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Shields Up | Running Volkswagen | eVTOLs

TV Flash files “Shields Up | Running Volkswagen | eVTOLs” as hour 637 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 54, episode 26, aired 2022-04-17, 60 min.

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This leaf is S54E26: listed hour 637 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 26 of 31 in season 54. It aired 2022-04-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “President Zelenskyy | Bitcoin Beach” (S54E25). Next is “Director of the FBI | Examining the Bin Laden Papers | Mayor Adams” (S54E27). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Shields Up | Running Volkswagen | eVTOLs (S54E26)

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Shields Up – As Russia continues its war on Ukraine, the Biden administration warns about Kremlin-directed cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in the United States. Bill Whitaker reports on the growing threat, speaking with top government officials and private-sector cybersecurity leaders about how the United States is mounting a digital defense.  Running Volkswagen – Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess sits down with 60 MINUTES' Lesley Stahl to discuss how the giant German automaker tackles issues like rising prices at the pump, the war in Ukraine, COVID-19 unraveling supply chains, and the increasing concern over climate change. Diess has set his company a goal: he wants at least half of his fleet to be electric cars by the end of the decade – not an easy mission for an 85-year-old car company.  eVTOLs – 60 MINUTES' Anderson Cooper looks at what could be the next big thing in transportation: eVTOLs, electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. Companies all around the world are spending billions of dollars to turn these battery-powered vehicles into air taxi services, promising a faster, safer, and greener mode of transportation. Sound too good to be true? Cooper went for a ride to find out.

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S54E26 is listed hour 637 of 767 — hour 26 of 31 in season 54, season 54 episode 26.

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Shields Up | Running Volkswagen | eVTOLs aired 2022-04-17 and is listed at 60 minutes.

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The template of TV newsmagazine power — for the craft of the package and the history of broadcast investigation. Hewitt's stopwatch, Wallace's ambush, Safer and Bradley and Rooney's endnotes: Sunday night investigative theater that outrated sitcoms. Appointment news before the infinite scroll. Tick, tick, tick.

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