Google Maps to Add a Greenest Route to Its Driving Directions Google Maps to Add a Greenest Route to Its Driving Directions
The app will use factors like road type, incline and traffic to recommend the least polluting route so long as it takes no longer than the fastest one
published : 26 Apr 2021 at 04:30
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Alphabet Inc. s Google is tweaking its Maps app to highlight environmentally friendlier directions to users destinations, the company said.
Maps will soon suggest the car route with the lowest carbon footprint, for example, as long as that route takes no longer than other options. The current system defaults to the fastest directions, without regard to carbon emissions.
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