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Cars
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Viewfinder: A Look Inside a Volkswagen Plant
Volkswagen employees work on a Golf VII car at an assembly line at a VW plant in Wolfsburg,…
Volkswagen, Fiat, and Renault: Our Many Car Emissions Scandals
First Volkswagen and Fiat, now Renault. Will it ever end? By Carson Leigh Brown From left: Volkswagen, Fiat,…
Do Racy Billboards Create Better Drivers?
New research finds surprising evidence to that effect. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: jaroslavd/Flickr) Most of us think of…
The Public Transit Paradox
Gas is crazy cheap. Car sales are through the roof. So why isn’t taxpayer support for mass transit tanking?
Can a Negative Outlook Create a Dangerous Driver?
A Chinese study finds people who pay more attention to what's bad about the world also get in more accidents.
The Weird Ways People React to Driving Bans
As cities try to control their air pollution with driving bans, research finds citizens react by buying more cars, watching more television, and, sometimes, by driving less and contributing to lower pollution in their towns.
What Cheating Emissions Standards Tells Us About Ourselves
To understand the outrage over the Volkswagen scandal and recall, consider the meat industry.
The Future of Work: But What Will Humans Do?
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.