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Headed to China: Is There Anything That You Would Like Me to Explore?

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I am about to board a flight to Guangzhou. I will get to see the latest in “Physical AI” from XPENG, including their ARIDGE flying car, IRON humanoid robot, VLA 2.0 intelligent driving system, and new EV models, like the GX. After a couple of days, I continue on to … [continued]

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Will Banning Social Media for Minors Actually Help Reduce Carbon Emissions?

5 min read

The answer is: No. Next question. Okay, fine. Let’s do this properly. Somewhere in a government conference room — air conditioning on full blast, bottled water for every seat, a PowerPoint deck that took three consultants and two months to produce — somebody connected these two dots and felt brilliant … [continued]

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The Race Nobody Sees: Formula E’s Madrid Round Is a War of Invisible Margins

5 min read

Speed is a distraction. The real battle in electric racing happens where no camera can follow — inside the algorithms, the thermal curves, and the split-second decisions that determine whether a championship is won or lost before the car even crosses the finish line. The ABB FIA Formula E World … [continued]

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FloWater — Purified Water, No Plastic

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Pure, clean water — it’s one of the absolute true essentials in the world. Unfortunately, it’s also not easy for many people to get. Furthermore, we’e got new problems even in the richest nations and communities in the world. We’ve got microplastics leaching into everything, including people’s water. How many … [continued]

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Mea Culpa: Correcting The Ferry Battery Orderbook Still Leaves A Strong Electrification Story

14 min read

For a few months now I have quoting a claim that 70% of ferries on order had batteries, based on reading the stat in what I considered a reliable site. After digging deeper into the orderbook and the denominator, I do not think that figure stands up, but the actual … [continued]

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