With innovations happening all the time, autonomous cars have already hit the market. Yet health and safety concerns, as well as high price, are meaning some people are sceptical.

Andrew Morris · The Conversation 05 Feb 2020

Electricity

Norway set for an electric car sales race in 2020 after a record-breaking year

Sales of new electric cars in Norway rose by a third last year. But as the competition gears up, Volkswagen predicts as many as 60% of all new cars sold there this year could be fully ele...

Victoria Klesty · Reuters 10 Jan 2020

Future of Health and Healthcare

When auto assembly plants close, opioid deaths rise

New research shows a link between economic opportunity and the opioid crisis in the US.

Katie Delach · Futurity 03 Jan 2020

Future of Mobility

This is the next step on the road to a safe self-driving future

The companies developing self-driving cars have started to make their datasets public - and thats' a huge step towards ensuring that this technology can be made safe.

Nicola Croce, Mohammad Musa, and Tim Dawkins 19 Dec 2019

France

This European capital tried to fight climate change - but things didn't go as they'd hoped

To reduce their carbon footprint and increase mobility options, many cities have been investing in e-scooter and bike sharing schemes. But they haven't always turned out as well as planne...

Tiago Ratinho · The Conversation 09 Dec 2019

Automotive

Thailand's 'floating' crosswalk is making drivers stop and look

In the last four years, more than 900 pedestrians have died in road accidents in Thailand - but this innovative new crossing could help.

Prapan Chankaew · Reuters 03 Dec 2019

Cities and Urbanization

This is how road networks determine traffic capacity

Researchers at ETH Zurich used billions of traffic measurements to reveal a set of rules that enable us to easily estimate the critical number of vehicles, and by extension, the traffic c...

Michael Keller · ETH Zurich 22 Nov 2019

India

New Delhi imposes a temporary ban on odd-numbered vehicles in the city

Serious aggravation of heart and lung disease, premature mortality and respiratory damage are among the health defects exaggerated by such bad air pollution.

Neha Dasgupta · Reuters 04 Nov 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Are driverless cars really as revolutionary as we think?

The challenges around introducing autonomous vehicles have dampened initial enthusiasm, believes David Metz, Honorary Professor of Transport Studies at UCL.

David Metz · The Conversation 18 Oct 2019

Cities and Urbanization

This is Amsterdam's ambitious plan to go green

The Dutch city aims to improve its air quality and eliminate transport emissions by 2030.

Andrea Willige 15 Oct 2019

India

This is how India's auto component industry can turn disruption into growth

The automotive component industry in India has been in a growth phase in the past decade with domestic turnover more than doubling and export turnover growing five-fold between 2010 and 2...

Shivanshu Gupta, Aurobind Sathpathy, Barathram A, and Gandharv Vig 02 Oct 2019

Batteries

Three steps to clean up electric vehicle supply chains

Too little attention has been paid to the lithium-ion batteries powering electric vehicles and their essential ingredient – cobalt.

Michael Lightfoot 24 Sep 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

How one change to shipping goods could change the way we live

Between 191 BC and 1915, it became 10,000 times more efficient to move a ton of grain from Egypt to Rome. But the last 20 miles, from the seaport to Rome’s inland location, became just fi...

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher 06 Sep 2019

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