Smart Cities
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...
Manchester Mobility Hub prioritises streets for people, but locals call it a car park with a glossy spin
A planning application for an urban mobility hub in Ancoats area of Manchester in north west England has been submitted, which would see cycle spaces and an electric car club brought to the Manchester neighbourhood. The planned hub is a joint venture between...
UK moves to next phase of autonomous vehicle trials on public roads
Birmingham, the UK’s second largest city, is hosting the country’s next phase of autonomous vehicle trials on public roads. The trial is part of Project Endeavour, a Government-backed mobility research project, and the UK’s first multi-city demonstration of autonomous...
Toyota reveals plan to establish city scale hydrogen societies across Japan
Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture and Toyota Motor Corporation have outlined plans to build a city scale testbed for hydrogen technologies. Similar in concept, but ultimately larger than Toyota’s already announced Woven City project, the aim at Fukushima is to establish a...
My Ami Cargo – probably a very sensible alternative to an e-cargo bike
Citroën this month launches My Ami Cargo, a commercial version of its electric ultracompact and all-electric Ami. The key modification is the passenger seat is replaced by a modular cargo storage compartment giving a useful loading volume of over 400 litres and...
Joby plans to build out “skyports” at car park rooftops across the US
Californian electric vertical take-off aircraft developer Joby Aviation has announced a partnership with major US parking company REEF Technology to develop takeoff and landing sites for its aerial ridesharing service, which it expects to launch in 2024. REEF’s assets...
India’s Medicine from the Sky project sets pathway for beyond visual line of sight drone trials
India's on-demand delivery platform Dunzo is to pilot the delivery of medicines via drones in the southern Indian state of Telangana. Supporting the government’s 'Medicine from the Sky' project, the impetus, Dunzo said, is to enable medical deliveries including...
First rental e-scooters hit London’s streets for riders who pass safety test
Lime has deployed 200 of its new Gen4 e-scooters across London, working with Transport for London (TfL) and London Councils to launch the UK’s largest for-hire e-scooter trial. Lime, alongside TIER and DOTT, were last month announced as the winning e-scooter operators...
UK construction company trials Beyond Visual Line of Sight drone flight
UK drone technology developer sees.ai has teamed up with construction and infrastructure company Skanska in a live test of a remotely operated drone. Last month, the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) granted sees.ai the country’s first approval to trial routine...
Goldman Sachs financing deal accelerates e-scooter operator TIER’s international expansion
German electric scooter operator TIER has secured $60m of asset-backed financing from Goldman Sachs. TIER claims to be Europe’s largest e-scooter operator, serving over 100 cities across 12 countries and the debt facility will support TIER’s international expansion...
Rome congestion trial pioneers “data-only” vision technology overcoming smart city privacy issues
Sony Europe is leading a mobility monitoring trial in Rome incorporating embedded vision sensors with on-board artificial intelligence. The project is testing the paradigm that surveillance cameras are no longer going to produce video but data, enabled by millisecond...
Electric Google Street View Jag doubles up as Dublin mobile air quality sensor
Jaguar Land Rover has partnered with Google to integrate the all-electric Jaguar I-PACE with air quality measuring sensors and Street View mapping technology. The I-PACE is the first all-electric Google Street View vehicle and will be used to measure street-by-street...
Bird says bigger battery is key to its world’s most eco-conscious claim for new scooter
US electric scooter developer Bird says its newest scooter model, the Bird Three, is the world’s most eco-conscious. And according to Scott Rushforth, Bird’s Chief Vehicle Officer, it all starts with the battery system. “A scooter’s battery is directly linked to its...
Aurrigo secures UK first as its Auto-Shuttle takes to the road in Cambridge
A trial in Cambridge, England marks the first use of Aurrigo’s self-driving shuttles on public roads in the UK. The 10 seat shuttles will take passengers from the Madingley Road Park and Ride site to locations around the University of Cambridge’s West Campus....
MaaS Global acquires Wondo marking first steps in expected consolidation of mobility-as-a-service market
MaaS Global, the Finish mobility-as-a-service platform and the company behind the Whim app has acquired Spanish mobility startup Wondo. As part of the transaction, Wondo invester Ferrovial will become one of the shareholders of the new company. The Whim app allows...
Worldwide transport activity to double by 2050 and carbon emissions to keep rising, warns ITF
Latest projections presented at a global summit of transport ministers paints a downbeat view that global transport activity will more than double by 2050, and traffic emissions will rise by 16% compared to 2015 - even if existing commitments to decarbonise transport...
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