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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 ...
JLR develops hydrogen Land Rover Defender prototype
Jaguar Land Rover is developing a prototype hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) based on the new Land ...
Major UK construction firm installs car chargers at all sites and offices
UK construction firm Willmott Dixon has unveiled plans to install electric car chargers at all of its sites ...
SPAC deal sees eVTOL startup Vertical Aerospace become a unicorn
UK eVTOL startup Vertical Aerospace is to merge with special-purpose acquisition company Broadstone Acquisition and become a publicly ...
Manchester Mobility Hub prioritises streets for people, but locals call it a
A planning application for an urban mobility hub in Ancoats area of Manchester in north west England has ...
Gridserve takes over the UK’s Electric Highway charging network
Ecotricity has confirmed the sale of its Electric Highway national charging network to Gridserve. The sale comes after ...
Inflatable wing sails could improve ship fuel efficiency by a fifth
French tyre manufacturer Michelin has released details of its Wing Sail Mobility (WISAMO) system that could improve a ...
Hitachi and Arrival offer European bus operators competitive total cost of ownership
Electric vehicle developer Arrival and Hitachi Europe have announced a partnership to deliver electric bus and infrastructure solutions ...
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 ...
Ford and BMW-backed solid state battery producer Solid Power to list on
Solid Power Inc, the Ford and BMW-backed US producer of all-solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, is to merge ...
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 ...
My Ami Cargo – probably a very sensible alternative to an e-cargo
Citroën this month launches My Ami Cargo, a commercial version of its electric ultracompact and all-electric Ami. The ...
Joby plans to build out “skyports” at car park rooftops across the
Californian electric vertical take-off aircraft developer Joby Aviation has announced a partnership with major US parking company REEF ...
India’s Medicine from the Sky project sets pathway for beyond visual line
India’s on-demand delivery platform Dunzo is to pilot the delivery of medicines via drones in the southern Indian ...
Performance 3D printed e-scooter manufacturer seeks pre-launch crowd funding
Carbon fibre extreme street bike manufacturer Superstrata has taken its 3D-printed unibody construction approach to e-scooters with the ...
Chinese develop electric school bus with bi-directional charging
BYD, China’s leading electric bus maker, has introduced an 84-seat battery-electric school bus that supports bi-directional charging. Potentially, ...
Another electric, retro-iconic microcar comes to market…
Hot on the heels of the Microlino, the electric powered reimagination of the 1950s bubble car, MOVEmnt is ...
Sustainable boating comes to Lake Tahoe watersports
Florida based electric boat manufacturer Ingenity Electric has developed what is claimed to be the first 100% electric ...
Renault and Plug Power joint venture to develop commercial vehicle hydrogen ecosystem
Renault Group and US hydrogen and fuel cell manufacturer Plug Power Inc have formed a joint venture called ...
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 ...
Greek island partners with VW in ambitious plan to decarbonise transport and
Volkswagen has supplied eight electric cars to the Greek island of Astypalea, marking an early milestone in an ...
Dutch transport companies order 50-ton hydrogen trucks
US based Hyzon Motors, a leading global supplier of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell powered commercial vehicles, is to ...
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 ...
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 ...
Thai government brings in Foxconn to develop low cost EV “open platform”
Taiwan’s Apple iPhone assembler Foxconn has announced a partnership with Thailand’s state-run energy group PTT to make electric ...
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. ...
US grocery chain takes delivery of Volvo all electric refrigerated heavy trucks
Albertsons Companies, the second-largest grocery chain in the US, recently took delivery of two Volvo trucks at its ...
Peugeot to launch “plug-in” hydrogen-fuelled van in Europe by the end of
Peugeot has unveiled details of its e-Expert Hydrogen light commercial vehicle which will feature both a hydrogen fuel ...
Electric Google Street View Jag doubles up as Dublin mobile air quality
Jaguar Land Rover has partnered with Google to integrate the all-electric Jaguar I-PACE with air quality measuring sensors ...
Opel launches Movano-e, its first electric large van and rival to Ford’s
Opel has released details of the all-new Movano-e, the first battery electric vehicle from the German brand in ...
Oxbotica and TRL pilot safety framework for off-highway automated vehicles in complex
The UK Government backed agency Innovate UK has funded an industry led consortium of autonomous driving experts to ...
