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One Province in China Has More EV Charging Stations Than the Whole U.S.
The Chinese province of Guangdong now has more EV charging stations than the entire United States combined. The coastal province has added hundreds of thousands of charging stations in the last few years, as Bloomberg reports. And now that China is on a charging station install spree, Guangdong has accrued close to 372,000 charging locations,…
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Meet the Woman Who Lived Out of Her Truck On Mongolia’s Coal Highway
The Gobi Desert is home to Mongolia’s largest coal basins, which are critical to the country’s industrialisation. Impossibly long and desolate stretches of road connect coal mines in the Gobi to China, and thousands of truckers travel along Mongolia’s coal highway ferrying precious carbon loads. One of these truckers is a woman named Maikhuu Sengee,…
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Renault 4Ever Trophy Revives the Classic Renault 4 as a Rugged Electric Mini-SUV
Renault unveiled its latest EV at the Paris Auto Show, and the French carmaker is doubling down on the retro theme for its electric models. The latest concept, called the Renault 4Ever Trophy, is the newest EV that draws on the company’s heritage, following the reveal of its Renault 5 EV concept.
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When William Shatner Went To Space, All He Saw Was ‘Death’
William Shatner is not now — and never was — a spaceship captain, but he played one on TV. In 2021, William Shatner finally went to space aboard a gratuitously phallic spacecraft owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos. Don’t read into that too much. But instead of feeling triumph or the undaunted spirit of James T.…