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The Rise and Precarious Reign of China’s Battery King
The headquarters of battery giant CATL tower over the coastal Chinese city of Ningde. To the untrained eye, the building…
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An Autonomous Car Blocked a Fire Truck Responding to an Emergency
On an early April morning, around 4 am, a San Francisco Fire Department truck responding to a fire tried to…
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This Is What Flying Car Ports Should Look Like
On the technical side, any vertiport has a few key physical requirements: a stable electric grid for fast recharging, a…
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This Is What Flying Car Ports Should Look Like
On the technical side, any vertiport has a few key physical requirements: a stable electric grid for fast recharging, a…
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An Autonomous Car Blocked a Fire Truck Responding to an Emergency
On an early April morning, around 4 am, a San Francisco Fire Department truck responding to a fire tried to…
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The Incredible Shrinking Car Dealership
Few people love car dealerships. They’re stressful and sprawling, and it’s hard to shake the feeling that someone is getting…
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Thousands of Planes Are Flying Empty and No One Can Stop Them
In December 2021, 27,591 aircraft took off or landed at Frankfurt airport—890 every day. But this winter, many of them…
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The US Is Gently Discouraging States From Building New Highways
Highways are not great for the planet. Their smooth, wide, inviting lanes have helped make transportation the largest source of…
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E-Scooters Are Everywhere in Europe. So Are Grisly Accidents
The summer of 2020 was something of a heyday—and a Wild West—for e-scooters in Scandinavia. Rental companies had been swarming…
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Good Luck Trying to Fix the Supply Chain Crisis
Cole’s experience hints at the range of factors currently buckling the global supply chain. First, the items were manufactured incorrectly,…
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