Companies can exacerbate the challenges, but the private sector also positively contribute to solving these challenges.
Electric vehicle manufacturers, governments and every entity in between have roles to play.
Climate change, population growth, urbanization, deforestation and aging infrastructures all pose challenges to recovery.
The transportation tectonics are shifting — and everything from software to sensors to machine learning are offering new opportunities.
National governments have been sued in climate change lawsuits. Companies could be next.
Increasingly, consumers and social media users are voicing their concerns — and companies are listening.
Policies to promote innovation and prevent pollution can help consumers and move the auto industry towards new progress.
This year’s United Nations Climate Change Summit (COP25) opened in Madrid against a backdrop of mounting urgency. In the last 12 months, the U.N.’s climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has issued two special reports raising stark warnings of the risks climate change poses to food security and the oceans.
Bioplastic car parts will reduce weight and lower petrol use to cut CO2 emissions.
The sector is facing strong headwinds from activists, investors and governments, pitting the companies’ relentless growth ambitions against the worsening signs of climate change.