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Fetii To Showcase at Y Combinator S22 Demo Day
Picture: Fetii Fetii, a Texas-based startup on a mission to revolutionise urban group travel and remove traffic congestion, has announced that they have secured the backing of Y-Combinator, the influential technology startup accelerator. The support comes in the...
Ford working on mobile app to alert drivers of pedestrians nearby
Ford has announced that it is designing an app to alert drivers to pedestrians and bicyclists nearby. The app is scheduled to debut at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s world Congress in Los Angeles this week. The app uses Bluetooth Low Energy to...
NeoVolta Systems used in EOS Linx EV charging stations, starting in Georgia
Picture: Neovolta Neovolta, a manufacturer of Smart Energy Storage Solutions, has announced that its systems will be deployed in electric vehicle charging stations at select national gas and convenience store locations, starting in Georgia. This initial phase of...
Meta launches start up accelerator with India’s IT ministry in metaverse push
Meta platforms is partnering with the Indian IT Ministry’s startup hub to launch an accelerator in the country to broaden innovation in emerging technologies including augmented reality and virtual reality. MeitY Startup Hub and Meta’s effort, called XR Startup...
Magna to manufacture Cartken’s fully autonomous delivery robots in the US
Picture: Magna International Magna International is one of the top contract manufacturers in the world, particularly in the world of automotive mobility. The company has produced over 3.7 million vehicles across thirty different models for 10 different OEM...
Mercedes-Benz and Rivian new joint venture to build electric vans in Europe
Picture: Mercedes and Rivian Mercedes-Benz and Rivian are partnering to produce electric vans at scale in Europe. The joint venture was announced on Thursday and will help each automaker scale its bespoke large battery-electric van businesses as Mercedes-Benz plans to...
Uber partners with Nuro’s to use Street-Legal Robots for food deliveries
Picture: Nuro Nuro has just entered a strategic long-term partnership with Uber to use its micro-vans to transport food orders, groceries and other goods to customers in Silicon Valley and Houston using the Uber Eats service starting this year. People using the Uber...
Google Maps is expanding its eco-friendly navigation feature to Europe
Google announced today it is expanding its options for eco-friendly routing on Google Maps to 40 more countries across Europe. Eco-friendly routes were first introduced to U.S.-based users last year to show more fuel-efficient routes instead of the fastest ones....
New AI solution launched to improve safety for children who ride on school buses
Conduent Transportation has partnered with Hayden AI, a provider of AI and machine learning technologies, to develop an automated technology solution designed to improve safety for children who ride on school buses. Combining AI and computer vision, the solution will...
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson to introduce autonomous to boost mobility
Picture: A&K Robotics Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has given its passengers a glimpse of the future. Long walks to distant boarding gates are often impossible for those with reduced mobility, therefore, they often rely on airport staff for...
WEF issues detailed blueprint for future-ready cities
The World Economic Forum has released four reports on how cities can take a systems approach to finance and deliver urban transportation projects in the wake of Covid-19, widening inequality and global conflicts. Each report – on city financing models, technology...
Louisiana Clean Hydrogen Plan wins $50M federal grant
The U.S. Economic Development Administration has awarded a $50 million federal grant to H2theFuture, a 25-organisation partnership that plans to develop a new offshore wind-powered hydrogen energy industry cluster in south Louisiana. The proposal – led by nonprofit...
Hydrogen: Fuel of the future or fantasy?
Hydrogen has been touted as the future fuel of the world, promising to deliver an abundance of carbon neutral energy by 2030. While battery-electric cars are seeing widespread growth over the globe, hydrogen cars are slower to the race with less people deciding to...
Royal Caribbean plans to equip all its cruise ships with Starlink internet
Picture: Tech Crunch/Royal Caribbean Last month SpaceX announced its Starlink Maritime service, which is a satellite internet service on water. Royal Caribbean has announced that it will be adding the service to its whole fleet after the success of a pilot service on...
Populus to combat curbside parking trouble with millions in new funding
Picture: Populus Populus, a San Francisco-based transportation data startup is taking advantage of a hot opportunity: curbs and congestion. Populus has continued to ride the micromobility wave and expand into other areas such as commercial fleets, ride-hail vehicles...
EPB launches America’s first community-wide 25 gig internet service
Chattanooga’s municipal utility has launched America’s first comprehensively available Gig-speed internet service and the first 10-Gig internet service, EPB has launched the nation's first community-wide 25 gigabits per second internet service, which will be available...
Sault Ste. Marie transit services selects Umo Contactless Fare Payments Platform
Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services has finalised its contract with Cubic Transportation Systems (Cubic) to deliver the Umo mobility platform as its new transit fare collection system, improving convenience and access to public transit by embracing contactless fare...
Waymo to test autonomous Cascadia on public roadways
Picture: Waymo Daimler Truck North America and Waymo, Google parent Alphabet’s autonomous driving division, are set to start public testing of the first-ever redundant autonomous Class 8 trucking platform across Phoenix and Dallas in the next few weeks, calling it "an...
Lyft to power share bike expansion in Mexico City
Lyft will provide the hardware and software for Mexico City’s wide-scale expansion of its Ecobici bike-share system. Under the collaboration, Lyft will supply the bikes, collection points, app, website and back-end operator software for the ecosystem. The project...
Freyr opens new technology centre in Boston
The Norwegian battery company Freyr has opened its first technology centre in the USA. It is located in Boston with partner 24M Technologies. While Freyr continues to search for a location for its announced US battery cell factory, the new centre is intended to...
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