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Transportation

Trump's penultimate regulatory roll-back: no more emotional support peacocks on planes

2020-12-03
By: annieli
On: December 3, 2020
In: , Culture, Media, Snark, Transportation

Soon, you will no longer be able to bring your emotional-support peacock on an airplane.  U.S. tightens definition of service animals to only dogs. The masksContinue Reading

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because the Second Amendment covers shooting out your window, accelerating after road rage

2020-09-29
By: annieli
On: September 29, 2020
In: , CivilRights, Firearms, Florida, Guns, Law, Orlando, Recommended, Transportation

More Florida men-a-tee, standing their ground even as it moves beneath them at 101 mph, hot brass flying around the cabin of the pickup truck. Shooter appearsContinue Reading

One cannonball is another's CarolynGombellRally as America reaches 100,112 deaths

2020-05-27
By: annieli
On: May 27, 2020
In: , Culture, Media, Pandemic, Transportation, Trump, WhiteHouse

Summer is the time for distractions from the pandemic. Shuttle launches are also a spectacle that Trump attending makes a distraction from the pandemic. Driving isContinue Reading

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Like the “Muslim ban”, Trump's COVID-19 travel ban exempts countries where his resorts are located

2020-03-12
By: annieli
On: March 12, 2020
In: , Covid-19, Culture, International, Media, PublicHealth, Recommended, Transportation, Trump

Self-serving as ever, no Trump policy ever negatively affects a Trump property. President Donald Trump’s new European travel restrictions have a convenient side effect: They exempt nationsContinue Reading

Trump says “No Cooties, please, we're British” as COVID-19 will get “worse and worse and worse”

2020-03-12
By: annieli
On: March 12, 2020
In: , Covid-19, Culture, Media, PublicHealth, Recommended, Transportation, Trump, WhiteHouse

Throne room cootie report has Trump restricting European travel to US, except for the UK meaning that the Brits will be a meatshield for air travelContinue Reading

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“operator error” but what if nine other planes weren't fired on before Ukraine flight 752

2020-01-11
By: annieli
On: January 11, 2020
In: , Culture, Iran, Iraq, Media, NationalSecurity, Transportation, Trump, Ukraine

Six of nine earlier flights were in the same flight path prior to the decision to shoot at least one Tor missile at Ukraine InternationalContinue Reading

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EV Thursday – Electric 2020. Every Electric Car Coming Out Compared In Every Way! (Infographics) 3/3

2019-12-19
By: Rei
On: December 19, 2019
In: , 2020, ElectricVehicles, Environment, EVs, Transportation

This is part three of our three-part series comparing all major electric vehicles that will be on sale in the US in 2020.  For “PartContinue Reading

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EV Wednesday- Electric 2020. Every Electric Car Coming Out Compared In Every Way! (Infographics) 2/3

2019-12-18
By: Rei
On: December 18, 2019
In: , 2020, ElectricVehicles, Environment, EVs, Recommended, Transportation

This is part two of our three-part series comparing all major electric vehicles that will be on sale in the US in 2020.  For “PartContinue Reading

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EV Tuesday – Electric 2020. Every Electric Car Coming Out, Compared In Every Way! (Infographics) 1/3

2019-12-17
By: Rei
On: December 17, 2019
In: , 2020, ElectricVehicles, Environment, EVs, Recommended, Transportation

2020 is almost upon us, and there’s many people out there who will be making a New Year’s resolution to buy a new electric carContinue Reading

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EV Tuesday: Picking the High-Hanging Fruit – Electric Aircraft are Landing Soon

2019-10-20
By: Rei
On: October 20, 2019
In: Aviation, ClimateChange, electrification, Environment, Recommended, Transportation

We’ve all seen this annoying line of argument from people opposed to us cleaning up our act with respect to the environment: Oh, you FLEWContinue Reading

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Planning to get some amazing future car? Beware the 'European Drivecycle Game'

2019-09-10
By: Rei
On: September 10, 2019
In: Advertising, Cars, Electric, EVs, Recommended, Transportation

