Smart Cities
We spoke with Zeina Nazar, Co Founder of Cities Forum at MOVE 2022!
We had the great pleasure to speak with Zeina Nazar, Co-Founder of Cities Forum at #MOVE2022 about how to make cities smarter and better for its citizens. Watch the full interview below!
Stellantis tests in-road inductive charging on Italy’s Arena del Futuro circuit
Stellantis has released outline details of its on-going in-road inductive charging trials at the Arena del Futuro circuit in Chiari, Italy. The programme, set up to assess the capability of Aleatica’s Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer (DWPT) technology, a system of...
Siemens backs wireless charging tech and pushes for global standardisation
Siemens has invested $25 million and acquired a minority stake in US wireless charging technology company WiTricity. The companies will primarily work together to drive adoption of global standards for wireless charging of electric passenger and light duty commercial...
Dublin Bus and Voi set up e-bike pilot for staff to travel between bus depots
Swedish micromobility provider Voi has linked up with bus operator Dublin Bus to give its staff access to a special fleet of Voi e-bikes as part of a new pilot project. The co-branded e-bikes will enable Dublin Bus employees to travel between the eight depots that...
Warsaw launches an initiative to improve air quality
The Metropolis of Warsaw, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Clear Air Fund are partnering to enhance air quality within the Polish capital. As of now, air quality in Warsaw exceeds EU air pollution limits and the World Well-being Organisation pointers. It is...
Switch launches its first fully electric bus tailored to the European market
Switch Mobility, the Anglo-Indian developer of carbon neutral electric buses and light commercial vehicles, has launched its 4th generation SWITCH e1 bus, its first fully electric bus tailored to the European market. Developed based on 10 years of EV bus experience in...
EHang and CP Group target multiple UAM opportunities in Thailand
Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle developer EHang has formed a strategic partnership with Thailand conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) to establish a joint venture to develop urban air mobility operations in Thailand. The partnership opens up cooperation...
Director of Innovation at TfL talks sustainable solutions ahead of MOVE 2022
Picture: Independent We spoke with Thomas Ableman, Director of Innovation at TfL, about the exciting new upcoming projects at TfL and what we can expect to hear at MOVE: Mobility Reimagined in June. Sustainable mobility innovations within the public transport sector...
Google powers Birds’ “game changing” augmented reality parking tool
Shared micromobility provider Bird’s new augmented reality parking tool claims to offer a solution to micromobility’s biggest challenges of “providing clearer pavements, more organised parking and better functioning scooter and bike programs.” Powered by Google’s...
Motional and Uber Eats launch autonomous deliveries in Santa Monica
Motional, the Boston-based autonomous vehicle joint venture between Hyundai and auto supplier Aptiv has launched an autonomous delivery service for Uber Eats customers in Santa Monica, California, fulfilling a partnership first announced in December 2021. While...
UK to implement standard to decarbonise buildings
A group of leading industry organisations, such as the Royal British Institute of Architects, have come together to create a building standard that will verify net-zero carbon buildings in the UK. This was after a report was conducted that concluded that a more robust...
Smart traffic system benefits are “highly compelling” according to new report
New research, Smart Management: Use Cases, Regional Analysis & Forecast 2022-2027, by Juniper research, has identified new benefits from smart traffic management systems. Global savings from smart traffic management systems are forecast to reach 205 million metric...
Siemens partners with university to decarbonise its buildings
The university of East London has collaborated with global powerhouse Siemens to utilise their shared aspirations of achieving net-zero carbon by 2030. Siemens aim is to deliver improvement measures to reduce overall energy use. They plan to use engineer solutions to...
Southern Californian traffic light project promises environmental and safety gains
Iteris, the Californian-based provider of hardware, software, and consulting services for smart mobility infrastructure management has been awarded a $3.7 million contract from the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) for a multi-year regional traffic signal...
The UK’s first full-sized Level 4 bus starts live testing
The UK’s first full-sized autonomous bus started live testing this week in Scotland as part of the CAVForth project. Transport operator Stagecoach, in partnership with Fusion Processing, bus maker Alexander Dennis and Transport Scotland, will be carrying out on-road...
TomTom geolocation data integrates into Swarco’s MyCity
Austrian traffic technology corporation Swarco and TomTom, the Dutch multinational developer of geolocation technology and consumer electronics, have entered a strategic partnership which will see TomTom’s floating car data-based integrated into Swarco's MyCity urban...
Aurora self-driving tech tested on Toyota ride-hail trial
Toyota and Aurora Innovation, the US developer of automated driving systems, have started testing an autonomous ride-hailing fleet in Texas. The hybrid electric cars are built on Toyota’s “Sienna Autono-MaaS” (S-AM) platform, retrofitted with Aurora's self-driving...
Wejo real-time traffic intelligence helps the unpredictable become manageable
British smart mobility data company Wejo Group has launched Wejo RTTI, a real-time traffic intelligence solution that provides live insights on traffic conditions using aggregated data derived from millions of connected vehicles. The Manchester based developer of...
Interoperability key to Vodafone’s V2X road safety platform
Vodafone has announced its new vehicle-to-everything (V2X) platform allowing road users and transport authorities to share data with one another in real time. Its ‘Safer Transport for Europe Platform’ (STEP) will provide a unified platform for sharing vehicle data,...
UPS trials electric cargo quad bikes across Europe, US and Asia
Delivery giant UPS is trialling a four-wheeled "eQuad" electric cargo bike for deliveries in densely packed urban areas, where bikes have better and easier access than conventional vehicles and are often faster. UPS has ordered around 100 of the four-wheeled electric...
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