This report, funded by the UK government, takes the forced labor as a given. Their "research" is essentially, "we couldn't trace supply lines, so we assume all green tech is tied to Xinjiang, and that anything made in Xinjiang has forced labor in the chain". In fact the "report" is actually "investor advice", and not purporting to be factual reporting of any kind.
I'm sure all the people who "worked" on this are enjoying their six figure e-mail jobs.
Toyota's announced they'll be using solid state batteries in their production EVs before the end of the decade.
You think it'll make money? The Avengers game barely made any money, right? And that was the Avengers. There have been two Suicide Squad movie bombs.
The enthusiast audience who could name Rocksteady already know this thing is radioactive.
If Richard Nixon had nationalized the infrastructure nationwide instead of just the passenger operations...
If Reagan hadn't re-privatized ConRail...
I have a very dumb cousin and it's basically all they've been sharing lately.
Amtrak should just eminent domain the track, goddamit.
In my dreams, the NEC becomes the Eastern Seaboard Corridor and runs from Portland, Maine to Miami, Florida.
Hopefully electrification just keeps inching south to Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, ...
It is kinda nice to see Amtrak swing for the fences, but there are so many huge gains that could be made on the Cascades with smaller investments. Stuff like the Point Defiance bypass.
Also in Wisconsin
There was a plan for actual HSR in Florida using the same ROW as Brightline. It was torpedoed by former governor and current senator Rick Scott. They sent money back to the Obama administration both because they didn't want the Democrats to get a win and also because of their privatization/kickback fetish.
Love giving public money to private infrastructure.
There's a website/app I really like using called Rome2Rio that gives you lots of options for getting from point A to point B. If there's a car-free way to do it, it'll typically show you.