Hydrogen cars still in the running | Timber turbines turning in Sweden | Hyperloop hopes alive in Canada

infrastruttura no. 45 Automakers like Toyota haven't given up on hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles just yet. America's battery-powered EV market has stalled and hydrogen-powered cars face myriad technical, practical, and logistical challenges. But many legacy automakers still believe the technology has a future, particularly in certain key mobility verticals that

Insurance for mass timber projects still too high | America's "uniquely terrible" public transit | Canvassing LA's network of broken EV chargers

infrastruttura no. 41 Premiums are coming down but insurers aren't sold (yet) on mass timber projects. The benefits of using mass timber as the primary structural member in new construction are well-known; some studies peg the reduction in carbon footprint at over 70 percent compared to concrete and steel construction.

Swifties can't solve transit's funding woes | Sweden's city of wood | How wealthy suburbs cause climate problems

infrastruttura no. 27 Not even the massive crowds taking mass transit to Taylor Swift's Eras tour are enough to plug the holes in America's transportation agency budgets. My kids aren't Swifties (not yet, anyway) so we didn't take the train to the Meadowlands last month for her Eras tour. But