Where does the UK most need more public EV chargers?

Government investment in neighbourhood EV chargers cannot replace investment at motorway services.

Hannah Budnitz, Research Associate, Transport Studies Unit and Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford • conversation
July 1, 2025 • ~8 min

Here’s a way to save lives, curb traffic jams and make commutes faster and easier − ban left turns at intersections

Even though research supports the change, most cities have been slow to ban left turns at even the most congested intersections.

Vikash V. Gayah, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Penn State • conversation
June 30, 2025 • ~8 min

How the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ positions US energy to be more costly for consumers and the climate

Some technologies could rapidly cut emissions, while others do little to fight climate change. The House bill favors the latter while nixing support for the former.

Daniel Cohan, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University • conversation
June 10, 2025 • ~10 min

Forensics tool ‘reanimates’ the ‘brains’ of AIs that fail in order to understand what went wrong

AIs are notoriously opaque, even to the people who build them, which makes it hard to know why they fail. A new tool aims to reveal their inner workings at the moment they went off the rails.

Brendan Saltaformaggio, Associate Professor of Cybersecurity and Privacy, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
April 30, 2025 • ~7 min

Electric cars are going mainstream – Elon Musk won’t change that

Falling Tesla sales are a problem for Musk. The wider EV industry can appeal to a mass market.

Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition • conversation
March 26, 2025 • ~7 min

Why the Tesla backlash could help electric cars finally go mainstream

Elon Musk marketed EVs to wealthy early-adopter men – but in the long run, more diverse messaging will help the industry.

Hannah Budnitz, Research Associate in Urban Mobility, Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford • conversation
March 25, 2025 • ~7 min

Electric cars were once marketed as ‘women’s cars’. Did this hold back their development over the next century?

An innovation expert looked at decades of car adverts to find out.

Josef Taalbi, Associate Professor, Economic History, Lund University • conversation
March 13, 2025 • ~7 min

America’s clean air rules boost health and the economy − here’s what EPA’s new deregulation plans ignore

Clean air has become one of America’s best investments, returning $10 for every $1 spent on regulations, by one estimate.

Richard E. Peltier, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst • conversation
March 12, 2025 • ~9 min

Clean air rules boost US health and the economy − charts show what EPA’s new deregulation plans ignore

Clean air has become one of America’s best investments, returning $10 for every $1 spent on regulations, by one estimate.

Richard E. Peltier, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst • conversation
March 12, 2025 • ~9 min

America’s clean air rules have boosted health and the economy − here’s what EPA’s deregulation spree ignores

Clean air has become one of America’s best investments, returning $10 for every $1 spent on regulations, by one estimate.

Richard E. Peltier, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, UMass Amherst • conversation
March 12, 2025 • ~9 min

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