Why aren’t there solar-powered cars?

It’s common to see solar panels on rooftops and fields, but they aren’t widespread on cars − yet.

Chen Liu, Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Clarkson University • conversation
April 1, 2024 ~7 min

How can I get ice off my car? An engineer who studies airborne particles shares some quick and easy techniques

When you’re running late in the winter, you don’t want to have to spend time scraping frost off your windshield. Try some expert-recommended techniques instead.

Suresh Dhaniyala, Bayard D. Clarkson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University • conversation
Feb. 2, 2024 ~5 min


Driverless cars: stopping dead seems to be a default setting when they encounter a problem — it can cause chaos on roads

Self-driving cars still perceive what’s going on very differently to how humans do.

Barry Brown, Professor of Human Computer Interaction, Stockholm University • conversation
Jan. 3, 2024 ~7 min

Your car might be watching you to keep you safe − at the expense of your privacy

Your car’s safety technology takes you into account. But a lot of that technology helps car companies collect data about you. Researchers are working on closing the gap between safety and privacy.

M. Hadi Amini, Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University • conversation
Dec. 6, 2023 ~7 min

The battle over right to repair is a fight over your car's data

Today’s cars include hundreds of computer chips, and carmakers say the data produced by those chips is proprietary – and a security risk. This means you don’t own the data your car generates.

Ofer Tur-Sinai, Professor of Law, Ono Academic College • conversation
Nov. 13, 2023 ~10 min

Expanding London's Ulez has sparked fractious debate – psychologists explain how it can be de-escalated

The psychology of disagreement offers insight into why there is such a strong polarisation in opinions surrounding London’s expanded Ulez.

Lee White, Honorary Research Fellow, City, University of London • conversation
Oct. 11, 2023 ~7 min

Climate change is about to play a big role in government purchases – with vast implications for the US economy

The Biden administration directed agencies to consider the cost of greenhouse gas emissions in their future purchasing and budget decisions. An example shows just how much is at stake.

Lauren Gifford, Associate Director of the Soil Carbon Solutions Center, Colorado State University • conversation
Oct. 3, 2023 ~8 min

Driverless cars could be a revolution for people with disabilities – but they also have good reason to be worried

People with disabilities are concerned about breaking down or having accidents when alone in driverless cars.

Roger Bennett, Visiting Professor of Marketing, Kingston University • conversation
Sept. 27, 2023 ~7 min


Why delaying the ban on petrol and diesel cars won't slow UK's shift to electric vehicles

Research on how people adopt new technologies suggests the transition is now well under way.

Tom Stacey, Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Sept. 21, 2023 ~6 min

The Conservatives have seized on cars as a political wedge – it's a bet on public turning against climate action

Today, as in the past, pro-car sentiment is a backlash against nascent environmental protest.

Matthew Paterson, Professor of International Politics, University of Manchester • conversation
Sept. 5, 2023 ~6 min

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