Engineering
Researchers at the University of Agder (UiA) conducted two full-scale crash tests at Farsund Airport Lista in December 2021. Preliminary findings show that vehicles that have been incorrectly repaired after a collision may ...
Apr 20, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Both the Labor government and the opposition National Party have now released major transport polices that put the emphasis on maintaining and expanding roads.
Aug 23, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Covering the world's highways with solar panel roofs could dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions and road accidents, according to new research. The ambitious estimate, which calculated the costs and benefits of installing ...
Aug 6, 2024
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Engineering
Roadside construction—be it a detour, a closed lane, or a slow weave past workers and equipment—work zones impact traffic flow and travel times on a system-wide level. The ability to predict exactly what those impacts ...
Sep 9, 2021
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Software
The main drive toward electric vehicles comes from the environmental urgency of eradicating our dependence on fossil fuels, reducing local pollution levels, and cutting greenhouse gas emissions by turning to sustainable and ...
Jan 6, 2023
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Hi Tech & Innovation
In the not-so-distant future, city streets could be flooded with autonomous vehicles. Self-driving cars can move faster and travel closer together, allowing more of them to fit on the road—potentially leading to congestion ...
Dec 16, 2019
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Automotive
A new study says that while autonomous vehicle technology has great promise to reduce crashes, it may not be able to prevent all mishaps caused by human error.
Jun 4, 2020
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Automotive
Agreeable, conscientious and stable. These are three human personality traits that, it turns out, we want to see in our driverless cars regardless of whether we possess them ourselves, according to a new study from the University ...
Nov 8, 2019
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Engineering
It's dark on the backroad as a motorist speeds toward the intersection. Up ahead, the stop sign blends with the night and in seconds a deadly crash occurs. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, more than half ...
Mar 6, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
If you've ever seen one of those self-driving vehicles with strange equipment on the roof and wondered where it's going, then there's a website for you.
Sep 2, 2020
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