After years of being derided as a joke by car manufacturers and the public, interest in electric vehicles has increased sharply as governments around the world move to ban petrol and diesel cars.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 17, 2018
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E-scooters touted as zero-carbon urban transport are flooding city streets worldwide, but just how green they are remains an open question.
Business
Jul 6, 2019
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A tiny revolutionary fold-up car designed in Spain's Basque country as the answer to urban stress and pollution was unveiled Tuesday before hitting European cities in 2013.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 24, 2012
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By 2030, urban areas will be home to more than 60 percent of the world's 8 billion people. This will put tremendous pressure on a public infrastructure that is already struggling to meet the growing demand for transportation ...
Engineering
Mar 25, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With a June 1 deadline for settling its differences with creditors and unions looming for GM, the American automaker unveiled a joint project with Segway.
A trio of researchers at the Polytechnic University of Turin and Sony CSL Paris has ranked the major cities of the world by transportation accessibility to highlight inequality in major urban areas. In their paper published ...
EPFL researchers have been studying futuristic transport solutions for car-free urban centers. They have come up with an optimal design for a network of accelerating moving walkways.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 23, 2016
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Miles driven by U.S. motorists in light-duty vehicles are down about 5 percent since its peak in 2006, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 25, 2013
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City centers could become virtually car-free over the next 20 years under new plans proposed by University of Leeds transport researchers.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 20, 2011
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A tiny revolutionary electric fold-up car designed in Spain's Basque country as the answer to urban stress and pollution is to be unveiled next week before hitting Europe's cities in 2013.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 19, 2012
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