What civil engineers are reading this week

• Will EVs dominate global auto market? It’s just a matter of time, ‘Inevitable’ author says

  The electric vehicle wave has seemed imminent in the past, so why can’t it be stopped this time? Mike Colias makes the case in Inevitable: Inside the Messy, Unstoppable Transition to Electric Vehicles.

• Torrential rain prompts Texas Hill Country flash flood emergency warnings

  The region experiencing dangerous flash flooding is near Kerr County, which includes Camp Mystic, where deadly flooding occurred a year ago.

• There’s a new No. 1 Best Place this year to be a civil engineer

  This U.S. city’s reputation has been growing in civil engineering circles this decade. See the factors that catapulted the burgeoning city to the head of ASCE’s annual index.

• America’s water infrastructure reckoning has arrived

  According to an EPA survey, the nation’s water systems will require more than $625 billion in investments over the next 20 years, of which nearly $423 billion is needed to replace or rehabilitate old lines.

• Machine learning helps scientists map nitrous oxide emissions, raising resilience

  A hybrid modeling tool improves nitrous oxide emissions prediction accuracy, helping address a potent greenhouse gas driving rising temperatures. Learn about the hurdles the team faced.

• As extreme rainfall overwhelms Chicago’s sewers, the city tries a new approach

  A $12 million pilot for underground stormwater storage targets flooding in historically underserved neighborhoods.