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While traditional hybrid vehicles use gas to turn the wheels, a new crop of cars are burning it exclusively to charge a large onboard battery.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 28, 2024
A new wave of electric vehicles are ready to charge at 70 mph
But while fossil fuels may be a curious catalyst for sparking EV sales, the strategy is arguably far greener than it looks.
In almost 30 years of fighting wildfire, Art Gonzales has seen blazes grow progressively bigger and stranger.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Oct 20, 2023
‘It’s all-consuming.’ Wildfire whispering is now a year-round job
What was once limited to certain months now encompasses an entire ‘fire year'
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 4, 2023
How solar roofs are being used to power electric cars
The future of solar-powered vehicles is becoming clear: smaller, lighter, cheaper and a subtle augmentation electric driving, rather than power it in full.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 20, 2023
New smart switch could smooth the road for electric vehicle charging in New York
Installing electric vehicle charging infrastructure is such a logistical headache New York developers have shied away from it, at least on a large enough scale to drive adoption.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 20, 2022
Affordable EVs remain fantasy for most as automakers capitalize on high demand
Many of the electric vehicles at dealerships are available in top trims, and for amounts far above the starting prices in ads and product launch presentations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2022
Electric cars have a big tire conundrum
Where the rubber literally meets the road on electric vehicle range, there's an escalating battle between physics and aesthetics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 20, 2022
One answer to Europe’s energy crisis? More electric cars.
About 350 U.K. residents have been pumping electricity from their vehicles to surrounding homes since 2018.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jul 31, 2022
Elon Musk’s antics turn owners and would-be buyers against Tesla
Dennis Levitt got his first Tesla, a blue Model S, in 2013, and loved it. "It was so much better than any car I've ever driven,” the 73-year-old self-storage company executive says.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 14, 2022
The EV revolution comes to Volkswagen’s retro vans
It took almost 20 years, a step-change in driving technology, a diesel emissions scandal and a geopolitical gas crisis, but the Volkswagen bus is back.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Nov 9, 2021
The U.S. auto sector’s next big idea: Tiny trucks
Smaller trucks are having a renaissance as young buyers fret over the climate crisis and confront piles of student debt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
May 4, 2021
Your car is about to be a software platform, subscriptions and all
Most major automakers are fleshing out a strategy for selling upgrades via over-the-air software updates, and a rash of them will start popping up in the wild in the next few months.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 7, 2018
Subaru and Mazda seek advantage from being among last to sell electric vehicles
American Subaru owners are a green bunch. They tend to bike, camp and kayak more than other drivers and inordinately live in the parts of the U.S. with the toughest emissions mandates. The company plays to this ecological image by producing more than 1 million vehicles each year without sending any waste...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2016
Toyota seeks to sell Prius as stylish and sporty, starting with the Super Bowl
It is not easy being green, particularly when gas is cheap.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 10, 2015
Why does Japan get its very own 'Star Wars' trailer?
There was a great disturbance in the force this past week, as if millions of "Star Wars" fans suddenly cried out in joy while trying to read Japanese.
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson, who was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, arrives with Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on Friday.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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