The internal combustion engine ruled the 20th century. In the 21st, electric motors and automation are reshaping the way stuff and people get around. Transportation workers aren’t entirely thrilled about how it’s going. On Tuesday, a caravan of big rig trucks roared into Sacramento as the Teamsters union rallied support …
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Elon Musk hasn’t been sighted at the picket lines in Missouri, Ohio, or Michigan, where autoworkers are striking against the Big Three US carmakers. Yet the influence of Musk and his non-unionized company Tesla have been everywhere since the United Auto Workers called the strike last week. In some ways, …
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In addition to making everyone an epidemiologist, the Covid-19 pandemic schooled the public on the world-spanning network of manufacturers, assemblers, and shippers behind just about every consumer good that arrives on your doorstep. Or driveway. Car prices soared as automakers struggled with a supply chain jammed up by worker shortages, …
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Ethan Surgenavic was excited to begin work at a new electric vehicle battery-cell plant in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley last summer. The Ultium Cells plant is a joint venture of General Motors and South Korea’s LG, and he grew up in the area when GM was known for well-paid, unionized jobs. …
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Last year, Ford sold more than 650,000 F-150 pickup trucks, making it the most popular vehicle in the US for the 46th year in a row. Couple that with Americans’ recent thirst for very big cars, and few things say “US of A” like a truck bed and a little …
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ON THIS WEEK’S episode of Have a Nice Future, Gideon Lichfield and Lauren Goode talk to Chris Urmson, CEO of the self-driving-truck company Aurora. They discuss new legislation in California that could help or hinder a driverless future, whether self-driving vehicles are actually safer, and the consequences for the transportation …
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“The first time we ran the MotoE bike at Misano with our MotoGP test rider, Michele Pirro, I asked him: ‘Tell me what you think?’ He thought for a long time because he was trying to find something wrong with it, but at the end he told me: ‘I can …
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TL;DR: Prime Day is still going strong, and while it is, Prime shoppers can get the Hiboy S2 and Hiboy S2 Pro Electric Scooters for up to $220 off their regular retail prices and their lowest prices ever. Opens in a new window Credit: Hiboy Hiboy S2 Pro Electric Scooter …
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