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Spin Me Up, Scotty—Up Into Orbit

Cars That Think

Now SpinLaunch , a company founded in 2015 in Long Beach, Calif., Rather than shoot it in a gun, it would sling it from the end of of a carbon-fiber tether that spins around in a vacuum chamber for as long as an hour before reaching terminal speed. proposes a gentler way to heave satellites into orbit.

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Road Test: 2024 Toyota Mirai Limited FCEV

Clean Fleet Report

Toyota (in partnership with Peterbilt and others), Hyundai and Nikola are the early leaders in hydrogen being a fuel source for over-the-road trucks, highlighted by what they are doing at the Port of Long Beach and elsewhere in California. With a home charger and solar panels, the cost to charge an EV would be even less.

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