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One tiny chip is choking up America’s largest automotive factories
What it means for the transition to electric vehicles.
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The evidence that the world has passed ‘peak car’
A look at how transportation could change without an addiction to automobiles.
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‘Big Three’ automakers join Biden in electric car promises
Ford, GM, and Stellantis have vowed that up to 50% of their car sales will be electric by 2030.
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What’s the true cost of shipping all your junk across the ocean?
Walmart and other retail giants import millions of goods on polluting cargo ships.
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Renting clothes is ‘less green than throwing them away’
Transportation and dry cleaning make it the worst green option for consumers of fashion, study finds.
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Car culture disproportionately kills Black Americans. The pandemic made things worse.
The number of Black people who died in traffic collisions rose by nearly a quarter last year.
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A proposal to make cargo ships pay for pollution is making waves
The shipping industry's emissions keep climbing.
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I hate cars. Should I learn to drive anyway?
Knowing how to drive — or even owning a car — doesn't automatically put you on the road to climate ruin.
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The US wants to make EV batteries without these foreign metals. Should it?
Nickel and cobalt have precarious international supply chains, but eliminating them from batteries raises tough questions.
