For automated vehicles to achieve widespread use, manufacturers will have to demonstrate that their vehicles can abide by a number of key safety standards.

Kristin Houser · Futurism 08 Jul 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Latin America is a mass-transit powerhouse. But it needs fine-tuning

With their strong culture of mass-transit systems, Latin American and Caribbean cities could become urban mobility success stories by going digital.

Michelle Avary and Sandra Caballero 27 Jun 2019

Automotive

Thumbs up? This map shows the best places to hitchhike in Europe

Hitchhiking has had a fairly checkered history. But it's still more popular in Europe than you might think.

Frank Jacobs · Big Think 14 Jun 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Researchers are teaching driverless cars how to read maps

MIT researchers are using maps and visual data to give driverless cars a more 'human' awareness on the road.

Rob Matheson · MIT News 24 May 2019

Supply Chain and Transport

Canada has the worst fuel economy in the world. Here's why

A new report by the International Energy Agency shows that Canada's vehicles have the highest average carbon emissions and fuel consumption per kilometre.

Blake Shaffer · The Conversation 17 May 2019

Supply Chain and Transport

Sweden has launched a driverless, electric delivery truck

A driverless electric truck began daily freight deliveries on a public road in Sweden on Wednesday, in what developer Einride and logistics customer DB Schenker described as a world first.

Esha Vaish · Reuters 17 May 2019

Future of Mobility

The autonomous vehicle is coming – and people must be ready

The age of autonomous cars could radically alter human behaviour and use of city streets, unless we implement safety precautions.

Gemma Read and Jason Thompson · The Conversation 13 May 2019

Climate Change

Flying cars could cut emissions, replace planes, and free up roads – but not soon enough

According to a new study, flying cars could eventually be greener than even electric road cars, but gaps in technology and practical uncertainties mean that they may not arrive in time to...

Hugh Hunt · The Conversation 23 Apr 2019

Supply Chain and Transport

Norway’s electric car market has overtaken traditional vehicle sales

To meet the mobility demands of the future without increasing congestion and pollution calls for some major changes.

Charlotte Edmond 05 Apr 2019

Future of Mobility

What the car industry has done to help fight climate change – and what it needs to do next

Car-makers have made dramatic changes to their operations in pursuit of sustainability - but customers have yet to catch up. Here's three ways countries and companies could drive demand.

Madeleine Hillyer 21 Mar 2019

Automotive

All about that bass: carmakers seek electric car sounds for post-petrol era

Electric vehicles have no real engine sound, so car manufacturers are making their own.

Edward Taylor · Reuters 08 Mar 2019

Automotive

Is there a social solution to automation?

Digital technology - including automation - could be an opportunity to create new types of jobs that satisfy our social natures.

Nicholas Agar · Project Syndicate 05 Mar 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Meet Stan: the robot valet that parks your car at the airport

Maximizing resource utilization is a common feature of many organizations’ cost-reduction and revenue-generating strategies. Could AI help unlock latent capacity, improve resource usage a...

Sean Fleming 04 Mar 2019

Infrastructure

How electric cars could make America’s crumbling roads even worse

US fuel taxes raise more that $80 billion dollars per year and cover around 75% of road construction and maintenance costs. But how much will electric cars affect this?

Jay L. Zagorsky · The Conversation 28 Feb 2019

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In a world of autonomous vehicles, this is why we'll need more public transport than ever

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Latin America is a mass-transit powerhouse. But it needs fine-tuning

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Researchers are teaching driverless cars how to read maps

Canada has the worst fuel economy in the world. Here's why

Sweden has launched a driverless, electric delivery truck

The autonomous vehicle is coming – and people must be ready

Flying cars could cut emissions, replace planes, and free up roads – but not soon enough

Norway’s electric car market has overtaken traditional vehicle sales

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All about that bass: carmakers seek electric car sounds for post-petrol era

Is there a social solution to automation?

Meet Stan: the robot valet that parks your car at the airport

How electric cars could make America’s crumbling roads even worse

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