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The environmental trade-offs of autonomous vehicles

IOP Publishing Optimistic predictions expect reliable autonomous vehicles to be commercially available by 2030, at a time when mobility is undergoing a profound shift away...

Tesla’s Bitcoin about-face is a warning for cryptocurrencies that ignore climate change

John Hawkins, University of Canberra Over the weekend, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk suggested his company could sell off its Bitcoin holdings, sending the cryptocurrency...

Polluting SUVs will be on roads for the next two decades – what should we do with them?

Tom Stacey, Anglia Ruskin University The biggest source of air pollution in UK cities is traffic, and in a new report, researchers discovered that a...

The US is worried about its critical minerals supply chains – essential for electric vehicles, wind power and the nation’s defense

Jordy Lee, Colorado School of Mines and Morgan Bazilian, Colorado School of Mines When U.S. companies build military weapons systems, electric vehicle batteries, satellites and...

Is battery recycling environmentally friendly?

Researchers conduct life-cycle assessment to determine the actual carbon footprint of recycling electric car batteries Aalto University The EU will be home to 30 million electric...

Bitcoin price boom ‘locking in’ vast energy consumption

Since Tesla’s investment in bitcoin its price has got an extra booster: What does the surging Bitcoin price mean for the energy consumption? Cell Press The...

Future of green computing

Examining the environmental impact of computation and the future of green computing Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences When you think about...

Cooperative eco-driving automation improves energy efficiency and safety

Michigan Technological University Imagine you're driving up a hill toward a traffic light. The light is still green so you're tempted to accelerate to make...

Should Uber and Lyft be electrifying more vehicles?

Carnegie Mellon University Professor Jeremy Michalek and his Ph.D student Matthew Bruchon have published a study investigating what vehicle electrification would look like in a...

Bitcoin isn’t getting greener: four environmental myths about cryptocurrency debunked

Peter Howson, Northumbria University, Newcastle The price of bitcoin has reached US$50,000 (£36,095) – another all-time high. It’s hard to believe that 10,000 bitcoin would...

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