Bird says bigger battery is key to its world’s most eco-conscious claim
US electric scooter developer Bird says its newest scooter model, the Bird Three, is the world’s most eco-conscious. ...
Aurrigo secures UK first as its Auto-Shuttle takes to the road in
A trial in Cambridge, England marks the first use of Aurrigo’s self-driving shuttles on public roads in the ...
MaaS Global acquires Wondo marking first steps in expected consolidation of mobility-as-a-service
MaaS Global, the Finish mobility-as-a-service platform and the company behind the Whim app has acquired Spanish mobility startup ...
Worldwide transport activity to double by 2050 and carbon emissions to keep
Latest projections presented at a global summit of transport ministers paints a downbeat view that global transport activity ...
Audi charging hub concept largely independent of local grid capacity
Audi is developing a concept to develop modular electric vehicle charging hubs incorporating second life batteries to reduce ...
May Mobility equips Toyota to test “Autono-MaaS” service in Ann Arbor
May Mobility, a leader in autonomous vehicle technology and shuttle operations, is testing a Toyota Sienna equipped with ...
Robot runner trial set to speed up home food and grocery deliveries
Singapore superapp Grab is set to pilot a robot runner service from several restaurants at the Paya Lebar ...
Paris-based Virtuo raises €78.7 million to scale its car-on-demand service
Virtuo, the car-on-demand service that sets out to drive the shift away from car ownership across Europe, has ...
UK transport charity launches campaign to get people back on public transport
UK sustainable transport charity, Campaign for Better Transport, has launched a national campaign to help get people back ...
Chart Industries invests in cryogenic hydrogen refuelling start-up
Germany’s Cryomotive, a green-tech start-up and US company Chart Industries, a leading global manufacturer of liquefaction and cryogenic ...
New model suggests the economics of rural charging infrastructure can work
The UK’s Connected Kerb is to install electric vehicle chargers to deliver sustainable, affordable and accessible charging infrastructure ...
Swedish parcel locker firm acquires Dutch market leader in same day deliveries
Swedish parcel locker delivery company Instabox is entering the Dutch market through the acquisition of Red je Pakketje, ...
Ford invests in next generation batteries… again
Ford and South Korea’s SK Innovation have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a joint venture – ...
Oxford Superhub sets blueprint for fast, convenient, omnipresent EV charging
Fastned, the Dutch electric vehicle fast charging company, has joined up with UK-based Pivot Power, Tesla Superchargers and ...
ZF and Mobileye to develop driver-assistance and safety technology for Toyota
Germany’s ZF and Mobileye, an Intel company, have been chosen by Toyota to develop advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) ...
UK energy regulator kick starts market in EV infrastructure grid connections
The UK’s energy regulator Ofgem is investing £300 million to kick start investment in the cabling, substations and ...
Tech firms tie up to ease first and last journey segments across
Australian micro mobility company Beam has teamed up with Israeli journey planning app Moovit to give real-time access ...
Is this electric car from German manufacturer e.Go the “People’s Car” of
German electric car start-up e.Go Mobile plans to enter the Mexico market and launch a production plant in ...
Hyundai puts down marker for Europe’s hydrogen-powered heavy goods transport
South Korean automotive manufacturer Hyundai plans to ship a new series of fuel-cell trucks to Europe later this ...
Swedish researchers suggest buildings could become giant renewable energy storage cells
Researchers from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology have released outline ...
UK Government backs location data innovations to solve contemporary transport challenges
The UK’s Geospatial Commission has launched the second phase of its transport location data competition, in partnership with ...
Volocopter’s newest eVTOL aircraft built for longer flights and higher payloads
Volocopter, the German urban air mobility (UAM) group, has unveiled its newest aircraft, VoloConnect, offering a larger aircraft ...
Suncor and ATCO seek fiscal support for potential CCS hydrogen project in
Two Canadian companies, Suncor Energy and ATCO are collaborating on early-stage design and engineering for a potential blue ...
UK multi-sector coalition set up to decarbonise road transport at pace and
The UK based Green Finance Institute has launched the Coalition for the Decarbonisation of Road Transport, bringing together ...
