Tag Archives: transport

Oil: Not yesterday’s fuel – just yet?

10 May

The new hype is again to say the end of the oil age is near In the long run, this will happen… …but before that some good years for oil are likely Just as high prices reduced the likely future demand for oil, low prices will probably prolong its use

Unsexy but disruptive: The effects of Google’s self-driving car

4 Sep

What’s such a big deal about a self-driving car, when you even have to give up control of the vehicle? Exactly that. You might not need to own a car at all, and still get everywhere like you had a chauffeur. And it may even change how much your house is worth, for example.

Hyperloop. Or just hyperhype?

13 Aug

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Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur behind PayPal and Tesla, recently unveiled his plans for a new, superfast transport system, which generated a lot of hype in the media. But the plans are still somewhat vague. We show how passengers could look like while covering the distance between Budapest and Prague in a mere 30 minutes.