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Electric motors are silent but electric vehicles are not. They make noise for safety, branding and to enhance the driving experience. And since they are no longer limited by the sound of the motor, these cars provide an acoustic blank slate. Jasper de Kruiff, co-founder and creative director of Impulse Audio Lab, has been working in interactive sound design for over a decade. He explains the tech and creative approaches that go into each vehicle’s sonic picture and why the roads of the future could sound like an electric symphony.
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Further Reading:
Designing the Sensory Experience of an Electric Vehicle
How New Motors Could Transform the EV Industry
With an EV, I Had to Learn to Drive All Over Again
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Driverless: Waymo and the Robotaxi Race—Under the Hood
Waymo, the self-driving car startup owned by Google parent Alphabet, may be the front-runner in the race to lead the driverless car industry, but it’s got competition. Elon Musk’s Tesla and Amazon’s Zoox are also building out robotaxi technology and services to get riders in self-driving cars. On the second episode of our special series on the growing driverless car industry, host Danny Lewis looks at these companies’ efforts to catch up and where Waymo’s success could take it and its tech into the future.
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Further reading:
General Motors Scraps Cruise Robotaxi Program
Musk Shows Off Driverless Robotaxi to Be Priced Under $30,000
Waymo, Uber, Lyft Are Biggest Winners From Tesla’s Robotaxi Flop
Elon Musk Plays a Familiar Song: Robot Cars Are Coming
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How New Motors Could Transform the EV Industry
Electric vehicles are a big part of the green energy transition but some of their most critical components are made using rare-earth elements. These can be highly toxic and environmentally destructive to mine and refine, with politically-complicated supply chains to boot. Engineers and automakers like Tesla, GM and Stellantis are now racing to build motors that don’t require magnets made from rare earths, but they must figure out how to match the efficiency. WSJ mining and commodities reporter Rhiannon Hoyle speaks with host Danny Lewis about why countries and companies are finding alternatives to rare earths. Plus, Oak Ridge National Laboratory engineer Burak Ozpineci tells us where new motors could take the EV industry.
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Further reading:
For EV Startups, Things Are Going From Bad to Worse
Rare-Earth Prices Are in the Doldrums. China Wants to Keep Them That Way.
Lynas Bets on New Rare Earths Products, Breaking China Stranglehold
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Driverless: Waymo and the Robotaxi Race—Waymo Takes the Lead
Fifteen years ago, Google made a big bet that future cars will drive themselves. Now, billions of dollars later, that bet may finally be paying off. Waymo, Alphabet's driverless car company, has hit the accelerator in recent years as its technology has evolved, and its rivals have stumbled. On episode one of our special series on the growing driverless car industry, host Danny Lewis explores the roots of this technology and how Waymo took the lead in the race to a driverless future.
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Further reading:
How San Francisco Learned to Love Self-Driving Cars
GM’s Self-Driving Car Unit Skids Off Course
Self-Driving Cars Enter the Next Frontier: Freeways
All Hail Phoenix: America’s King of the Robo-Taxi
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How Drones Are Bringing Emergency Services to Remote Places
Autonomous aviation is making medical aid more accessible and emergency response time shorter than ever. In this conversation from WSJ’s Future of Everything Festival in May, GoAERO CEO Gwen Lighter and Zipline CEO Keller Rinaudo Cliffton share how their respective companies are looking for ways to revamp medical access in hard to reach places. They tell WSJ’s Alex Ossola about the new industry they are forging without a roadmap.
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What will the future look like? The Future of Everything offers a view of the nascent trends that will shape our world. In every episode, join our award-winning team on a new journey of discovery. We’ll take you beyond what’s already out there, and make you smarter about the scientific and technological breakthroughs on the horizon that could transform our lives for the better.
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