Infrastructure
Hyundai backs plan to develop 65 electric urban-air ports worldwide
Urban-Air Port and the Urban Air Mobility division of Hyundai Motor Group plan to develop 65 electric urban-air ports worldwide to meet the growing demand for autonomous airborne drones and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) passenger vehicles. The...
Osprey’s planned UK EV hub network uses Finnish charger optimisation technology
UK EV charging network operator Osprey Charging has released plans to install over 150 high-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging hubs across the UK by 2025. Collectively offering around 1,500 150-175KW rapid chargers, the hubs, essentially EV service stations, will...
Volvo and Ericsson trial simulates 5G continuity across national borders
Volvo Cars and mobile operator Ericsson claim to have overcome the technical challenges of achieving seamless service continuity for vehicles on 5G networks across national borders. As part of the EU-funded 5GCroCo project, the test at the AstaZero test track in...
Luna and Tier partner on e-scooter-based mobile sensor networks
Irish micromobility tech platform Luna is to partner with European e-scooter operator Tier to explore the use of computer vision to capture accurate and up to date mapping and geospatial data. Luna’s vision and AI technology will identify, for instance, if an...
British Government to mandate EV charge points on all new-build properties
The British government has outlined details of new legislation that will require the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging points on all new-build properties in England. The draft bill, revealed by the Transport Minister Rachel Maclean, covers both...
Dutch initiate inland waterway giant swappable electric battery pack network
Dutch low carbon technology company Zero Emission Services (ZES) has modified the shipping vessel Alphenaar to run on exchangeable battery packs loaded within standard shipping containers. The Alphenaar’s conversion supports a 10-year deal with Heineken to ship its...
Zap-Pay signs up five more UK charge point operators
UK EV mapping service Zap-Map has signed up five more charge point operators to join its Zap-Pay payment system. GeniePoint, char.gy, Motor Fuel Group (MFG), Revive and Mer have all recently signed up to join existing Zap-Pay networks ESB Energy and also Osprey, which...
Sono bi-directional AC wallbox turns Sions into decentralised mega-storage
German solar-powered electric car start-up Sono Motors has launched what it claims to be the first bidirectional AC charging wallbox. The wallbox enables Sono’s planned Sion model, which incorporates range extending solar panels, to be used as a mobile power plant and...
London study suggests cargo bikes significantly more productive than vans
New research reveals huge opportunities for cargo bikes to make last mile deliveries, after GPS tracking of deliveries in London showed they were 1.6 times faster than vans. The study by researchers at the University of Westminster used GPS data to compare routes...
Arriva launches multimodal journey planning app in partnership with Moovit
Transport operator Arriva Group has launched a travel platform designed to connect passengers to multiple modes and operators of public transport, shared transport and micro-mobility in the Netherlands. Developed in partnership with journey planning technology...
Crowd-sourced dash cam data provides real-time status on road works
Smart dash cam developer Nexar has launched a service for US transit agencies, cities and transport authorities that uses crowd sourcing to detect, monitor and map road works. Based on the company’s AI-enabled CityStream platform, the company already collects data...
Wallbox launches 15-minute public charger aimed at drivers on long journeys
Barcelona-based Wallbox, a leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions worldwide, has launched Hypernova, the company’s fastest public charging station to date. Wallbox says as electric vehicles become increasingly popular, there is a need for...
Vantage Apex offers HD video, 4D radar sensor with integrated Al
California-based smart infrastructure software management company Iteris has launched Vantage Apex, which it claims to be the industry’s first high-definition video and four-dimensional radar sensor with integrated artificial intelligence. Built on its machine...
Shell bases UK target for 50,000 on-street chargers on government funding scheme
Energy company Shell has set an ambition to have 50,000 on-street electric vehicle (EV) charge posts installed across the UK by the end of 2025, through ubitricity, which was acquired by Shell earlier this year. The move is part of a wider effort to bring more EV...
Israeli telecoms company develops 5G for areas not served by fibre
Israel’s Ministry of Communications and the Israel Innovation Authority have selected telecoms infrastructure specialist RAD for a smart traffic pilot project designed to promote the use of 5G. Traffic cameras deployed across Israel are generally connected over fibre...
Intelligent control critical to grid during workplace EV charging
A programme to introduce workplace electric vehicle charging by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Germany’s largest research organisation, provided the perfect opportunity to research the commonly accepted position that simultaneous charging of many electric vehicles at one...
Green hydrogen-from-solar fuels Austrian bus trial
Austrian solar energy company Fronius has completed a two-week test operation with a bus fuelled with green hydrogen at Wels in Upper Austria. The clean hydrogen gas is produced from solar power at Fronius’ SolHub facility at the SAN Biotech Park, in Herzogenburg,...
Five little ducks will go shopping one day…
German startup DroidDrive has unveiled the Trailerduck, a last mile e-cargo system that combines a bike with an electric cargo trailer, that can handle a two cubic metre payload of up to 300 kg, emission-free. Connected by a draw-bar, the Trailerduck features...
Inner London borough tackles EV inequality for those without off-street parking
The London Borough of Lambeth and electric vehicle charging specialist Connected Kerb, have completed a project to demonstrate how affordable and accessible public EV charging infrastructure can be provided to tackle EV inequality and drive greater adoption among...
Montreal’s transport decarbonisation strategy heralds major investment
Montreal is to invest Can$ 885 million in new charging stations for EVs, eBikes, and city vehicles over the next three years. In announcing its new transport systems decarbonisation strategy, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said, “When we look at the sectors that emit...
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