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Rocking down to Electric Avenue? Good luck charging your car

European and U.S. cities planning to phase out combustion engines over the next 15 years first need to plug a charging gap for millions of residents who park their cars on the street.
Source: reuters.com

Betting on death of petrol cars, Volvo to go all electric by 2030

"Volvo's entire car lineup will be fully electric by 2030, the Chinese-owned company said on Tuesday, joining a growing number of carmakers planning to phase out fossil-fuel engines by the end of this decade." Maybe the transition to all electric cars is going to go faster than it appeared only a few...
Source: reuters.com

Volvo Cars to go fully electric by 2030

"The Swedish firm is to phase out all models with internal combustion engines over the next few years."
Source: bbc.com

Sci-Hub Faces $4.8 Million Piracy Damages and ISP Blocking - TorrentFreak: Sci-Hub, which is regularly referred to as the

Sci-Hub Faces $4.8 Million Piracy Damages and ISP Blocking - TorrentFreak: Sci-Hub, which is regularly referred to as the "Pirate Bay of science," faces another setback in a US federal court. After the site's operator failed to respond, the American Chemical Society now requests a default judgment of...
Source: torrentfreak.com

Doctors call for ban on diesel engines in London - BBC News: A campaign led by medical professionals is calling for all

Doctors call for ban on diesel engines in London - BBC News: A campaign led by medical professionals is calling for all diesel cars to be banned from London.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Top strategic predictions for 2016 and beyond: the future is a digital thing. The one that caught my attention was: "By

Top strategic predictions for 2016 and beyond: the future is a digital thing. The one that caught my attention was: "By 2018, 20% of all business content will be authored by machines. ... Technologies with the ability to proactively assemble and deliver information through automated composition...
Source: gartner.com

The first satellite powered entirely by ion engines is online | ExtremeTech: No combustion needed -- ABS-3A only needs electricity

The first satellite powered entirely by ion engines is online | ExtremeTech: No combustion needed -- ABS-3A only needs electricity and inert xenon to maintain its orbit.
Source: extremetech.com