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After death of film cap, Missoula investors look to electric freight trucks

On Thursday, Shadowcast Partners closed on a $1.5 million offer for several Missoula County lots in the Development Park, where the company now plans to construct a distribution center for electric freight trucks.

If we put the chargers in the right places, we can get more people into electric cars

A strong, accessible, and visible EV network will induce EV ownership.

Tesla launches $1,900 Cyberquad for Kids

You can’t get the Cyberquad yet, but your kids can!

Welcome to the (Synthetic) Meatspace

Inspired by Matrix Resurrections, the new issue of WIRED explores the future of reality, which may include lab-grown meat and synthetic organisms. Back in 1997, we took another crack at predicting the future that looks … a bit overly optimistic today. But the sidebar on potential spoilers, which recently resurfaced on Twitter, really held up.

Alaska Airlines’ Santa Fantasy Flight for needy Spokane kids to mark 25th anniversary

It’s a story that not only won’t get old but perhaps becomes more needed each year. Maybe particularly this year.

Polaris’ new Ranger XP Kinetic is an all-electric side-by-side with a lot of horsepower

Packing 110 horsepower and 140 pound-feet of torque, Polaris claims the Ranger XP Kinetic will be the most powerful utility side-by-side it’s ever produced. That represents 35 percent more power and two times more torque than any other utility side-by-side on the market, Polaris says.

Assessing the Success of San Francisco’s Safer Intersections Project

A campaign to improve pedestrian safety at dangerous intersections in San Francisco using traffic calming and driver education led to significant reductions in speed and unsafe left turns, according to a report from SFMTA.

“The New Map of Life” The 100-year life is here. We’re not ready.

We can meet challenges that longevity creates if we act now, guided by these principles:

Super thin solar cells hit new efficiency benchmark

“In 10 years, the efficiencies of perovskites have skyrocketed from about 3% to over 25%,” Mohite says. “Other semiconductors have taken about 60 years to get there. That’s why we’re so excited.”

Is the On-Demand Model Foundational to the Future of Transit?

On-demand transit projects, like Metro Micro in Los Angeles, are proving instructive to how larger fixed-route services can evolve to be more convenient, flexible and equitable forms of mobility.

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