Production of retro electric bubble car to start in September
Swiss electric scooter and bike manufacturer Micro Mobility Systems has announced its Microlino bubble car will enter production ...
Mobility attitudes report suggests Gary Numan was on to something…
“People feel more protected in their car than in public transport,” says Guillaume Saint of the consumer research ...
UK firms develop new approach to crucial autonomy question “Where am I,
UK firms Oxbotica and Navtech have launched Terran360, the world’s first all-weather radar localisation solution for industrial autonomous ...
Los Angeles suburb adopts smart parking to support the high street and
Munich based smart parking solutions provider Cleverciti has introduced its new parking guidance solution at El Monte, a ...
AI-enabled lidar based system offers “breakthrough” in mobility data gathering
A project in New Jersey will act as a testbed project for Californian based Velodyne’s new Intelligent Infrastructure ...
US EV charging company acquires Blue Corner to establish European presence
Florida-based electric vehicle charging equipment and services company Blink Charging has established a European foothold through the acquisition ...
Accurate real time information on EV charge point status vital to electric
A new report from IoT research analysts Beecham, sponsored by UK-based mobile virtual network operator Caburn Telecom, warns that in ...
Major boost to Australia’s EV fleet through collaboration targeting rideshare drivers
Sydney-based Splend, which specialises in vehicle ownership plans for rideshare drivers, has entered a Memorandum of Understanding with ...
“Monstrous” lidars on autonomous vehicles set to become a thing of the
Toyota backed Pony.ai says its next-generation robotaxis will feature discrete lidars made by US developer Luminar Technologies. Lidars ...
Plug Power and BAE Systems to develop powertrains and infrastructure for North
Hydrogen fuel cell engine developer Plug Power and BAE Systems are to collaborate on the development of hydrogen-powered ...
Home energy app developed by bp-backed Pure Planet offers EV control and
Energy company bp has announced a new partnership with UK renewable energy supplier Pure Planet, launching a digital ...
Event preview: Transport’s 5G future – from smart railways to autonomous vehicles
Over the last year, 5G mobile technology has been rolled out in markets around the world. Offering data ...
Study suggests ride-hailing can intensify urban transport challenges and road congestion
New research suggests that the perceived environmental and traffic congestion easing benefits of ride-hailing services are harder to ...
Dutch e-moped company secures investment for modal and geographical expansion
GO Green, the parent company of Dutch shared electric moped provider GO Sharing, has raised €50 million, led ...
Volta sets out plan to produce 27,000 electric trucks annually from 2025
Swedish full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer, Volta Trucks, is to launch four new fully electric commercial vehicles by 2024 ...
Think tank urges UK to become first mover in hydrogen race
A new report from the Centre for Policy Studies, a leading UK think tank, argues the UK’s approach ...
Finland starts roll-out of multimodal contactless transit payment system
Littlepay, the UK-based, transit-focused payment service provider, has implemented the first phase of its open loop payment system ...
Long range lidar promises breakthrough in autonomous delivery and ride-hailing
US autonomous vehicle technology developer Argo AI says its latest lidar system overcomes a number of technical limitations ...
Arrival and Uber tie up will develop new car optimised for ride-hailing
Arrival, a UK based electric vehicle (EV) developer, is partnering with Uber to develop an affordable, purpose-built EV ...
UK phases out dynamic hard shoulder motorways, but sticks with all lane
The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) and its national roads agency Highways England have announced an acceleration in ...
South Korea sets up seventh autonomous vehicle technology demonstration zone
South Korea’s government has designated Pangyo, a satellite city south of the capital Seoul, as a demonstration zone ...
Ride-hailer Lyft sells autonomous driving division to Toyota’s Woven Planet
Toyota subsidiary Woven Planet is to buy Level 5, the self-driving division of Lyft, one of the largest ...
Ricardo develops hydrogen combustion engine prototype
British engineering and environmental company Ricardo has developed a hydrogen-fuelled combustion engine that could offer a renewable, economic ...
Ford establishes global battery centre to accelerate breakthrough cell technology
Ford has revealed plans to establish a global battery centre of excellence – called Ford Ion Park – ...
Finland pilots low carbon, autonomous street cleaning
Finland’s Trombia Technologies is running a pilot trial using its autonomous, electric cleaning robot Trombia Free to sweep ...
