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+23 +3Mercedes-Benz's First E-scooter Is Rugged and Foldable
Mercedes-Benz has launched its first electric scooter, a rugged two-wheeler with a top speed of 12 mph and a 15-mile range.
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+28 +6Rolls-Royce concludes testing of plane technology set to break electric speed record
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited has announced on its blog that the company has completed testing of the technology it plans to use in its line of electrically powered planes—one of which they expect will break speed records for electric airplanes. The new plane will be one of the core products of the company's ACCEL initiative, whose main objective will be to produce zero-emission planes and engines for other plane makers, and to be net-zero by 2050. Rolls-Royce has also created a video showing parts of the ground testing, which has been posted on YouTube.
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+24 +5China’s cities will soon be crawling with self-driving robotaxis
As the taxi drove itself through Shenzhen’s bustling streets, Bill Russo marveled from the passenger seat. Be it a scooter making a u-turn in front of the robotaxi, or a nearby driver who decided to go straight instead of following the legal left or right turns marked on the road, there was no shortage of obstacles for the self-driving car.
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+16 +2German space agency shows off outrageous modular vehicle prototype
Where we're going, we don't need drivers seats.
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+27 +2Elon Musk’s Tunnel Under Las Vegas for Self-Driving Cars Is Almost Complete
“Tunnels under cities with self-driving electric cars will feel like warp drive,” Musk tweeted on Tuesday.
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+16 +1Ami, the tiny cube on wheels that French 14-year-olds can drive
Citroën’s ‘urban mobility object’ is classed as a light quadricyle and can be driven without a full licence
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+20 +4The Broken Algorithm That Poisoned American Transportation
For the last 70 years, American transportation planners have been using the same model to decide what to build. There’s just one problem: it’s often wrong. In November 2011, the Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project published a 595-page document that was supposed to finally end a decades-long battle over a highway. The project was a controversial one, to say the least.
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+21 +4Airships Are No Longer a Relic of the Past; You Could Ride in One by 2023
As calls for climate action get louder and costs associated with airships drop, we may find ourselves being ferried across the globe by helium-filled balloons.
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+12 +1France to launch 'railway highways' in push for greener economy
France's prime minister vowed on Monday to develop "railway highways" to carry food and other goods that now go by truck, part of a government push to reduce the country's carbon footprint.
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+7 +1Tesla’s Model Y gets a $3,000 price cut
Tesla has lowered the purchase price of its Model Y by $3,000, so its Long Range AWD will now cost $49,990, Electrek reported. The Model Y just began shipping in March, and earlier this month Tesla reported better-than-expected delivery numbers for all its vehicles in the second quarter, so the reason for the price cut isn’t totally clear. But it’s likely to help boost sales at a time when all carmakers are feeling the pinch of the economic downturn.
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+21 +2eSkootr is a high-speed electric scooter racing series launching in 2021
With top speeds of over 60 miles per hour.
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+24 +5How Amazon’s delivery robots will navigate your sidewalk
Earlier this year, Amazon announced its Scout sidewalk delivery robot. At the time, details were sparse, except for the fact that the company had started to make deliveries in a neighborhood in Washington State.
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+27 +8E-Bikes Are Having Their Moment. They Deserve It.
Many of us are entering a new stage of pandemic grief: adaptation. We are asking ourselves: How do we live with this new reality? For many Americans, part of the solution has been to buy an electric bike. The battery-powered two-wheelers have become a compelling alternative for commuters who are being discouraged from taking public transportation and Ubers. For others, the bikes provide much-needed fresh air after months of confinement.
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+24 +4Pandemic slows electric vehicle revolution due to lithium battery shortage
The coronavirus pandemic has paused the electric vehicle revolution, forcing producers of battery metal lithium into survival mode with output cuts, expansion delays, and sales of major assets. Lithium industry shares have dropped sharply since January as the economic downturn from the pandemic slammed the brakes yet again on the electrification revolution that for years has seemed just around the corner. Investors are giving the cold shoulder to mine developers seeking funding for lithium projects.
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+14 +3Indian Railways Gets India's 1st 12,000 HP Electric Engine; At 120 kmph!
A big success claimed by Indian Railways’ for ‘Make in India’ project, as the first WAG12B (12000 HP) locomotive, manufactured under Narendra Modi government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative recently departed from the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway station in Uttar Pradesh.
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+32 +4The Results Are In for the Sharing Economy. They Are Ugly.
Lyft, Uber and Airbnb depend on travel, vacations and gatherings. That’s a problem when much of the world is staying home.
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+4 +1Uber promised drivers masks weeks ago. Most say they're still waiting
Gear to protect drivers from the coronavirus is in short supply. The company says it's having a hard time getting needed items to drivers.
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+4 +1Build Cities for Bikes, Buses, and Feet—Not Cars
San Francisco's MTA boss Jeff Tumlin is one of a new breed of planner trying to kick cars out of the city. That's good for business, good for people, and amazing for the planet.
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+23 +1Coronavirus Is a Once in a Lifetime Chance to Reshape How We Travel
After the pandemic, will there be a sharp uptake in cinema, church, pub, or restaurant visits, or will people have changed their habits for good?
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+11 +3'Gob-smacking' vision for future UK transport
People in the UK need to shift from cars to public transport to address the challenge of climate change, the government says. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: "Public transport and active travel will be the natural first choice for our daily activities.
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