Study: Emissions from most diesel cars in Europe greatly exceed laboratory...
In September 2015, the German automaker Volkswagen was found to have illegally cheated federal emissions tests in the United States, by intentionally programming emissions control devices to turn on...
View ArticleHow should autonomous vehicles be programmed?
A massive new survey developed by MIT researchers reveals some distinct global preferences concerning the ethics of autonomous vehicles, as well as some regional variations in those preferences.The...
View ArticleIdentifying artificial intelligence “blind spots”
A novel model developed by MIT and Microsoft researchers identifies instances in which autonomous systems have “learned” from training examples that don’t match what’s actually happening in the real...
View ArticleGiving keener “electric eyesight” to autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicles relying on light-based image sensors often struggle to see through blinding conditions, such as fog. But MIT researchers have developed a sub-terahertz-radiation receiving system...
View ArticleReading the heartbeat of the road
Smartphones can set your thermostat, control your lights, and even monitor your heart rate. But thanks to MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub research assistant Jake Roxon, they will also soon be able to...
View ArticleDesigning vehicles that drive, fly — and swim
When Crystal Winston was in elementary school, she carried around a notebook to jot down her ideas for new tools or machines. She was determined to become an inventor. Her dad nudged her in a more...
View ArticleEngineers develop concept for hybrid heavy-duty trucks
Heavy-duty trucks, such as the 18-wheelers that transport many of the world’s goods from farm or factory to market, are virtually all powered by diesel engines. They account for a significant portion...
View ArticleBringing human-like reasoning to driverless car navigation
With aims of bringing more human-like reasoning to autonomous vehicles, MIT researchers have created a system that uses only simple maps and visual data to enable driverless cars to navigate routes in...
View ArticleSenior leaders look to Formula One and MIT for learning at high speed
Last year, a brand-new experiment took place at Formula One tracks around the world. A roaring success, this one-of-a-kind experience is back in 2019.A collaboration between Formula One and MIT Sloan...
View ArticleTaking a city’s pulse with moveable sensors
Suppose you have 10 taxis in Manhattan. What portion of the borough’s streets do they cover in a typical day?Before we answer that, let’s examine why it would be useful to know this fact. Cities have a...
View ArticleStudy measures how fast humans react to road hazards
Imagine you’re sitting in the driver’s seat of an autonomous car, cruising along a highway and staring down at your smartphone. Suddenly, the car detects a moose charging out of the woods and alerts...
View ArticleMIT-Delft University of Technology team places third in Formula Student...
Students from the MIT Driverless team, together with students from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), placed third overall — in a field of 20 university competitors — in the Driverless category...
View ArticleWhat’s the best way to cut vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions?
Policies to encourage reductions in greenhouse gas emissions tend to stress the need to switch as many vehicles as possible to electric power. But a new study by MIT and the Ford Motor Company finds...
View ArticleHelping autonomous vehicles see around corners
To improve the safety of autonomous systems, MIT engineers have developed a system that can sense tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there’s a moving object coming around the corner....
View ArticleBetter autonomous “reasoning” at tricky intersections
MIT and Toyota researchers have designed a new model to help autonomous vehicles determine when it’s safe to merge into traffic at intersections with obstructed views.Navigating intersections can be...
View ArticlePredicting people's driving personalities
Self-driving cars are coming. But for all their fancy sensors and intricate data-crunching abilities, even the most cutting-edge cars lack something that (almost) every 16-year-old with a learner’s...
View ArticleMIT Energy Initiative report charts pathways for sustainable personal...
In our daily lives, we all make choices about how we travel and what type of vehicle we own or use. We consider these choices within the constraints of our current transportation system and weigh...
View ArticleLamborghini and MIT pave the way for the electric supercar of the future
“He was here to dream, and I said 'OK, let's dream together,'” recalls Professor Mircea Dincă of his first encounter with Automobili Lamborghini Head of Development Riccardo Parenti in February 2017....
View ArticleGetting the carbon out of the electricity sector
The generation of electricity is a huge contributor to the world’s emissions of climate-altering greenhouse gases, producing some 25 percent globally. That’s because more than two-thirds of the world’s...
View ArticleUsing artificial intelligence to enrich digital maps
A model invented by researchers at MIT and Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) that uses satellite imagery to tag road features in digital maps could help improve GPS navigation. Showing drivers...
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