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An e-scooter with ultrasonic sensors and collision avoidance software

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Autonomous e-scooters could ride themselves back to charging points

Teams of staff usually return e-scooters to where they will be needed, but adapted scooters that can balance and stop themselves, and be controlled remotely, are a step towards autonomous ones that can take themselves wherever they have to go

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A free electric car charging station being used

Environment

Electric vehicles have lowered San Francisco's carbon footprint

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Environment

Chemical injection brings dying batteries back to life

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Environment

Battery breakthrough lets electric cars run longer in extreme cold

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Technology

Is battery swapping a better way to recharge electric cars?

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Lithium mining looks set to reshape Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni salt flat

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Lithium mining looks set to reshape Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni salt flat

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Self-driving car-makers could face prison for misleading adverts in UK

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Environment

The renewable energy revolution is happening faster than you think

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Blanket for electric cars helps preserve battery performance

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Kettleman City, CA - Jan 29, 2022: Many cars charging at a Tesla Supercharger station. Supercharger stations allow Tesla cars to be fast-charged at the network within a hour.

Environment

California's electric car boom reduces pollution – but not everywhere

A programme to increase electric vehicle adoption in California increased air pollution in lower-income communities and communities of colour – groups that are less likely to own electric cars

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Technology

Machine recycles scrap aluminium directly into vehicle parts

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Environment

Electric vehicles are rapidly taking off – but is that a good thing?

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Serve vegan burgers in schools to trigger shift from meat, says report

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Technology

Car batteries with tiny heaters could charge in just 11 minutes

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