smart cities

Automotive

Uber promises to clear congestion with $10m green transport pledge

Taxi app seeks to allay concerns its vehicles are clogging urban streets by promising $10m to campaign for sustainable urban planning

clock 28 September 2018 • 3 min read

Management

Global Briefing: VW to launch electric car sharing scheme in Berlin

BusinessGreen brings you this week's green economy headlines from around the world

clock 24 August 2018 • 4 min read

Politics

Hawaii's Governor: Governments should be agile to tech disruptions

An atrophied muscle needs to be flexed more

clock 15 June 2018 • 3 min read

IT

We need to be smarter at designing 'smart cities' programmes to make urban areas greener

Too often initiatives for 'smart cities' skate over the environmental challenges, argues the EIC's Matthew Farrow

clock 30 April 2018 • 4 min read

IT

Megadrones, self-driving cars and 3D-printed buildings: Is this the low carbon city of the future?

PwC's new VR experience is aimed at preparing companies for the myriad disruptions presented by climate and technological change - BusinessGreen takes a tour

clock 30 April 2018 • 7 min read

Automotive

Could auto innovation be key to closing the emissions gap?

As auto giants boost investment in autonomous and electric vehicle technology, fresh PwC research suggests which technologies could help bridge the emissions gap

clock 26 March 2018 • 4 min read

Technology

How smart lampposts 'could save EU €2.1bn a year'

Analysis by Sharing Cities programme estimates huge cost savings and green benefits from switching to smart lampposts

clock 16 March 2018 • 2 min read

Automotive

Mossy tires and designer charging ports: The green guide to the 2018 Geneva Motor Show

All the latest green auto news from one of the world's biggest car shows, underway this week in Switzerland

clock 07 March 2018 • 7 min read

Energy

CDP: 100 cities worldwide source at least 70 per cent of power from renewables

Seattle, Auckland, and Nairobi among urban centres sourcing majority of their power from renewables, as more than 40 cities now run on 100 per cent clean electricity

clock 27 February 2018 • 2 min read

Infrastructure

'Northern Smart Powerhouse': Could an £83m project put the region at the 'forefront of low carbon revolution'?

Northern Powergrid has unveiled wide-ranging plans to deliver a smarter and cleaner grid across the north of England

clock 25 January 2018 • 4 min read