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☆ Watch: GOP Presidential Hopefuls Spar in Second Debate
  + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Why Cities Like New York Are Adopting Congestion TollsNew Yorkers lose an average of 117 hours a year in traffic according to the MTA. Now, New York City is turning to congestion tolls to help unclog its roads. WSJ’s George Downs explores if these tolls actually reduce traffic and whether other U.S. cities will adopt them. Illustration: George Downs/The Wall Street Journal
Persons: George Downs Organizations: MTA, Street Locations: New, , New York City
☆ American Soldier Travis King Released From North Korea, in U.S. Custody
  + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Why Cities Like New York Are Adopting Congestion TollsNew Yorkers lose an average of 117 hours a year in traffic according to the MTA. Now, New York City is turning to congestion tolls to help unclog its roads. WSJ’s George Downs explores if these tolls actually reduce traffic and whether other U.S. cities will adopt them. Illustration: George Downs/The Wall Street Journal
Persons: George Downs Organizations: MTA, Street Locations: New, , New York City
☆ U.S. Soldier Travis King Lands in Texas After Release From North Korea
  + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Why Cities Like New York Are Adopting Congestion TollsNew Yorkers lose an average of 117 hours a year in traffic according to the MTA. Now, New York City is turning to congestion tolls to help unclog its roads. WSJ’s George Downs explores if these tolls actually reduce traffic and whether other U.S. cities will adopt them. Illustration: George Downs/The Wall Street Journal
Persons: George Downs Organizations: MTA, Street Locations: New, , New York City
☆ Hollywood Writers Reach Tentative Deal With Studios to End Strike
  + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Why Cities Like New York Are Adopting Congestion TollsNew Yorkers lose an average of 117 hours a year in traffic according to the MTA. Now, New York City is turning to congestion tolls to help unclog its roads. WSJ’s George Downs explores if these tolls actually reduce traffic and whether other U.S. cities will adopt them. Illustration: George Downs/The Wall Street Journal
Persons: George Downs Organizations: MTA, Street Locations: New, , New York City
☆ Watch: NASA Osiris-REx Mission Brings Home Samples From Asteroid Bennu
  + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Why Cities Like New York Are Adopting Congestion TollsNew Yorkers lose an average of 117 hours a year in traffic according to the MTA. Now, New York City is turning to congestion tolls to help unclog its roads. WSJ’s George Downs explores if these tolls actually reduce traffic and whether other U.S. cities will adopt them. Illustration: George Downs/The Wall Street Journal
Persons: George Downs Organizations: MTA, Street Locations: New, , New York City
☆ UAW Expands Strike at GM, Stellantis Sites but Spares Ford
  + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Why Cities Like New York Are Adopting Congestion TollsNew Yorkers lose an average of 117 hours a year in traffic according to the MTA. Now, New York City is turning to congestion tolls to help unclog its roads. WSJ’s George Downs explores if these tolls actually reduce traffic and whether other U.S. cities will adopt them. Illustration: George Downs/The Wall Street Journal
Persons: George Downs Organizations: MTA, Street Locations: New, , New York City
☆ America’s New ‘Battery Belt’ Is Shifting the Auto Industry South
  + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( George Downs | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
How the Rise of SpaceX Is Reshaping NASA The rise of SpaceX as the dominant force for U.S. rocket launches has meant that NASA’s role is now evolving. To find out what this means for the future of the space agency, WSJ’s George Downs sat down with NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy. Photo Illustration: George Downs
Persons: George Downs, Pam Melroy Organizations: SpaceX, U.S . Locations: U.S
☆ Low-Cost Trans-Atlantic Airlines Could Soon Run Out of Runway
  + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( George Downs | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Prigozhin Is Dead: A Timeline of the Wagner Boss Since His Failed Mutiny The final two months of Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s life were full of speculation about his whereabouts and status. We break down what happened between his failed mutiny and his death in a Russian plane crash. Photo illustration: Ryan Trefes
Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s, Ryan Trefes Organizations: Wagner Group Locations: Russian
☆ How the Rise of SpaceX Is Reshaping NASA
  + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( George Downs | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
How Hypersonic Flight Could Transform Transatlantic Flights Startups like Destinus and Hermeus have ambitions to ferry passengers hypersonically through the stratosphere at 5 times the speed of sound, allowing you to travel from Sydney to Frankfurt in 4 hours as opposed to 20. Photo illustration: George Downs/The Wall Street Journal
Persons: George Downs Organizations: Transatlantic, Street Locations: Sydney, Frankfurt
☆ E-Bike Batteries Keep Exploding. What’s the Solution?
  + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Electric Aircraft Suffer From Short Ranges. Could Towing Be the Answer? Startup Magpie Aviation is testing whether electric passenger planes could be towed to extend their range. To find out what it might take for Magpie to tow single aisle jetliners like a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320, WSJ’s George Downs takes flight on an aerotowed glider. Illustration: George Downs
Persons: George Downs Organizations: Aviation, Boeing, Airbus
☆ Lukashenko Says Wagner’s Prigozhin Is in Belarus After Aborted Mutiny
  + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
What Boeing and Airbus Orders Can Teach Us About the Future of FlyingU.S. plane maker Boeing and European rival Airbus collectively secured over 1,000 firm orders at this year’s Paris Air Show. WSJ’s George Downs explains what these orders can tell us about the state of the duopoly, and the health of the aviation industry. Photo: George Downs
Persons: George Downs Organizations: Boeing, Airbus, Flying, Air Locations: Flying U.S
☆ Putin Praises Russian Security Forces: 'You Stopped a Civil War'
  + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
What Boeing and Airbus Orders Can Teach Us About the Future of FlyingU.S. plane maker Boeing and European rival Airbus collectively secured over 1,000 firm orders at this year’s Paris Air Show. WSJ’s George Downs explains what these orders can tell us about the state of the duopoly, and the health of the aviation industry. Photo: George Downs
Persons: George Downs Organizations: Boeing, Airbus, Flying, Air Locations: Flying U.S
☆ This Flying Taxi at the Paris Air Show Is Quiet. Too Quiet.
  + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Andrew Tangel | George Downs | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
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Persons: Dow Jones Locations: paris
☆ Boeing, Airbus and the Battle for the Perfect Plane
  + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( George Downs | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
E55Electric Aircraft Suffer From Short Ranges. Could Towing Be the Answer? Startup Magpie Aviation is testing whether electric passenger planes could be towed to extend their range. To find out what it might take for Magpie to tow single aisle jetliners like a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320, WSJ’s George Downs takes flight on an aerotowed glider. Illustration: George Downs
Persons: George Downs Organizations: Aviation, Boeing, Airbus
☆ Electric Aircraft Suffer From Short Ranges. Could Towing Be the Answer?
  + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( George Downs | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
E54Fires, Short Sellers and an EV Recall: Inside Lordstown Motors’ Decline Lordstown Motors was once in the race to build America’s first EV pickup truck. But now – after vehicle fires, short seller reports and recalls – the company has turned to a reverse stock split to try and avoid filing for bankruptcy protection. Illustration: David Fang
Persons: Short Sellers, –, David Fang Organizations: EV
☆ Fires, Short Sellers and an EV Recall: Inside Lordstown Motors’ Decline
  + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( George Downs | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
E55Electric Aircraft Suffer From Short Ranges. Could Towing Be the Answer? Startup Magpie Aviation is testing whether electric passenger planes could be towed to extend their range. To find out what it might take for Magpie to tow single aisle jetliners like a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320, WSJ’s George Downs takes flight on an aerotowed glider. Illustration: George Downs
Persons: George Downs Organizations: Aviation, Boeing, Airbus
☆ Amazon Overhauls Delivery Network to Dispatch Packages Faster, More Cheaply
  + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Sebastian Herrera | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
WSJ’s George Downs breaks down how much of a lifeline fleet-electrification contracts can be for automakers. Illustration: George DownsAmazon.com has upended its vast logistics network to reduce how far packages travel across the U.S. in an effort to get products to customers faster and improve profitability. The company’s overhaul has cut delivery times, transformed inventory management and altered the search results customers see on its flagship e-commerce website, according to executives, analysts and sellers who list their items on Amazon. The move also appears to be improving the company’s bottom line.
☆ Toyota Accelerates Its EV Changes With Extra $7 Billion Investment
  + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( River Davis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Converting gas cars into electric vehicles is becoming more common, with several companies offering ways to ‘upcycle’ classic cars and fleet vehicles. WSJ’s George Downs explores why retrofitting isn’t more widespread. Illustration: George DownsTOKYO— Toyota Motor’s new management, looking to make up lost ground in electric vehicles, said it would add billions of dollars in spending to reach EV targets. Toyota said Wednesday it would invest an additional ¥1 trillion, equivalent to $7.4 billion, in EVs through 2030, bringing Toyota’s total planned outlays for the period to around $37 billion.
