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Modified e-bike tears to 75mph, showing future of micro-mobility

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A recently posted video shows a modified e-bike, capable of hitting 75mph, driven on the street, showing the future of micro-mobility options. Not only do they offer cheap and efficient transportation, but thanks to the ever-expanding amount of possible modifications, people are making their bikes faster than ever.

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We Don’t Need a Jetsons Future, Just a Sustainable One

Cars That Think

For decades, our vision of the future has been stuck in a 1960s-era dream of science fiction embodied by The Jetsons and space travel. In fact, what if our vision of that particular technologically advanced future is all wrong? This article appears in the August 2021 print issue as “Cozy Futurism.".

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Boston Dynamics’ Founder on the Future of Robotics

Cars That Think

At the Institute, you’re starting to share your vision for the future of robotics more than you did at Boston Dynamics. You could talk about what you want to do, but people talk about all kinds of things that way—the future is so cheap, and so variable. Why is that? All that really mattered was the data in your paper.

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The Transistor at 75

Cars That Think

In honor of this most important of technological achievements, this issue’s package of articles explores the transistor’s historical journey and potential future. The transistor would never have become so useful and so ubiquitous if the semiconductor industry had not succeeded in making it small and cheap.

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OneD, Koch Modular partner to scale up silicon-graphite EV anode materials – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The two companies will announce the location for the factory, which should cost a “few hundred million dollars” in the near future, CEO Vincent Pluvinage told Reuters. Over the last decade, Chinese suppliers have flooded the market for polysilicon – high-purity silicon – market with cheap supplies, making new U.S.

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PA Turnpike considers solar-powered EV charging stations

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With cheap energy generation, one high cost of EV charging can be removed, assisting organizations in achieving profitability. The Turnpike is also pursuing future technology. What do you think of the article? Renewables offer a great way to help balance the scale. The Pennsylvania Turnpike plans to do just that.

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Junkyard Find: 1948 Dodge Custom Sedan

The Truth About Cars

The '48 Dodge looked old-fashioned in its day, and so I shot this photograph with an Ansco Memo camera (which was made to shoot then-cheap 35mm movie film) from the late 1920s. Look for more of this treasure trove in future articles from me.

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