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How the U.S. Transportation System Can Save $1 Trillion, 2 Billion Barrels of Oil, and 1 Gigaton of Carbon Emissions Annually
In the United States each year, our cars alone cost us well over $1 trillion, burn about 2 billion barrels of oil, and emit about…
Robots Don’t Drink and Drive
Guest author Karen Crofton is an RMI alum. A staggering two out of every three Americans will be involved in an accident related to…
Energy Implications of Autonomous Vehicles: Imagining the Possibilities
Autonomous vehicles have captured people’s imaginations for decades. Today, they are no longer a utopian dream.
Driving Miss Hazy: Will driverless cars decrease fossil fuel consumption?
In the automotive world, technology is outperforming humans. What will driverless cars mean for fossil fuel consumption in the transportation sector? At RMI, we’re very interested in the answers to this question.
Car & (No) Driver
With the evolution of vehicle automation, connectedness, and autonomy, do we know where we’re going with no one behind the wheel?