The Case for Making Public Transit Free Everywhere
Free fares also remove the financial cost of creating ticketing systems and enforcing them. In Boston, an extension of a free fare trial was in part...
EV Makers Think They’ve Figured Out What Women Want
In countries like Norway, EVs are expensive, and that means families often have the budget for just one car, says Sovacool, whose research shows that men...
The World Can’t Wean Itself Off Chinese Lithium
Lithium projects outside China have been at the mercy of the markets, slowing and expanding as the price of lithium ebbs and flows. But domestic investment...
China Is Racing to Electrify Its Future
“China has gone from having virtually no electric vehicles to having almost half of the world’s stock of passenger electric vehicles, and far more of that...
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 resembles a huge slide rising out...
China Built Your iPhone. Will It Build Your Next Car?
On the face of it, Foxconn seems well placed to start making cars. But there are important challenges to overcome. Foxconn’s expertise lies in harnessing human...
In Russia, Western Planes Are Falling Apart
An Airbus A320-232 with the tail number YU-APH made its first flight on December 13, 2005. Since then, the aircraft has clocked millions of miles, flying...
EV Charging Costs Penalize Urban Drivers
And while EVs generally remain cheaper to run than gas or diesel equivalents, if you were to only use a DC rapid charger, that may not...
No One Knows How Safe New Driver-Assistance Systems Really Are
This week, a US Department of Transportation report detailed the crashes that advanced driver-assistance systems have been involved in over the past year or so. Tesla’s...
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 hangar for maintenance and a system...