The gas station of the future will have treadmills, gardens, and solar panels—but no gas

Presented by   The typical gas station isn't a place most people want to linger. They pull in, fill up, maybe buy a bag of chips, and drive off. But as more electric vehicles hit the road, this experience will get turned on is head. Instead of a three-minute stop for gas, an EV recharge can take 30 minutes or more. What will people do with that time? A new design competition sought to find out. Imagining a future EV-only fueling station, the competition asked designers what these facilities could look like and how they’d serve customers with such a long waiting time. Today, the winning design has been released, and it envisions a much more leisurely service station experience, with exercise equipment, a garden, and even a place to buy some chips. The main sponsor of the competition is Parkland, a Canadian company that runs thousands of gas stations around the world. Now, they want to get these new types of fueling stations built. Read my story to find out what the fill-up of the future could look like. — Nate Berg   The gas station of the future will have treadmills, gardens, and solar panels—but no gas A competition asked people to design a service station for a future when electric vehicles dominate. The result looks very different from what we have today.   READ MORE   Pax’s new vaping pod is made solely from pure cannabis. Is it any healthier? The company compares the new pods to “raw food” and says the result is cleaner, safer vaping. But there’s an asterisk.   READ MORE   The collapsed Pittsburgh bridge was ‘structurally deficient’ for 10 years. It’s not the only one A new report finds that 224,000 bridges in the U.S. need to be repaired, at a cost of $260 billion.   READ MORE   How public-health crises spur major design innovation Public-health disasters have long given rise to important design ideas, from Charles and Ray Eames’s molded plywood leg splints to 3D-printed nasal swabs.   READ MORE

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Smartphones are killing the planet faster than anyone expected Buying a new smartphone consumes as much energy as using an existing phone for an entire decade.   READ MORE       Enter the 2022 Innovation by Design Awards The 2022 Innovation by Design Awards honor the designers and businesses solving the most crucial problems of today and anticipating the pressing issues of tomorrow. The competition, now in its 11th year, features a range of blue-chip companies, emerging startups, and hungry young talents. It is one of the most sought-after design awards in the industry. There are 46 categories that capture every facet of design. Entries are judged on the key ingredients of innovation: functionality, originality, beauty, sustainability, user insight, cultural impact, and business impact. APPLY NOW

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