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"It is the closest all of us passengers ever want to come to a plane crash," a Qantas flight QF1889's passenger said after the plane suddenly descended about 20,000 feet on Monday September 22, and diverted back to Darwin.... Read more

Months after Elon Musk left the Trump administration to the relief of Tesla investors worried about boycotts, the world's richest man has announced some good news: Sales of Tesla cars are back.... Read more

Electric vehicles (EVs) can have lower fuel costs and reduce emissions relative to cars that use gasoline, but they are only a practical option if drivers have convenient ways to charge them. For people who live in multi-unit dwellings or in urban areas, access to charging infrastructure may be particularly... Read more

The Canadair water bomber revolutionized the fight against wildfires after it debuted in the skies decades ago.... Read more

US police thought they had their man when they watched a taxi make an illegal U-turn right in front of them—only to discover there was no one in the driver's seat.... Read more

A team of international researchers has developed a pioneering control system for ballbot drive micromobility vehicles (BDVs), promising to reshape the future of urban transportation with safer, more robust, and highly adaptable single-passenger platforms.... Read more

Jaguar Land Rover on Monday said it will partially restart production in the coming days after a damaging cyberattack halted operations at its UK factories.... Read more

New research from Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) shows that transit-oriented developments (TODs) in the Portland metro area generate far fewer car trips than standard estimates suggest—especially at sites that include affordable housing.... Read more

China will tighten the rules for exporting electric vehicles by requiring automakers to obtain export permits from next year, the Commerce Ministry said Friday.... Read more

A battle of the skies is playing out in Australia as Virgin increasingly mirrors Jetstar's pricing in certain booking windows, according to new research. Virgin restructured in 2020 to a hybrid airline.... Read more

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new recipe for catalysts that could dramatically improve the performance and durability of fuel-cell vehicles—especially trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles that demand extra power.... Read more

Cities are at the forefront of the battle against climate change, as they are responsible for more than 70% of the world's CO2 emissions.... Read more

The first major study in almost 50 years shows that a highway speed limit would reduce fatal traffic crashes by more than one-third.... Read more

Warmer air from climate change will tend to make departing aircraft create more noise pollution around European airports by 2050.... Read more

Aviation accounts for approximately 12% of global carbon dioxide emissions. With intensifying climate change and environmental issues, the aviation industry is searching for greener propulsion systems.... Read more