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Switzerland killed study proving upgrading to an electric car is good for the environment

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In a concerning series of poor decisions, Switzerland’s Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) decided to bury a study it had ordered and paid $120,000 for, as it confirmed that upgrading an internal combustion engine (ICE) car to an electric vehicle is beneficial for the environment.

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In Praise of “Normal” Engineers

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A version of this post originally appeared in Refactoring , a Substack offering advice for software engineers. I think their existence is what explains the curious durability of the notion of a 10x engineer, someone who is 10 times as productive or skilled as their peers. At one point, I was a pretty good database reliability engineer.

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The Coming Quantum Boom: A New Industry a Century in the Making

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This question occurred to me on a long flight to Paris, to attend the opening ceremony of the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ), at UNESCO headquarters last month. That Paris event made me realize that quantum engineering has evolved very differently from, say, nanotechnology.

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Airbus is Working on a Superconducting Electric Aircraft

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One of the greatest climate -related engineering challenges right now is the design and construction of a large, zero-emission, passenger airliner. Airbus hopes to achieve such a large efficiency gain by exploiting emerging advances in jet engines, wings, lightweight, high-strength composite materials, and sustainable aviation fuel.

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Electric Propulsion Magnets Ready for Space Tests

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From outside, theres little to suggest that this is the birthplace of a remarkable piece of technology bound for the International Space Station (ISS) in the coming months. It too is new to the space environment. The building is home to the Paihau-Robinson Research Institute , part of Victoria University of Wellington.

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Massive solar array to power airside electric ground service vehicles at JFK Airport’s New Terminal One

Charged EVs

Kennedy International Airport, the busiest airport for international traffic in North America, always seems to be reinventing itself. It opened in 1948 as New York International Airport, although it was typically referred to then as Idlewild. Since then, there have been multiple changes and reconfigurations.

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Bertrand Piccard’s Big Hydrogen Adventure

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In 1946 he was joined by his son, Jacques, a marine engineer, with whom he made a series of record descents. Bertrand Piccard, left, and Prince Albert of Monaco, right, take off during the 25th International Hot Air Balloon week, in Chateau dOex, Switzerland, in 2003. Later, Auguste invented and built the first bathyscaphe.