Category: Mobility
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Technology, and autonomous vehicles will disrupt mobility the next decade
Technology, and the change of demographics in the twenty-first century, will make connected cars and automated mobility services the next big business for electronics manufacturers, more than computers and smartphones. Cities need a new mobility ecosystem In 30 years the majority of the world’s population will live in cities, creating a huge mobility challenge. […]
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Connected & Autonomous Cars Are Using More Power and Fuel
A study published by researchers at the University of Michigan and the Ford Motor Innovation Center in February, shows that autonomous cars could have a substantial energy toll, effectively making them more polluting than current manually driven vehicles The technology installed in connected vehicles and the infrastructure — such as Vehicle-to-Everything technologies — require a significant amount of power to […]
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Balearic government leans towards electric, as rental cars overrun islands
The government of the Balearic Islands drafts new law that requires rental car companies to phase out fossil fuel vehicles and to switch to a 100% electric fleet by 2030. The new law, when enacted, will require rental car companies to increase the share of electric cars in their fleet by 10 percent a year starting […]
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Buying a Diesel Car Today is Selfish and Irresponsible
We all know that pollution, like tobacco, kills! We also know that diesel fuel is extremely dirty. Unfortunately, until a few years ago, the automobile industry had deceived us into believing that diesel was as clean or cleaner than gasoline. Volkswagen, the German automaker caught installing cheating devices to pass emissions tests, went as far […]
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Sadiq Khan asks Volkswagen to pay £2.5m in lost congestion charge
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says 80,000 VW owners have not paid congestion charges for years because their cars were marketed as cleaner. Now that the world knows otherwise, he thinks Volkswagen should pay up. Khan recently wrote to Volkswagen asking it to compensate London and its residents for the damage caused by the higher emissions […]
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A young mayor tackles one of Europe’s most polluted capitals
As mayor of Tirana, Albania, Erion Veliaj has introduced alternatives modes of transport to the city’s traffic-clogged streets and made the public a full partner in the process. Tirana’s colorful buildings — Wikimedia Commons At a roundtable on walkable and cyclable cities at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona this week, Erion Veliaj, the mayor of […]