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All hail robocabs

Connected and automated vehicles enable new business models, such as self-driving taxis, that could transform transportation. These models have the potential to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions, but only if they are developed with energy use in mind.

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Brown, A. All hail robocabs. Nature Clim Change 5, 804–805 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2700

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