How Much Carbon Emissions Would Robot Taxis Save?

Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica
Mon, 07/06/2015 - 10:00am

Big, intractable problems like climate change don't have a single easy solution—if they did they wouldn't be intractable, after all. Rather, any successful strategy to reduce climate emissions will involve the additive effects of lots of smaller fixes. Not everyone is going to switch their car to a battery electric vehicle (EV) or even a plug-in hybrid EV, barring a government mandate.

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