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L. Frank Baum’s Cautionary Tale About the Gifts of Electricity

Cars That Think

Rob's father encourages his son's passion, seeing electricity as the future of civilization. Somehow, in his random connections, Rob accidentally strikes the "master key of electricity," thereby calling forth the Demon of Electricity. His mother frets that he might burn the house down with all his crossed wires. Are we ready now?

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Who Will Free EV Motors from the Rare Earth Monopoly?

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These projects don’t get as much attention as the race for better batteries and ever-more gargantuan battery factories, but they will be no less vital to the future of electrified transportation. Which is why the race to build an EV motor without rare-earths is so important.

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Help! Air Canada Ruined Our Trip to Ireland but Won’t Take the Blame.

Baua Electric

Our $2,132 itinerary took us from Minneapolis to Toronto to Dublin on tickets booked on United Airlines through Expedia but ultimately operated by Air Canada, a United partner. Eventually, we were offered two options for the next day: Fly to Dublin via Newark, or return to Minneapolis.

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

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The system also must be able to cope in a multihour-outage situation, where future electrical appliances and EV charging will commence all at once when power is restored, placing a heavy peak load on the distribution system.

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Shipt’s Algorithm Squeezed Gig Workers. They Fought Back

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From a research perspective, it would have been interesting to see if pay rates had any connection to other demographics, like age, race, or gender, but we wanted to assure workers of their anonymity, so they wouldn’t worry about Shipt firing them just because they had participated in the project. and Target’s headquarters in Minneapolis.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Different types of non-ownership alternatives promise to be the way of the future. The stated goal is to experiment in autonomous on-demand vehicles, hedging the reduction in vehicle sales caused by ride sharing by making GM the preferred vehicle provider for Lyft drivers and integrating connectivity tools like OnStar. In the U.S.

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Foraging on Public Lands Is Becoming More Limited

Baua Electric

But things are changing in the woods, worrying those who for years have enjoyed the seasonal taste of food growing in the wild and foraging’s connection to centuries of dependence on natural habitats. Picking mushrooms does not harm the forest or future mushroom harvests, as long as the underground mycelium is not damaged.