Mobility

EVs, batteries, trains, ships and the future of transport

In Mobility, ECOnews covers electric vehicles and EV batteries, e-bikes, trains and public transit, ships, aircraft and space travel. These are the innovations, infrastructure and policies changing how people and goods move by land, sea and air.

A Russian reconnaissance aircraft flies over the sea while two fighter jets escort it during an interception over the Baltic region.

A Russian aircraft flew in silence over the Baltic Sea, forcing Germany and Sweden to scramble fighter jets amid a month of heightened tension

By Adrian Villellas

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January 17, 2026 at 12:30 PM

U.S. Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy cargo plane on the runway at night with ground crews and floodlights around the aircraft.

An aviation giant triggered the 7700 emergency code over the Pacific and turned back toward Travis Air Force Base

By ECONEWS

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January 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM

A German physicist says a battery electric car can travel up to six times farther than a car running on e-fuels with the same electricity

By ECONEWS

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January 10, 2026 at 3:47 PM

Concrete interstate lane with white dashed lines paired with thin black bands, a contrast marking that stays visible in glare.

Why new highway lane lines have a black stripe: contrast markings make them easier to see

By Adrian Villellas

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January 5, 2026 at 1:03 PM

Close-up of a rusted suspension bolt, illustrating corrosion risk behind the Toyota Proace recall.

Toyota recalls 166,018 Proace vans worldwide over front suspension corrosion

By ECONEWS

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January 2, 2026 at 9:20 AM

EV battery pack module on a test bench, illustrating Dongfeng’s 350 Wh/kg solid-state battery push for 2026.

The battery that was due to arrive in September 2026 with 350 Wh/kg and dizzying figures has just taken an unexpected turn

By ECONEWS

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January 1, 2026 at 3:39 PM

Aerial view of Ford’s Saarlouis assembly plant in Germany, where the last Ford Focus was built.

Ford ends production of the Focus after 27 years as compact cars give way to crossovers

By ECONEWS

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January 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM

Overloaded red pickup truck with unsecured debris in the bed, illustrating the danger of loose cargo on highways.

A truck was stopped for improperly secured cargo in Tennessee, and minute by minute, the inspection uncovered a series of faults that ended up with the driver, tractor, and trailer out of service

By ECONEWS

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December 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM

California Highway Patrol traffic ticket notice to appear held in a driver’s hand

In California, driving with the flow of traffic above the speed limit can cost you up to $490

By ECONEWS

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December 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM

Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup parked on a snowy road at dusk in freezing winter conditions

An owner points a thermal camera at his electric truck, and the result surprises even automotive experts

By ECONEWS

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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM

New York police tow a Jeep with hand-drawn inspection and registration stickers

By ECONEWS

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December 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM

A Tesla Cybertruck used as a work truck passes 50,000 miles: how it compares with gas pickups

By ECONEWS

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December 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM

The law changing how your car is inspected has come into effect (and many people haven’t even noticed)

By ECONEWS

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December 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM

Ford confirms it: the last Focus has rolled off the production line… and no one was prepared for this farewell

By Adrian Villellas

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December 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM

Polestar issues a going-concern warning and says it needs fresh funding to survive

By Adrian Villellas

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December 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries achieves stable combustion in a 500 kW hydrogen engine

By ECONEWS

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November 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM

Blue lanes and road design changes: what US authorities are studying to improve road safety

By ECONEWS

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November 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM

Tesla Model Y gets a new version — Long-awaited feature lands with 510 miles of range

By ECONEWS

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November 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM

Floor traffic lights may soon arrive to New York — Its proposed function is not as simpler as ‘stop or pass’

By ECONEWS

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November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM

China unleashes 1,086-horsepower marvel — The car built to dominate hydrogen and EVs

By ECONEWS

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November 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM

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Mobility

A Russian aircraft flew in silence over the Baltic Sea, forcing Germany and Sweden to scramble fighter jets amid a month of heightened tension

An aviation giant triggered the 7700 emergency code over the Pacific and turned back toward Travis Air Force Base

A German physicist says a battery electric car can travel up to six times farther than a car running on e-fuels with the same electricity

Why new highway lane lines have a black stripe: contrast markings make them easier to see

Toyota recalls 166,018 Proace vans worldwide over front suspension corrosion

The battery that was due to arrive in September 2026 with 350 Wh/kg and dizzying figures has just taken an unexpected turn

Ford ends production of the Focus after 27 years as compact cars give way to crossovers

A truck was stopped for improperly secured cargo in Tennessee, and minute by minute, the inspection uncovered a series of faults that ended up with the driver, tractor, and trailer out of service

In California, driving with the flow of traffic above the speed limit can cost you up to $490

An owner points a thermal camera at his electric truck, and the result surprises even automotive experts

New York police tow a Jeep with hand-drawn inspection and registration stickers

A Tesla Cybertruck used as a work truck passes 50,000 miles: how it compares with gas pickups

The law changing how your car is inspected has come into effect (and many people haven’t even noticed)

Ford confirms it: the last Focus has rolled off the production line… and no one was prepared for this farewell

Polestar issues a going-concern warning and says it needs fresh funding to survive

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries achieves stable combustion in a 500 kW hydrogen engine

Blue lanes and road design changes: what US authorities are studying to improve road safety

Tesla Model Y gets a new version — Long-awaited feature lands with 510 miles of range

Floor traffic lights may soon arrive to New York — Its proposed function is not as simpler as ‘stop or pass’

China unleashes 1,086-horsepower marvel — The car built to dominate hydrogen and EVs

Voyager 1 is about to become the first human-made object one light-day from Earth, and NASA says nothing aboard the spacecraft will notice when it crosses the line

The UK is funding research on a planetary sunshade of 5,000 spacecraft between Earth and the sun, and the catch is that most of the material would likely have to come from the Moon

Australia planted 14,000 native plants around the solar panels on a rooftop in its first new city in a century, and the panels outperformed a conventional roof while a rare bee moved in

A scholar studying manuscripts in the Netherlands noticed familiar words on a scrap dismissed as unremarkable, and it turned out to be a 1,700-year-old fragment of the Odyssey that likely came from a pocket edition

A microscope video said to show a child’s airway cells won Nikon’s Small World in Motion contest, then lost first place over generative AI, and 469 people signed a letter questioning what it showed

Some Norwegian salmon are eating poultry by-products people don’t eat, and their producer says that could cut its feed’s carbon footprint by up to 16 percent, but wild fish in the recipe complicate the story

Poland is boring a Carpathian road tunnel with a 4,400-ton machine, and methane seeping from test wells forced engineers to refit it for potentially explosive air

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