UK high power motorway charging site heralded as start of major transformation
Electric Highway, the Ecotricity-owned UK trunk road network of electric vehicle (EV) charge points, has opened the UK’s ...
European trucking alliance pushes for decarbonisation of road freight
Lobby group, the European Clean Trucking Alliance (ECTA), has launched a campaign to encourage the European Commission to ...
Indonesian ride-hailer Gojek pledges to shift to electric vehicles by 2030
Indonesian ride-hailing company Gojek plans to make every car and motorcycle on its platform an electric vehicle by ...
US autoworkers union challenges EV incentives for non-US assembled vehicles
United States union, the United Auto Workers (UAW) says it wants the US$ 7,500 tax incentive for electric ...
Global Electric Vehicle Outlook report indicates phenomenal rate of market uptake
New analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts there will be 145 million electric cars, buses, vans ...
Hyzon convenes alliance to stimulate global hydrogen vehicle supply chains
Hyzon Motors, the US developer of hydrogen fuel cell commercial vehicles, has announced the launch of the Hyzon ...
Greater policy coherence and data sharing key to sustainable urban mobility
A new report from influential global sustainability organisations and the International Road Federation (IRF) highlights the urgent need ...
All-electric plane propulsion technology matches twin turboprop performance
Electric US aircraft manufacturer Bye Aerospace has announced the launch of an all-electric plane capable of speeds of ...
Porsche sets out to be at the forefront of high-performance German battery
Porsche is planning to set up a high-performance battery cell factory in Germany to support the company’s shift ...
App collaboration aims to turn private home EV chargers into shared community
London based parking app JustPark has teamed up with Zap-Map to give easier access to electric vehicle charge ...
Big grocers invest in the promise of autonomous home deliveries – everywhere
UK online grocery Ocado is taking a £10 million stake in Oxford based autonomous driving systems startup Oxbotica. ...
FirstGroup to sell the US bus divisions to investment firm EQT Infrastructure
Transit operator FirstGroup has announced it has entered into an agreement for the sale of First Student and ...
Honda commits 100% of car sales to be electric or fuel cell
Honda has committed 100% of its sales to be electric or fuel cell vehicles by 2040. Speaking at ...
BMW next generation battery projects secure national and EU funding
Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy is to provide BMW with 68 million euros in funding ...
UK authorises beyond visual line of flight drone trials
In a significant step for the drone industry, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has authorised a trial ...
Thailand accelerates EV push in bid to become SE Asian electric vehicle
Thailand’s government has brought forward to 2035 the date at which it wants only purely electric vehicles to ...
ABB high-powered chargers become future proofed and smart grid compatible
Swiss energy technology company ABB has unveiled the third generation of its high-powered 350kW Terra electric vehicle charging ...
Málaga is testbed for Kapsch’s real-time traffic optimiser
Kapsch TrafficCom has announced that the Spanish city of Málaga is the first European city to test the ...
Texas pilot project integrates on demand AVs and public transport
New York based on-demand ride-share company Via is taking part in a pilot programme that integrates on-demand autonomous ...
Vianova develops centralised digital platform to integrate Milan’s shared mobility
A collaboration between Milan’s Mobility and Environment Agency (AMAT) and the French tech start-up Vianova is to develop ...
Nuro offers driverless delivery to Domino’s pizza customers in Houston
Takeaway Pizza company Domino’s and California robotics startup Nuro have launched an autonomous pizza-delivery service in Houston, Texas. ...
The Republic strikes back
Leading French companies in the automotive and technology sectors have announced their intention to create the Software République, ...
Dubai plans to deploy 4,000 robotaxis on its roads by 2030
Cruise, the San Francisco based autonomous vehicle company backed by General Motors and Honda, has revealed plans to ...
German collaboration addresses two of the biggest hurdles in autonomous driving
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure has awarded €10.9 million to the KelRide project in Southern ...
Mobileye and Udelv tie up promises major roll out of autonomous deliveries
Intel subsidiary, Mobileye, the Israeli company that specializes in vision-systems for autonomous vehicles, is collaborating with self-driving delivery ...
