George Downs

Covers the future of transport for WSJ ✅ Can put a bike helmet on properly while on camera ❌

Ever smelled dirty socks on a flight? You could have unknowingly been part 'Fume Event', where toxic fumes from a jet’s engines leak into the cabin, causing sickness and even nervous system injury. Hugely important reporting here from @_benkatz wsj.com/business/airli…

The London Newsroom celebrates. #freedevan #IStandWithEvan

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France’s rail network has been “attacked” just before the Olympics opening ceremony, with fires started on TGV lines running north, east and west of Paris. bbc.co.uk/news/live/cxe2…

U.S. Military Struggles to Stop Osprey Crashes After Decades of Flaws wsj.com/politics/natio… via @AlastairGale & @dougcameron

Morning, London.

Kyle Vogt Resigns as CEO of GM’s Driverless-Car Unit Cruise wsj.com/business/autos…

Self driving car companies have a conundrum: To prove they’re safe they’re getting more vehicles to drive more miles. But that increases the probability of encountering and accident… So how do these companies prove they’re safe? Latest from me: youtu.be/Ej0wvdvKyCg?fe…

Paging @standupmaths who I feel would love this.

This article is absolutely incredible and I love how nerdy it is. Hats off to @bzcohen The Astrophysicist Who Has a Better Way to Board Airplanes wsj.com/business/airli…

@DollyDeighton How's it going? Range anxiety setting in? Or comfortable cruising?

I originally took this photo to make a 1984 joke but after driving around rural Virginia in an EV I realise now that the education is entirely necessary

@onlyben rb.gy/f5r5v

Despite it being less than 40 miles from Gaza, Israel's Ben Gurion Airport has remained open throughout the war. Here's how Israel keeps its airspace open in a war zone, and what the risks are to aircraft in the region. Latest by me: youtube.com/watch?v=-0t67O…

Questionable jet-engine parts have been found on about 100 aircraft, including ones at the biggest U.S. airlines wsj.com/business/airli… via @WSJ

Bankrupt electric-truck startup Lordstown Motors is set to sell its remaining assets to its former CEO wsj.com/business/autos… via @WSJ

Rivian set out to make the ultimate electric truck. They're so expensive to build that the company has been losing $33,000 on every one sold. wsj.com/business/autos… via @WSJ

Elon Musk tapped SpaceX, the rocket maker he oversees as chief executive, for a $1 billion loan around the time he was acquiring the social-media company formerly known as Twitter  wsj.com/business/deals… via @WSJ

Yet, in the U.K., the government here is vowing to improve transparency and crack down on "hidden fees" - by which it means the very "unbundled ancillaries" that low cost carriers are using to generate profits: bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

This all comes as major U.S. airlines are tempting fliers with the kind of deep autumn discounts that disappeared during the past few years. wsj.com/lifestyle/trav…

This summer we've seen a slew of airlines offering low-cost trans-Atlantic fares as post-pandemic travellers take advantage of a strong U.S. dollar.... ...but as winter approaches, there's a chance these low-cost carriers could run out of runway: youtube.com/watch?v=LHunQ9…