☆ Toyota Accelerates EV Revamp With Extra $7 Billion Investment
  + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( River Davis | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Converting gas cars into electric vehicles is becoming more common, with several companies offering ways to “upcycle” classic cars and fleet vehicles. WSJ’s George Downs explores why retrofitting isn’t more widespread. Illustration: George DownsTOKYO— Toyota Motor ’s new management, looking to make up lost ground in electric vehicles, said it would add billions of dollars in spending to reach EV targets. Toyota said Wednesday it would invest an additional ¥1 trillion, equivalent to $7.4 billion, in EVs through 2030, bringing Toyota’s total planned outlays for the period to around $37 billion.
☆ How Clean Are Electric Cars? It Depends Where You Live
  + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( William Boston | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Converting gas cars into electric vehicles is becoming more common, with several companies offering ways to “upcycle” classic cars and fleet vehicles. WSJ’s George Downs explores why retrofitting isn’t more widespread. Illustration: George DownsBERLIN—Electric cars are only as clean as the power they use to charge their batteries, and how clean that is varies greatly from country to country, according to an analysis of data on power-sector emissions in 2022. Car sales around the world show more people buying electric vehicles that emit no climate-warming CO2 when they are driven around. But the impact of an electric vehicle replacing a traditional, combustion-engine car on overall emissions depends on how the power used to charge the car’s battery is produced.
☆ Driving an EV Is Getting Greener, Especially in the U.S.
  + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( William Boston | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Converting gas cars into electric vehicles is becoming more common, with several companies offering ways to “upcycle” classic cars and fleet vehicles. WSJ’s George Downs explores why retrofitting isn’t more widespread. Illustration: George DownsBERLIN—Electric cars are only as clean as the power they use to charge their batteries, and how clean that is varies greatly from country to country, according to an analysis of data on power-sector emissions in 2022. Car sales around the world show more people buying electric vehicles that emit no climate-warming CO2 when they are driven around. But the impact of an electric vehicle replacing a traditional, combustion-engine car on overall emissions depends on how the power used to charge the car’s battery is produced.
☆ GM Hires Former Apple Cloud Executive to Oversee Software
  + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Mike Colias | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Automakers and tech companies are locked in a battle over who gets control of the dashboard console. Photo illustration: George DownsGeneral Motors has hired a former Apple executive to lead a newly formed software unit, the latest in the auto maker’s efforts to reduce its reliance on Silicon Valley for in-car tech. Mike Abbott , vice president of Apple’s cloud services, will join GM later this month as executive vice president of software, in charge of developing both in-vehicle features and enterprise solutions, the automaker said Tuesday. He will report directly to GM Chief Executive Mary Barra .
☆ Apple Finds Strength in India as Overall Sales Fall for Second Straight Quarter
  + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Aaron Tilley | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Automakers and tech giants are locked in a battle over who gets control of the dashboard console, which is set to be a storefront for selling over-the-air updates and upgrades to connected vehicles features. Photo illustration: George DownsApple reported its second straight quarter of declining revenue but said iPhone sales surged due to strong demand in emerging markets, a sign of resilience as the tech giant continues to face economic uncertainty. The tech giant’s revenue for the three months ended April 1 was $94.8 billion, down 3% from the year-earlier period. Net income dropped 3% year-over-year to $24.2 billion. Apple exceeded analyst expectations, according to FactSet, of $92.9 billion in sales and $22.6 billion in net income for its fiscal second quarter.
☆ Apple Reports Weaker Sales for Second Straight Quarter
  + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Aaron Tilley | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Automakers and tech giants are locked in a battle over who gets control of the dashboard console, which is set to be a storefront for selling over-the-air updates and upgrades to connected vehicles features. Photo illustration: George DownsApple reported its second straight quarter of declining sales as demand has waned for some of its products after reaching record levels during the pandemic. The tech giant’s revenue for the three months ended April 1 was $94.8 billion, down 3% from the year-earlier period. Net income dropped 3% year-over-year to $24.2 billion. Apple exceeded analyst expectations, according to FactSet, of $92.9 billion in sales and $22.6 billion in net income.
☆ Apple, Google, GM and the $1.5 Trillion Battle for the Car Dashboard
  + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( George Downs | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
E51In an Era of EVs, Can the Combustion Engine Be Saved? The EU has granted eFuels an exemption in its 2035 ban on sales of new combustion engines. WSJ’s George Downs visits synthetic fuel startup Zero to understand how efuels are made and how they could impact autos. Photo Composite: George Downs
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