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(That said, electric vehicles are greener than those powered by fossil fuels even when charged with electricity from nonrenewable sources. That is because power stations burn fuel far more efficiently than car engines do and therefore produce fewer emissions per unit of energy produced. This remains true even when transmission losses are taken into

Today it is the motor vehicle, rather than the horse, that seems unsustainable. The Horseless Age, a magazine founded in 1895 to champion the new technology, proudly declared that “in cities and in towns the noise and clatter of the streets will be reduced,” because of cars’ rubber tires—yet it is still difficult today to hear yourself think on Bro

Collectively, these new modes of transport, based on small vehicles that can be accessed when needed using smartphone apps, have come to be known as micromobility, a term coined by Horace Dediu, a technology analyst, in 2017. He and other advocates of micromobility point to its environmental benefits compared with using cars—including electric cars