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Flying battery concept underpins mass transport-sized air bus
New York startup Kelekona has outlined an ambitious and frankly jaw-dropping variant on the eVTOL concept – a bus-scale lifting body electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that looks quite a lot like Thunderbird 2. Its 3D-printed airframe promises to lift off...
Hydrogen powered scooter prototype refuelled by canisters in seconds
French electrical engineering innovation company Mob-Ion has developed the AM1, a prototype hydrogen powered scooter that uses rechargeable green hydrogen cartridges as its fuel supply. Each cartridge is about the size of a tennis ball can and the prototype scooter...
Hyundai and Grab to tackle SE Asian barriers to EV adoption
Hyundai Motor Group and Singapore based mobility, delivery and payment app Grab have expanded their partnership to accelerate adoption of electric vehicles in Southeast Asia An earlier EV pilot in Singapore found that high costs, lack of charging locations and long...
UK establishes region-wide 5G traffic control network
Major roads across the UK’s West Midlands region, centred around second city Birmingham, have been equipped with an extensive network of 5G sensors to create an integrated approach to traffic congestion that cuts across the jurisdictions of a number of local highways...
Ford acquires EV commercial fleet monitoring software developer
Ford has announced it is acquiring Electriphi, a California-based provider of battery management and fleet monitoring software for electric vehicles. Electriphi’s team and services will be integrated into Ford Pro – a new global business within Ford offering advanced...
FedEx and Nuro deepen autonomous delivery collaboration
FedEx and Nuro have announced a multi-year agreement to test Nuro’s next-generation autonomous delivery vehicle within FedEx operations in the US. The collaboration between FedEx and Nuro launched in April, 2021, with a pilot across the Houston area. This pilot marks...
MIT spin out puts emphasis on smart and safe e-scooters
Superpedestrian, a transportation robotics company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that develops electrified and AI technologies for micromobility vehicles, has announced an ambitious European roll-out of its LINK e-scooter sharing program, LINK has so far launched...
Woven Capital invests in IoT vehicle fleet platform
Toyota subsidiary Woven Capital has made an investment in Ridecell, a US based Internet of Things automation platform for fleet-driven businesses. Woven Capital is the investment arm of the Woven Planet Group, the Toyota owned organisation established to build “the...
Volvo and Northvolt collaborate on next gen pure electric
Volvo Car Group intends to establish a joint venture with leading Swedish battery company Northvolt to develop and produce more sustainable batteries, tailored to power the next generation of pure electric Volvo and Polestar cars. As a first step for the 50/50 joint...
Port of Los Angeles establishes hydrogen trial for regional movement of goods
The Port of Los Angeles has taken delivery of five hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles and established two hydrogen fuelling stations under its $82.5 million Shore-to-Store project. 12-month demonstration is part of the Port’s Clean Air Action Plan designed...