-bikes
Oregon-based Arcimoto unveiled today a radical new full-suspension, three-wheeled electric bike known as the Mean Lean Machine (MLM). The new e-bike employs tilting technology to help it corner more like a two-wheeler while maintaining the stability of a three-wheeler. Yeah, yeah I know.
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Elon Musk's Boring Company has submitted a proposal for a 6.2-mile underground transit system in Miami
The North Miami Beach Loop would have seven stations and cost up to $220 million to construct, according to plans seen exclusively by Insider.
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Battery-Powered Trains Are Picking Up Speed
Electric locomotives could cut emissions of greenhouse gases and toxic pollutants that harm people living near rail yards.
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Autonomous battery-powered rail cars could steal shipments from truckers
Advances in batteries, autonomy could extend the reach of freight railroads.
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Like a drone that you sit in – but would you feel safe?
Peter Ternstrom was about nine years old when he first saw the movie, Return of the Jedi, at the cinema. The scene in which Luke and Leia take to hover-bikes on a high-speed chase through a forest left a particular impression on him. "Absolutely, that has been an important inspiration for me," says Mr Ternstrom, who co-founded Swedish firm Jetson with Tomasz Patan.
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