Ricardo expertise in predicting and monitoring air quality and vehicle fleet performance will enable transport authorities to evaluate the impacts of mobility services and implement effective clean air zones in towns and cities. As part of its mission to support the decarbonisation of transport, Ricardo, a world-class environmental, engineering and strategic consulting company, has announced that it has won a national competition to demonstrate the benefits that transport location data can have on urban air quality. The project addresses both the existing vehicle fleet and also extends to long-term improvements in air quality. Ricardo has partnered with UK-based technology company Brightec to develop a smartphone app which will enable hybrid vehicles to sense that they have entered a clean air zone and encourage a switch to electric mode. Ricardo is recruiting taxi drivers in Brighton to trial the app and will use its connected fleet management system – a digital tool which monitors the performance of a fleet of vehicles – to analyse the impact of the app on air quality. Read More