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☆ Here’s what the Starbucks of the future looks like
  + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
New York CNN —Starbucks has opened its first cafe designed to give customers with disabilities a “more accessible store experience,” the company announced Friday in a news release. The move is part of a wider inclusivity initiative that Starbucks has undertaken to design easily navigable retail spaces for all of its customers. Any cafe that is renovated or opened in the future will begin implementing the company’s “Inclusive Spaces Framework,” it said in the release. The store design will also take acoustics into account by using materials that minimize background noise or echoes, which could disrupt people who use hearing aids. The chain last unveiled a new store design in 2019 with much of the similar aesthetic approach left intact with the new look.
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☆ Electric cars could be a gamechanger for wheelchair users, but there aren't any for them on the market — here's why
  + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Bianca Giacobone | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Of the over 700,000 EVs sold in the US in 2022, none could be fully accessible to wheelchair users. EV batteries' are under the floor, which is a challenge for making the cars accessible. Making a car fully accessible to wheelchair users costs around $30,000. "Inches mean miles when you're in a wheelchair," Kevin Frayne, director of advanced mobility solutions at BraunAbility, a manufacturer that converts cars to make them accessible to wheelchair users, told Insider. Charging infrastructureOnce made accessible, EVs could benefit wheelchair users greatly.
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