The Clean Air Act gave California the authority to issue tough pollution standards for vehicles, with EPA approval. The Trump administration is now trying to stop it.
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Foreign investment thrives on stability. Trump’s tariffs − and the current climate of uncertainty − could drive capital away.
A symbol of German industrial power, Volkswagen is facing major financial difficulties. How did the emblem of “deutsche Qualität” get to this point? And can it pull through?
Honda’s investments in Ontario is further evidence that Canada’s EV manufacturing sector is booming, and set to grow further.
EV fires make headlines, but they don’t tell the full story of EV safety. The real threat isn’t combustion, it’s weight.
While electric cars have significantly lower emissions over their entire lifecycle, research shows that owners of older cars can experience mobility in a more restrained way.
This seemingly cutting-edge technology isn’t entirely new to our century.
To operate properly, combustion engines inevitably waste a certain amount of fuel. But it may be possible to reduce fuel consumption by reducing friction between engine parts.
Today it’s smart technology that will defend drivers and pedestrians. Over a century ago, it was the Klaxon horn.
Between reuse and recycling, what happens to the batteries of electric vehicles?
This technology, popular when automobiles first caught on, had a short resurgence in the 1970s.
Eight of the ten top-selling passenger vehicles in New Zealand are now utes or SUVs. With carbon emissions reduction an urgent priority, that’s not a sustainable trend.
Automation in South Africa’s auto industry may have made car manufacturing easier, faster, and more productive but it comes with social and employment costs.
Driverless vehicles rely heavily on sensors to navigate the world. They’re vulnerable to attack if bad actors trick them into ‘seeing’ things that aren’t there, potentially leading to deadly crashes.
When the Beetle was first introduced, Americans had never seen anything like it. Among art car enthusiasts, it became the ideal canvas for self-expression.
Despite efforts to encourage a shift to sustainable transportation, traffic congestion is often the focus of debates over mobility. Motorists endlessly demand more roads, but is this really a solution?
Chinese electric vehicle sales already amount to more than half of the world’s total – and car makers and battery manufacturers are working hard to grow even faster.
The development of a hydrogen charging station has made it possible to run vehicles without producing greenhouse gases.
The number of substances emitted into the atmosphere is immense and growing, but some are particularly harmful to health and are subject to increased monitoring.
The debate over the place of cars in cities may seem recent, but pamphlets published during the French Revolution show that the battle was raging before the first automobile even saw the light of day.
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Maitre de conférences en informatique Laboratoire Perseus Metz, Université de Lorraine
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Maître de Conférences, Université de Lorraine
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Professor of Geography, Brock University
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Maître de conférences, histoire, Labex Tepsis – Mondes américains (EHESS), Université Paris Nanterre
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Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
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Professor and LR Wilson/RJ Currie Chair in Canadian Business History, University of Toronto
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Directeur de recherche CNRS, Université de Poitiers
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Acting Executive Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Teaching and Learning, University of Fort Hare, University of Fort Hare
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Professor of Media Studies, Penn State
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Senior Research Fellow, Public Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Enseignant contractuel en sociologie à l'Université d'Artois, rattaché à l'UMR LEM 9221, Université Bourgogne Europe
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Associate professor, GEM
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Professor of Physics, Wesleyan University
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Research Professor, Michigan Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan
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