Honda and Moixa collaborate on flexible tariff home EV charging offer
Honda Motor Europe has launched e:PROGRESS, an intelligent home EV charging system that selects the most cost-effective times ...
Volvo Trucks ready to electrify large part of goods transports
Volvo Trucks is gearing up for a rapid upswing in electrification of heavy road transport in the expectation ...
European cities urge EU to use once in a decade opportunity to
Cities across Europe are calling for at least half of new vans to be zero-emission by 2030. In ...
Volkswagen Group EVs will support bidirectional charging from next year
Volkswagen has confirmed that from next year all electric cars built on its next generation MEB platform will ...
French government backs hydrogen trains in bid to become hydrogen champion
SNCF Voyageurs, the public limited company that handles France’s passenger rail transport, has placed an order with Alstom ...
Volvo and SSAB plan first fossil-free steel trucks on road to carbon
Swedish truck maker AB Volvo and steel maker SSAB have signed an agreement to produce the world’s first ...
WEF initiative supports cyber security and smart city development in smaller cities
About 50% of the world’s urban population live in small and medium-sized cities, but smaller cities have fewer ...
Shell plans massive ramp up of rapid EV chargers, UK details revealed
Royal Dutch Shell has confirmed its plan to install 5,000 electric vehicle chargers across the UK by 2025. ...
Honda and Verizon explore 5G enabled mobile edge computing and connected vehicle
Honda and Verizon are teaming up to research how new connected safety technology using 5G and mobile edge ...
Swedish battery-powered leisure boat start-up sees demand outstripping supply
Stockholm-based X Shore has secured investment of 15 million euros to scale up production of its battery-powered leisure ...
Lime launches e-mopeds with emphasis on rider safety
US e-mobility provider Lime has added e-mopeds to its range of shared e-mobility services. The first e-mopeds are ...
Trip planning information app supports range of Long Beach mobility options
Isreali journey planning app Moovit has partnered with California’s Long Beach Transit to provide a single app that ...
UK train station harvests kinetic energy from passenger footsteps
Leighton Buzzard train station in the UK has installed two walkways incorporating kinetic floor tiles that use passenger ...
Siemens provides chargers and app for On’s multimodal electric vehicle sharing service
Siemens Smart Infrastructure is providing the charging infrastructure and cloud-based user management software for new Italian e-mobility service ...
Dutch e-moped mobility provider expands into Austria
Dutch electric moped start-up GO Sharing has marked its first international success with the deployment of 200 e-mopeds ...
Hyundai and Kia establish high power chargers in South Korea ahead of
Hyundai Motor Group is setting up a network of high power charging stations in South Korea in preparation ...
Boston trials free public transit scheme
Boston Mayor Kim Janey has announced the city is piloting a two-month program to explore the impacts on ...
Rivian takes exclusive approach to EV charging in out of the way
Amazon-backed US electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive is building an exclusive, fast-charger network for its two key launch ...
Hyzon pioneers lifecycle leasing model for heavy duty hydrogen vehicles in Europe
US hydrogen fuel cell powered commercial vehicle developer Hyzon has launched a leasing service for the provision of ...
E-ferry services set for Stockholm archipelago from 2023
Swedish electric boat startup Candela has announced it is developing an all-electric 30-person hydrofoiling passenger boat to serve ...
Interoperability and partnerships key to EV charging expansion
European EV charging provider NewMotion, a subsidiary of Shell, has announced its charging infrastructure network now extends to ...
UK’s Faraday Institution launches new commercialisation strategy
The UK’s battery technology and research organisation The Faraday Institution has signalled a new commercialisation strategy and announced ...
ABB and Amazon Web Services collaborate on EV fleet management platform
Swedish-Swiss technology manufacturer ABB and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are jointly developing a cloud-based digital solution for the ...
Expansion of Sydney’s digital transport payment card supports modal shift
New South Wales’s digital Opal transport card is set to be expanded to services such as Uber and ...
Mexico City plastic waste cycle path doubles up as flood storage facility
Dutch plastic road developer PlasticRoad has installed a multifunctional cycle path made from waste plastic and incorporating temporary ...
Global chip shortage forces major auto makers to stop production
The global shortage of semiconductor chips is hitting car production around the world and it’s a problem partly ...
