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Chacarita Is Buenos Aires’s Quirkiest Neighborhood. Get There Soon.

Baua Electric

To become a city’s coolest new neighborhood, there are certain prerequisites: a crop of cafes that toe the line between cozy and snobbish, chefs combining the innovative with the Instagrammable, and shops so sincere that they are doomed to close when rents rise, which they inevitably will. But then it must also have quirks.

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History of the GEM Car and a Look at Its Future

Clean Fleet Report

A Small, Slow EV That Has Found an Expanding Niche You don’t need a high-speed sports car or heavy-duty truck when driving around your neighborhood. Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) has pioneered neighborhood electric vehicles (EVs), demonstrating a prosperous past and promising future.

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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

The Truth About Cars

Cleveland, Ohio, has approved new zoning and transportation policies that are angling to transform it into the next “fifteen-minute city,” The City Planning Commission voted to move forward with changes to building codes in several pilot neighborhoods it wants to make more pedestrian friendly. But this is but a singular component.

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On National Golf Cart Day (seriously), here’s 10 ways they beat cars

Baua Electric

In fact, these days, they’re more commonly found zipping through neighborhood streets or joy-riding around beach communities. Ideal for short distances Golf carts are perfect for short-distance travel, such as going to the local market, visiting friends in the neighborhood, or commuting within a residential area.

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Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

Green Car Congress

As examples, Ford’s new advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky will be designed to have as minimal an impact as possible—and even to generate beneficial effects—on the surrounding environment.

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Tesla formally wins final environmental approval to open Gigafactory Berlin

Teslarati

The past two years, after all, required the State Office of the Environment to not only inspect and approve the factory itself, but also the entire industrial area with several large-scale facilities. While Giga Berlin’s final environment approval has been secured, Tesla still has to ensure that it meets the state’s requirements.

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Aventura-X review: Classic Vespa vibes in a modern electric scooter

Baua Electric

Aventura-X probably walks a fine line as it is, conjuring up old-timey Vespa vibes while maintaining just enough differentiation to avoid legal issues. Considering I was testing this in Florida, where 50 mph roads are just how you exit your neighborhood, that lower speed was a bit of an issue. RIP) in the bike lane.