We’ve all heard of electric cars. We’ve all heard of self-driving cars. And we know about Big Data. Combine all three and the future of transportation looks very different from now. That’s the gist from a study by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, indicating that in years from now, small, self-driving electric cars could pick up and drop off passengers using smart technology. The benefit of these “Robocabs?” Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by an astonishing 94 percent in 2030.
The small, electric “Robocab” is coming
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