New economic model could deliver better digital connectivity in under-serviced communities
A project in a rural part of Scotland’s north east Highlands aims to explore and develop new business ...
Uber’s London EV service set to roll-out across Europe and the US
Uber has launched a new service, Uber Green, that allows users in central London to request an all-electric ...
IKEA owner buys major stake in novel global address tech startup
Sweden’s Ingka Group, the owner of most IKEA stores, has bought a 12 million pound stake in what3words, ...
Skoda invests in electric vehicles, but will not yet switch fully from
Czech carmaker Skoda, part of the Volkswagen Group, plans to invest around 2.5 billion euros over the next ...
Toyota and Isuzu revive partnership with focus on connected trucks
Toyota Motor Corp and Isuzu Motors have revived a partnership designed to bolster their competitive edge in connected, ...
World’s first tidal powered EV charger launched in Scotland
Electric vehicle drivers on the Scottish Shetland Islands can recharge their cars directly using tidal power, after the ...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Boabab tree inspired vertiport
Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) manufacturer EHang Holdings has co-developed a novel air mobility concept with Italian architecture ...
Goodyear and UFODRIVE bring commercial vehicle monitoring systems to EV passenger fleets
Goodyear has announced a strategic relationship with UFODRIVE, the first all-digital, all-electric car rental service controlled from an ...
The EV Network and bp pulse to roll-out ultra-fast charging e-forecourts across
Independent EV charging infrastructure development company EV Network and bp pulse have joined forces to develop new rapid ...
Toyota and Hyundai both push Australian hydrogen fuel facilities
Toyota has opened its first commercial hydrogen fuel pump site in the Australian state of Victoria. The facility ...
Japan’s major electric motorbike manufacturers agree swappable battery standard
A Japanese consortium of motorbike manufacturers has reached an agreement to standardize swappable batteries, allowing battery sharing and ...
Mercedes develops first fully electric ambulance based on the eSprinter
Mercedes-Benz Vans, in partnership with Ambulanz Mobile from Schönebeck in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, has developed a ...
Kia launches “long range” sub-£35,000 electric vehicle to UK market
Kia has launched a long-range version of its e-Niro battery electric vehicle that the Korean car maker says ...
UK consortium takes ecosystem approach to regional electric aviation
US hybrid-electric aircraft manufacturer Ampaire is leading the 2ZERO consortium in a UK project that aims to demonstrate ...
IRENA identifies urgent need for 30-fold increase in the electrification of transport
The International Renewable Energy Agency’s influential annual report says planned investment in clean energy must increase by 30% ...
Novel two-stage eVTOL concept offers huge potential efficiencies
Two former engineers from SpaceX, the American space transportation services company founded by Elon Musk, have proposed a ...
Volkswagen to build six European battery gigafactories by 2030
Volkswagen plans to build half a dozen battery cell plants in Europe and expand infrastructure for charging electric ...
Volvo warns shortage of semiconductors is impacting production
Volvo Group has warned that the global shortage of semiconductors will have a substantial impact on production in ...
Canadian autonomous trucking startup develops “middle mile” solution
Toronto-based autonomous trucking startup NuPort Robotics has received $1 million in funding from the Ontario government for a ...
Lion Electric’s Canadian battery pack factory to open in early 2023
Lion Electric, a Canadian manufacturer of electric trucks and buses, has secured investment to build its own battery ...
London introduces electric fleet for recycling and waste collection
Veolia, the waste management company responsible for waste collection, recycling, and street cleansing operations in the City of ...
Siemens US initiative aims to increase accessibility to EV charging solutions
Siemens has launched its eMobility Partner Ecosystem to increase accessibility of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and financing solutions ...
Singapore trials autonomous robot parcel and grocery deliveries
A new trial to test the use of autonomous robots in providing on-demand “courier” deliveries is underway in ...
2020 breakthrough year for EVs in Europe, but growth highly concentrated in
A new publication from the European Alternative Fuels Observatory (EAFO) sets out latest EV sales and the extent ...
Industry calls for dedicated European governance regime for EV charging infrastructure
ChargeUp Europe, an association of European charging infrastructure providers, has called for a stronger and more coherent approach ...
