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Are Robo-Taxis the Only Way to Get Transportation Off Oil Fast?

August 19, 2024March 2, 2018 by SwatchJunkies

[content_box type=”border” button='{“url”:”https://www.sightline.org/2018/02/27/video-autonomous-electric-vehicles-and-their-future-in-cascadia/”,”title”:”Watch video”}’]Watch Daniel Malarkey’s appearance on Q13’s newscast in which he discusses the future of autonomous electric vehicles.[/content_box] Climate hawks know the best way to decarbonize our economy is to electrify everything, fast. But we’ve made little progress electrifying transportation, the source of over half of the carbon emissions in Oregon and Washington. … Read more

Part 2: Your Car of the Future is No Car at All

August 19, 2024January 17, 2018 by SwatchJunkies

[content_box type=”solid” button='{“url”:”https://www.sightline.org/2018/02/27/video-autonomous-electric-vehicles-and-their-future-in-cascadia/”,”title”:”Watch video”}’]Watch Daniel Malarkey’s February appearance on Q13’s newscast in which he discusses the future of autonomous electric vehicles in Washington.[/content_box] In part 1, I laid out the immense potential for good that Transportation as a Service (TaaS) offers. A future where most private cars give way to taxi rides provided by fleets … Read more

Part 1: Your Car of the Future is No Car at All

August 19, 2024January 16, 2018 by SwatchJunkies

Editor’s note: This piece marks the Sightline debut of Daniel Malarkey, our newest Sightline fellow. A Seattle native, Daniel will be writing about issues of infrastructure, technology and energy with a view towards sustainability. You can read his full bio here. Additionally, you can view his February appearance on Q13’s newscast here in which he … Read more

Collection: Self-Driving Cars: A Fad or the Future?

Are Robo-Taxis the Only Way to Get Transportation Off Oil Fast?

Part 2: Your Car of the Future is No Car at All

Part 1: Your Car of the Future is No Car at All

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