Google wants to encourage its users to make environmentally friendly decisions, such as choosing a route that consumes less fuel. car rather than a faster one. The tech giant has announcement Wednesday updates from several of its services in this direction. Google Maps, for example, will now offer, by default, less polluting journeys when the arrival time is similar.
This functionality, deployed first in the United States and then in Europe in 2022, “ will have the same impact next year as taking 200,000 cars off the road », Assured the boss of the group, Sundar Pichai, at a press conference on Tuesday.
The Californian group will also add information on various online consumer services. The search engine to find flights will thus mention the emissions from CO2 – higher for a first class seat, which takes up more space. Similar data will be provided for hotels, financial services or electronic devices. ” Our goal is to make ecological choices easier Sundar Pichai said.
Google, like its neighbors in Silicon Valley, communicates regularly on its investments to favor energies sustainable and contribute to the fight against global warming.
« Individually these choices may seem small but when you multiply them (…) you get important transformations for the planet Added the boss.
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Google wants to encourage its users to make environmentally friendly decisions, such as choosing a route that consumes less fuel. car rather than a faster one. The tech giant has announcement Wednesday updates from several of its services in this direction. Google Maps, for example, will now offer, by default, less polluting journeys when the arrival time is similar.
This functionality, deployed first in the United States and then in Europe in 2022, “ will have the same impact next year as taking 200,000 cars off the road », Assured the boss of the group, Sundar Pichai, at a press conference on Tuesday.
The Californian group will also add information on various online consumer services. The search engine to find flights will thus mention the emissions from CO2 – higher for a first class seat, which takes up more space. Similar data will be provided for hotels, financial services or electronic devices. ” Our goal is to make ecological choices easier Sundar Pichai said.
Google, like its neighbors in Silicon Valley, communicates regularly on its investments to favor energies sustainable and contribute to the fight against global warming.
« Individually these choices may seem small but when you multiply them (…) you get important transformations for the planet Added the boss.
.