Cambridge signal control trial uses AI to distinguish different road users
Vivacity Labs’ Smart Junctions AI traffic signal control is to be trialled at busy junctions in the English ...
Volvo venture capital invests in EV charging software company
Volvo Group Venture Capital AB has invested in Isreali EV charging software company Driivz, developer of a platform ...
US Scientists identify route to net-zero carbon flights using food waste derived
US scientists have reported a breakthrough in the development of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) based upon food ...
Partnership plans all-electric scheduled aircraft service within five years
Rolls-Royce and airframer Tecnam are joining forces with Widerøe, the largest regional airline in Scandinavia, to deliver an ...
Imperial College research simulates self-driving fleet impacts on cities
Researchers at Imperial College, London, have simulated the potential impact in cities of fleets of self-driving autonomous vehicles ...
Hyperloop safety valve brings concept a step closer
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT), the group behind the proposal to propel people and goods through large diameter vacuum ...
UK forecourt chain plans 300 fast chargers
Britain’s largest independent chain of petrol stations is to spend £400 million on installing 3,000 fast electric chargers ...
AirAsia diversifies into drone delivery and air taxi services
Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia Group plans to launch an air taxi service and the country’s first drone delivery service ...
Japanese/Australian collaboration delivers lightweight platform for modular EV concept
Japanese high tech materials manufacturer Teijin has teamed up with Australian modular vehicle developer Applied Electric Vehicles (Applied ...
INRIX analysis suggests big health and environment gains from re-timing traffic lights
Latest insights from US traffic data and analysis company INRIX reveal that small changes in the timing of ...
Nokia 5G network turns KymiRing motor racing circuit into CAV test environment
Finland’s new motor racing circuit, KymiRing, is set to receive a 5G private network using Nokia’s Digital Automation ...
Williams partners with Fortescue to develop battery-electric mining haul truck
Williams Advanced Engineering is partnering with Fortescue Metals Group to design, build, test and integrate a battery system ...
Affordable e-trikes launched into North American market sell out
Canadian affordable EV sales and marketing company Imperium Motor Corp has launched an electric-powered enclosed three-wheel vehicle aimed ...
UK funds competition to stimulate zero-emission vehicles innovation
The UK government has launched a £20 million research and development competition to promote innovations in zero-emission vehicles. ...
Paris pilots DUCKT universal scooter dock and charge points
Universal micro mobility charging infrastructure provider DUCKT has been awarded a pilot project from the Paris Municipality to ...
Siemens app to offer Dutch transport operators integrated door to door journeys
Siemens Mobility has won a contract in the Netherlands to develop a national intelligent Mobility as a Service ...
Breakthrough claimed in hydrogen fuel cell for aviation
Menlo Park-based HyPoint, a developer of hydrogen fuel cell systems for aviation and urban air mobility, has unveiled ...
Battery energy storage integrated into Dutch ultrafast EV charging service
Dutch smart grid solutions developer Alfen has been selected by Shell to install energy storage capacity to support ...
European car makers back electric vehicles over hydrogen
Leading European car makers have raised significant doubts over the increasingly held view that hydrogen is the fuel ...
US study identifies collaboration and coordination as key to improved urban mobility
Shared modes of transportation, such as ride-hailing, scooter sharing, and bike sharing can enhance mobility, equity, and sustainability ...
Funding boost for autonomous home delivery robots
Following its acquisition by Uber, the robotics division of Postmates has spun out as an independent company, Serve ...
UK needs clearer milestones to zero emission motoring
A review by the UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) says UK Government’s policy on low emissions vehicles over ...
Industry drives electrification of school and public transportation vehicles in the US
School bus company First Student, public transportation company First Transit, and electricity supplier NextEra Energy Resources are working ...
Managing growth of traffic is vital for the liveability of cities
A new report Reversing Car Dependency, from the International Transport Forum (ITF) examines how governments can encourage citizens ...
Tesla partners with Pacific island nickel mine to secure battery supplies
Tesla is to buy nickel from a mine on the Pacific island of New Caledonia in a move ...
Australian autonomous electric shuttle city trial runs on public roads
Public transport operator Keolis is testing a new autonomous electric shuttle in Renmark, a city of 10,000 residents ...
