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The $13,000 "Kei car" has left rivals such as Tesla in the dust. Mini "Kei trucks" are taking off in the US, with some being sold for as little as $5,000. AdvertisementAdvertisementTesla may dominate the global EV market — but for drivers in Japan, a $13,000 tiny car is proving a better investment. Their cousins, Kei trucks, have become increasingly in demand in the US in recent years. Kei trucks such as the Daihatsu Hijet have become increasingly popular in the US.
Persons: , minicar, Sakura, Nissan Sakura, Elon, Kei, Warren, TORU YAMANAKA, Suzuki Organizations: Bloomberg, Service, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Tesla, Daihatsu, EV Locations: Japan, America
People residing in these Blue Zones are outliving us because they have figured out what others have not, according to Buettner. In 2009, he piloted his first "Blue Zones Project" in Albert Lea, Minnesota. The goal was to reverse-engineer it into a Midwestern Blue Zone. Playa Santa Teresa, on the Nicoya peninsula in Costa Rica, is in one of Buettner's Blue Zones. AdvertisementAdvertisementUpdate: A previous version of this story mentioned Belgian professor Michel Poulain as the inventor of the phrase "Blue Zone."
Persons: Dan Buettner, Michel Poulain, Gianni, Buettner, Toru Yamanaka, Loma, Albert Lea, Albert, Al Brooks, MinnPost, Gerhard, Enrico Spanu, dietitians, demographer Gianni Organizations: Service, Gianni Pes, Geographic, Getty, Albert Lea City, Fort Worth, demographer Gianni Pes Locations: Wall, Silicon, Kohama, Okinawa, Sardinia, Italy, Japan, Costa Rica, Ikaria, Greece, Loma Linda, California, Minnesota, Albert Lea , Minnesota, Albert Lea, Santa Teresa, Fort Worth , Texas, Fort, Belgian
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