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Electric valley

19 May 2022

As the new base for the electric-vehicle industry, America’s fastest-growing city is revving its engines.

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We all know the promise: a green driving future thanks to electric vehicles. But there are some bumps in the road and, beyond compact, wealthy cities, is the world really ready? We hit the road to find out.

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Electric avenue

29 June 2016

Sweden’s commitment to become fossil-fuel free by 2030 continues apace. The county’s most recent move is the test launch of an electric-transport road. A 2km stretch on the E16 transnational highway between Kungsgården and…

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Electric dreams

13 December 2018

Japanese digital art collective TeamLab is seizing the aesthetic possibilities of technology to remaster what it means to both create and experience artworks. We took a stroll among the flowers in their brave new world.

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Gearing up

17 August 2017

Volvo’s CEO discusses shifting the brand’s focus to the premium market and reveals its plans for electric and self-driving cars – all while maintaining its reputation for safety, of course.

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Inside Sweden’s electric flight school

14 September 2022

A new electric flight school in Sweden is inspiring a future of emission-free aviation. Monocle takes to the sky, tries out the first fully electric plane to be approved for use in Europe and hears how Skellefteå has become…

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High light

19 October 2015

EU law has cast a pall over incandescent-bulb company Righi Licht but its spirit and skill shines on.

Radio

The Bulletin with UBS - Electric vehicles: the road ahead

23 July 2017

We take a drive into the UBS Q-Series Evidence Lab ‘teardown’ of the Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car. It’s a granular study of the world’s first mass-market electric vehicle and extends beyond the automotive sector into the…

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Business

17 January 2009

Why investors are turning to pawn, who is taking to electric cars, and India's post gets an extreme makeover. Plus Parchim: Germany's new cargo hub.

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Americas

17 September 2008

The Brazilian president's choice of transport, crimefighting in El Salvador and why brows are furrowed over a new three-wheeler in the US.

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Watch this space

14 December 2017

Refurbish, repurpose and revive are the watchwords for 2018. From a former cinema to Balkan bunkers and cat-sized couches, we’ve picked out the projects that are putting innovative thinking to the fore.

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Power trip

19 September 2013

Electric cars aren’t new to the motoring scene but they’ve always been practical rather than user-intuitive or well designed – limitations BMW has looked to tackle with its first all-electric model.

Radio

The Bulletin with UBS - Electric vehicles: the road to cost parity

16 November 2020

UBS Q-Series research, powered by the UBS Evidence Lab, connects the dots across asset classes, geographies and sectors. Today we explore a new Q-Series report entitled: ‘Tearing down the heart of an electric car: cost…

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Asia

20 January 2011

China's version of Google Earth, Turkmenistan plans to hold the Olympics, and good news for Taiwan travelers.

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Are we nearly there yet?

18 April 2019

While electric vehicles have been around for a while, they’ve never stolen the spotlight – until now. Monocle visits the Geneva International Motor Show and a smart charging point company in Finland to see if this could…

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Back to the future

18 May 2017

We travel back to a time when there was still hope for Berlin’s new airport and find out why it still hasn’t got off the ground, look ahead to the arrival of driverless cars – and ask whether they’re driving a future that…