We all know the promise: a green driving future thanks to electric vehicles. But there are some bumps in the road and, beyond compact, wealthy cities, is the world really ready? We hit the road to find out.
The trains soon to be arriving at Vienna’s U-Bahn stations are defined by a consideration of every detail in a passenger’s journey. Quite right too – they’ll be on the rails for decades.
The motor-show format has stalled recently but a new approach could help the industry turn in an exciting direction. Here’s our steer from Munich’s IAA Mobility.
The surprise star of last year’s Democratic primaries, Pete Buttigieg was rewarded with a seat in Joe Biden’s cabinet with transport as his brief. Now the former mayor from Indiana hopes that fixing the creaking transit…
Flying cars may ease congestion, but why not improve existing options? Here are our favourite simple solutions to get around – and between – our cities.
We ponder the fact that driverless cars may not be driving the future after all, celebrate the democracy of public transport and board a humble ferry – it’s the best way to get to work, says our writer. Who else gets to see…
In this, the first of an eight-part series between Audi and Monocle, we embark on a journey to discover the future of mobility in our cities. We start with a focus on electric cars and how urban environments need to adapt…
We travel back to a time when there was still hope for Berlin’s new airport and find out why it still hasn’t got off the ground, look ahead to the arrival of driverless cars – and ask whether they’re driving a future that…
Some might question the need for more cars in Southeast Asia, given that the roads of many of its bulging capitals are already traffic-clogged. But growing wealth in this optimistic corner of the world is feeding the aut…
It’s an age-old philosophical problem: if an oncoming trolley is about to hit five people should you interfere and redirect it so it hits just one person instead? The team behind Mercedes-Benz’s driverless cars thinks so…
Singapore has shifted gears on its ambition to become a modern metropolis for driverless vehicles. The government has announced it plans to allow self-driving shuttles to zip tourists around the futuristic Gardens by the…
Located geographically and aesthetically far from famed Emirati excess, the €12bn Masdar City project is trying to plot out a new urban vision. But taking root in the desert has proved difficult: so far just 300 people live…