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QOTD: Where Have You Encountered the Worst Traffic?

The Truth About Cars

Matt wrote earlier about 15-minute cities by featuring plans being made in Cleveland. Some of this is so I can test cars -- can't do much testing when the vehicle is parked in the garage -- and sometimes I drive because I need/want to go places that are only easily accessible by driving. On the other hand, I do drive a fair bit.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

It was almost an hour before the inconsiderate owner returned to retrieve his fully charged car, but at least he was apologetic. I calculated it’d take me an hour to pack my suitcase and get everything organized so, instead of doing it in my hotel room, I did it in the car while it was being charged.

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NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

Cars That Think

The deuterated erbium (chemical symbol ErD 3 ) is placed into thumb-size vials, as shown in this set of samples from a 20 June 2018 experiment. NASA Glenn Research Center , in Cleveland, are investigating whether this approach could one day provide enough power to operate small robotic probes on the surface of Mars, for example.

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