Ride-Sharing, Self-Driving Cars Could Be 'Utopia Or Dystopia' For Clean Air

EPA officials and agency advisors are raising a host of questions about the air quality impacts of rapidly growing vehicle ride-sharing services and nascent autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, saying the services could create either a "utopia" or "dystopia" in how they affect emissions from the auto sector and that more research is vital. Proponents of the ride-sharing services such as Lyft and Uber -- which intend to roll-out the use of AVs in the coming years -- argue that they...