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The Thuringian Innovation Center for Mobility at the TU Ilmenau is launching a research group that aims to make autonomous vehicles safer and road traffic more efficient.

The Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA) unveiled the next phase of Canada's national vehicle innovation program, Project Arrow 2.0, at the 2026 Canadian International AutoShow on Feb.

Study by TU Graz shows that exhaust particles account for less than ten per cent of fine dust emissions from cars and trucks.

Automatic charging instead of plugging in cables: In a cooperative project, researchers investigated inductive charging of electric cars.

The Thüringer Innovationszentrum Mobilität at the Technische Universität Ilmenau has launched a large-scale joint research project that promises greater safety for autonomous driving on roads and railways in complex environments.

In future, flexibly operated heat pumps and electric cars could reduce both electricity imports and electricity prices.

The types, locations and causes of cycling 'near misses' in London have been mapped using helmet-mounted cameras and GPS devices to track commuter journeys, in a new study from UCL researchers that provides valuable data for improving road safety. The study, published in Accident Analysis and Prevention , is the first to combine real-time verbal reporting of incidents with panoramic video footage and GPS data to understand the behavioural and environmental factors contributing to 'near misses' (where a crash between a cyclist and another road user or pedestrian is narrowly avoided).

Accessibility to public transport remains a major challenge for people with disabilities. On the occasion of Mobility Week 2025, a study compares fifteen scenarios for making the STIB network more inclusive.

The Institute of Applied Sustainability to the Built Environment SUPSI is participating in the international research project SPECIFIC.

Our electric vehicles (EVs) and hot water systems could become powerful assets for the electricity grid and help turn Australian cities into giant batteries, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) has found.

Olivier Fontaine and his colleagues examine the challenges we face in electrifying the entire vehicle fleet. Are we really ready to make a complete shift to electric vehicles in the next few decades? While the social and geopolitical challenges associated with battery materials are well known, little attention has been paid to electrolytes, despite the fact that both the European Parliament and several countries are aiming for 100% of new vehicles sold to be electric in just 10 years' time.

Reconstructions of accidents at road junctions revealed in a study that an additional brake light at the front of the vehicle would have prevented up to 17 per cent of collisions.

AeroDelft, a fully student-run and student-owned non-profit foundation based in Delft, has become the first student team in the world to design, build, and test an electric aircraft propulsion system (powertrain) using liquid hydrogen as its energy source.

Widespread adoption of electric vehicles poses a financial risk to India's leading automotive firms unless they can adapt to the change.

It's a small signal with a big impact: the first radar-based system that detects children left in vehicles.

TU/e researchers state: "The debate over the conflicts between fatbikes, mopeds, and bicycles overshadows the real problem: cars get too much space.

The new method optimises the technical design with regard to classic objectives such as costs, efficiency and package space requirements and also takes greenhouse gas emissions along the entire supply chain into account.

Although electric vehicles (EVs) present a considerable opportunity to lower greenhouse gas emissions, EVs currently only account for 1% of vehicles on the road in the U.S. One reason c

Special report describes targets for advancing technologically feasible and economically viable strategies.

People who live close to airports and are exposed to high aircraft noise levels could be at greater risk of poor heart function, increasing the likelihood of heart attacks, life-threatening heart rhythms and strokes, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), looked at detailed heart imaging data from 3,635 people who lived close to four major airports in England.

Whether sustainable mobility, the best possible medical care or new approaches and solutions in IT: outstanding and forward-looking research for a green and digital transformation in Europe is the focus of TU Ilmenau's Scientific Year 2025 "Research for Europe".

AI system can envision an entire world from a single picture AI model created by Johns Hopkins computer scientists imagines in-depth scenarios based on a single image to make informed decisions Johns Hopkins computer scientists have created an artificial intelligence system capable of "imagining" its surroundings without having to physically explore them, bringing AI closer to humanlike reasoning.

MIT engineers developed the largest open-source dataset of car designs, including their aerodynamics, that could speed design of eco-friendly cars and electric vehicles.

From the lab to the road: Highly automated research vehicle (SAE level 4) ready for testing in real-world traffic Whether for the trip to the doctor, shopping, or commuting to work: many people rely on local public transport in their everyday lives.

Electric cars are no longer a rarity on the roads. But on Swiss construction sites, electrically powered excavators or trucks are still a rarity.

Solar panels have the power to make the aviation industry greener than it's ever been, but they can also impose challenges for pilots and air traffic control. Fortunately, University of Waterloo researchers are discovering ways to make this vital source of clean energy work for airports around the world.