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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

Cars That Think

If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. The ones he used were made of a plastic that couldn’t endure many hours of exposure to seawater or the gasoline splashed on it by the rickety motor. The weather would change.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Your correspondent borrowed the new A2B electric bicycle from Ultra Motors, a British firm, and took it for a spin in London. Every big carmaker seems to be developing one, and governments are vying with each other to support them. The ease with which you can slip in and out of traffic, without breaking into a sweat, is intoxicating.