Lexus builds an elctric car made from laser-cut cardboard
Lexus realises a “driveable” full-scale replica of its saloon with cardboard. And it’s powered by an electric engine.
Volkswagen is about to recall 9.5 million cars worldwide
The German car manufacturer Volkswagen will start recalling diesel cars in January, operation that will cost billions of euros. Expenses casting a shadow on the future of the company.
Greenpeace’s (premonitory) video forewarning Volkswagen’s scandal
Inspired to the most famous science fiction movie, Greenpeace’s video was published 4 years ago, in less suspicious times.
Volkswagen has cheated us all: the environmental damage the fraud has caused
11 million Volkswagen-Audi rigged cars worldwide to cheat emissions tests. A gigantic environmental damage, calculated by the British newspaper The Guardian.
The road of the future? It’s made of plastic
Recycled plastic instead of asphalt: here’s the idea of a Dutch company for a sustainable and quick to build road that requires few maintenance works. Rotterdam has already said yes.
Volkswagen cheated on US emission rules with 482,000 diesel cars
Volkswagen has admitted it falsified emissions results to cheat EPA tests in the United States. VW shares dropped and the company could face huge fines.
Choose, change and combine sustainable mobility from 16 to 22 September
The 2015 edition of European mobility week shares a common cause with the campaign for intermodality of means of transport and Bike to work.
The road to happiness (the most beautiful, not the fastest one)
A group of experts is creating an algorithm that can calculate, according to the users’ photos and comments, the most pleasant and interesting itinerary, rather than the one usually suggested by GPS devices and applications.
In 2020 self-driving cars will run on Germany’s highways
Self-driving cars will soon be on sale, but they need very accurate maps to work properly.
Milan decreases cars and improves air quality
Traffic, cars, and pollution have decreased, whilst shared and public transports have increased. Milan’s mobility offer to citizens shows definitely positive results.