If you've been driving long enough, this scenario might sound familiar: You get into your car, turn on the ignition, and then... nothing. Your battery is dead, and you're probably going to be late.

The country is in the middle of a cable-car bonanza, much of it driven by the over-the-top developments of the Sun Group, which feature giant Buddhas, ersatz European enclaves and selfie spots galore.

In DepthThe C1 cable car line opened on December 13, connecting the south-eastern Paris suburbs of Créteil and Villeneuve-Saint-Georges. This new mode of urban transport is attracting the interest of ...

The first urban cable car soars over Paris in the suburb of Limeil-Brevannes (Picture: Lafargue Raphael/ABACA/Shutterstock) Europe’s longest urban cable car was ...