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    Can Elon Musk Influence Trump to Take Climate Action?

    Can Elon Musk Influence Trump to Take Climate Action?

    Even though Elon Musk once said that Donald Trump “doesn’t seem to have the sort of character that reflects well on the United States,” the Tesla/SpaceX CEO is joining the president-elect’s Strategic and Policy Forum, an advisory board for the president on business issues. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi were also […]

    No Combustion-Engine Cars Sold in Germany After 2030, Parliament Says

    No Combustion-Engine Cars Sold in Germany After 2030, Parliament Says

    On Jan. 29, 1886, Carl Benz—who had invented the first stationary gasoline engine seven years earlier—patented a “vehicle powered by a gas engine,” which he had built in Mannheim, Germany. By 2030, the country may ban his invention. The world’s first automobile, invented in 1886.Mercedes-Benz Germany’s Bundesrat, its upper house of parliament, passed a bipartisan […]

    Uber and Lyft Revolutionize Public Transit

    Uber and Lyft Revolutionize Public Transit

    Could Uber and Lyft make the dream of futurists for personal rapid transit come true? Since the 1950s, thinkers such as city transportation planner Donn Fichter began to envision an automated public transit system for low-density areas where rail and even buses were not practical. Even in denser urban environments, it has always been a […]