The University of California, Berkeley (UC-B) has published a study, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz’ parent Daimler, that shows that ride-sharing services have a positive impact on cities that embrace them. This is good news for the likes of Uber, but also for Daimler, as it owns car2go – a service that was launched in Austin, Texas, and is now running in 30 cities globally. For the IoT, this is good news, as self-driving autonomous vehicles are an evolution of these ride-sharing services – where a shared fleet of vehicles provides the same level of work as a much larger private fleet, with significantly less pollution and (hopefully) congestion. The smart city infrastructure, and the V2X equipment in particular, is an important…