"Soon, Google Maps will default to the route with the lowest carbon footprint when it has approximately the same ETA as the fastest route," vice president of product Dane Glasgow said in a blog post.
Google is also going to start alerting Maps users when a travel route is heading for a low-emission zone where higher-pollution vehicles such as diesel cars are not allowed. And, air quality information along the way is being added to some routes displayed by Maps, launching first in Australia, India, and the United States.
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Total rubbish, Google Maps made me take a 'better alternative' route from Klerksdorp to Kimberley. Yho that road was a death trap of potholes. Cracked my left front rim. Mxm....