In the olden days, we often heard a refrain along the lines of: “Man, look at the MPGs on these cars in Europe! It’s ridiculous thatContinue Reading

View from Tlanepantla of Mexico City blanketed by smog on March 18, 2016. Mexican officials lifted a four-day air pollution alert in the nation's densely-populated capital after ozone levels dropped, according to them, to acceptable levels. Mexico City authorities issued the first air pollution alert in 14 years due to high ozone levels, restricting traffic, encouraging children to stay indoors and ordering factories to cut emissions. AFP PHOTO / RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP / RONALDO SCHEMIDT (Photo credit should read RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)

Remember the emissions-cheating diesel scandal at VW? Turns out that the fix is itself a cheat.

2019-08-25
By: Rei
On: August 25, 2019
In: Diesel, dieselgate, Recommended, Transportation, Volkswagen

Uh oh. Let’s start off by pointing out that not everything Volkswagen does is bad. Namely, while their EV production targets are still significantly lower thanContinue Reading

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Yes, Virginia – EVs Can Take The Backroads

2019-07-13
By: Rei
On: July 13, 2019
In: ElectricCars, Electricity, ElectricVehicles, Environment, EVs, Recommended, Rescued, Transportation

Every so often one encounters a myth about electric vehicles that's so odd it makes you scratch your head. When it happens just once, it'sContinue Reading

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Today in EVs: Cobalt: What is it good for (absolutely nothing?). Plus: 250kW Superchargers go live

2019-03-07
By: Rei
On: March 7, 2019
In: Charging, cobalt, Environment, EVs, RBPi, Recommended, Transportation

1) Cobalt In High-Nickel Batteries: Does It Do Anything Useful At All? Of all of the components of a lithium-ion battery, cobalt has historically beenContinue Reading

Today In EVs: Prices go down? BOO! Prices go up? BOO!

2019-03-02
By: Rei
On: March 2, 2019
In: Cars, Environment, EVs, Hyundai, Tesla, Transportation

Making EV news today: Hyundai and Tesla generate price dissatisfaction… but for opposite reasons! Tesla Prices Go Down? Some Existing Owners Angry In response to Tesla announcing aContinue Reading

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And That's That: The $35k Tesla Model 3 Goes On Sale

2019-02-28
By: Rei
On: February 28, 2019
In: ElectricVehicles, Environment, EVs, model3, RBPi, Tesla, Transportation

Well, it's finally happened: Tesla has released the $35k Model 3. While the whole Model 3 programme had been previously moved forward two years, the failureContinue Reading

GM Hits 200,000th Electric Vehicle Sale in Q4; Tax Credit Phaseout Now Hindering US Vs. Competition

2019-01-03
By: Rei
On: January 3, 2019
In: Electric, EVs, GM, Transportation

Congratulations to GM! And also, my sympathies. Because in late Q4, GM sold its 200,000th electric vehicle, triggering the start of tax credit phaseouts for GMContinue Reading

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Electric Cars and Road Tripping: Yes, We Can.

2018-12-02
By: Rei
On: December 2, 2018
In: Cars, Electricity, Environment, EVs, RBPi, Transportation

One of the greatest, if not the greatest reasons that many people hesitate to switch to an electric vehicle is the fear of… “What if I can’tContinue Reading

Big news for EVs: Nissan pulling back, GM stepping… up?

2018-11-26
By: Rei
On: November 26, 2018
In: Environment, EVs, Ghosn, GM, Nissan, Transportation

Big news today for the electric vehicle market, from two fronts…. Nissan postpones launch of 60kWh Leaf E-Plus Following the ouster and arrest of their CEO,Continue Reading

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The New Wave of Electric Cars: Infographics

2018-09-03
By: Rei
On: September 3, 2018
In: ElectricCars, ElectricVehicles, Energy, Environment, EVs, Transportation

Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of how much the electric vehicle market has been changing year to year. Not only are growth rates spectacularContinue Reading

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