Transport Systems
Do you know how green your car is? Why measurement of low-emission vehicles is misleading…
Why don’t we have energy ratings labels for our cars and other vehicles? We think we already do - via the checks on tailpipe emissions and CO2 that are backed up by Government legislation and ...
Behind closed doors – what really happens in the Accident Investigation Lab?
On a cold foggy January day about 60 Cranfield staff gathered for three visits to our Accident Investigation Lab. This was part of our new open doors staff tours initiative designed to allow university staff to ...
How drones will change our cities
Amazon’s promise of a 30 minute drone delivery service might look like click-bait PR - but it’s one early sign of significant changes coming in how our everyday world works. For the moment, all the ...
UK ‘should be leading’ on drone safety
Our air traffic control systems run on the basis of principles which are now 60 years old. It’s no surprise then that the appearance of UAVs in our air space is seen as a serious ...
Brexit: Emergency Landing
The impact of Brexit, Britain’s vote to leave the EU, on the air transport market is difficult to predict, but the message “it will not be easy” is widely heard. The UK is the largest ...
What would you like to do in an autonomous car?
The death of a driver in an autonomous car, reported last week, has highlighted the potentially hazardous nature of the interaction between the driver and autonomous vehicle. Researchers at Cranfield University are looking into the safety of ...