Apcoa to reinvent its multi-storey car parks as mobility and logistics hubs
Stuttgart-based European parking operator, Apcoa Parking, is to repurpose its car parks as urban hubs. Initially, the company, ...
FedEx details investment to support carbon neutral by 2040 pledge
FedEx, the world’s largest cargo airline, has announced a goal to achieve carbon–neutral operations globally by 2040. To ...
Archer targets 2024 for Los Angeles air taxi network
California-based eVTOL developer Archer has commitment to launching its first Urban Air Mobility (UAM) network in Los Angeles ...
Bolt plans to integrate e-scooters into Ireland’s wider public transport system
Estonian based e-scooter platform Bolt is to provide 10,000 e-scooters to Irish towns and cities following the launch ...
US cities bring creativity to blacktop transforming streets and public spaces
Bloomberg Philanthropies recently invited US cities to apply for its Asphalt Art Initiative grants, which will provide up ...
Volocopter says commercial air taxi routes to launch within two years
German electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) developer Volocopter has raised €200 million in additional capital through a ...
Lime rolls out global expansion to 25 new cities during 2021
San Francisco based micro mobility company Lime has announced a $50m plan to expand into 25 new cities ...
Toyota breaks ground on human-centred living laboratory city
Work has started in Japan on “Toyota Woven City”, a new smart city “dedicated to the advancement of ...
Daimler Truck and Volvo create fuel-cell joint venture
Sweden’s Volvo Group has acquired 50 percent of Stuttgart based Daimler Truck Fuel Cell for SEK 6.3 billion ...
Volvo to sell only fully electric cars by 2030
Volvo has pledged to become a fully electric car company by 2030 and by that date plans to ...
Maersk plans to put world’s first carbon neutral containership in operation by
Danish shipping giant AP Moller – Maersk has announced plans to operate the world’s first carbon neutral liner ...
Spanish EV charging station utilises second life electric bus batteries
Spanish energy company and service station operator Repsol has opened its first electric vehicle charging points using energy ...
Denmark plans major low emission marine fuel production facility
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has unveiled plans for the establishment of Europe’s largest production facility of green ammonia, ...
DHL Freight and Volvo Trucks collaborate on fossil-free long haul road transport
DHL Freight, one of Europe’s leading road freight providers, and Volvo Trucks are collaborating on a project to ...
Domestic success catapults Chinese budget EV to second place in global sales
A budget electric vehicle (EV) from China’s top automaker, state-owned SAIC Motor, is outselling Tesla in its home ...
Foxconn to bring Fisker’s next EV model to market within two years
Chinese iPhone-maker Foxconn has signed a memorandum of understanding to build a new electric vehicle for Fisker Inc, ...
“Venture capital at scale” deal secures major boost for aerial ridesharing
Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developer Joby Aviation has merged with Reinvent Technology Partners, as the conclusion ...
Kent Live Labs takes scaled approach to deployment of digital sensors
A UK trial using state of the art traffic sensors is being carried out by Kent County Council ...
UK car club trials hydrogen fuel cell electric cars
Enterprise Rent-A-Car has taken delivery of 17 Toyota hydrogen fuel cell electric cars as part of a number ...
Drone flights deliver medical supplies to remote Scottish communities
Drones are using Vodafone’s 4G network to transport medical supplies between NHS hospitals and facilities in a remote ...
UK trial shows smart EV charging incentives work
The UK’s largest trial of smart charging incentives found the majority of electric vehicle drivers on the trial ...
Ford to sell only electric vehicles in Europe from 2030
Ford has announced it will only sell electric vehicles in Europe by 2030. The automaker said it will ...
Canada announces huge cities-focused transport investment plan
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a huge funding package for transport projects, which will see $14.9 ...
West Midlands promotes EV gigafactory site
Plans to build a UK EV battery gigafactory have been unveiled by Coventry City Council and Coventry Airport. ...
Successful autonomous bus trial completed at Tokyo airport
Japan’s largest airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) has completed a 10-day trial operation of an autonomous driving bus ...
Volkswagon and Microsoft collaborate on self-driving vehicle technologies
Volkswagen’s Car.Software arm will collaborate with Microsoft to create a cloud-based automated driving platform to advance its self-driving ...
Hitachi successfully tests battery-powered tram in Florence
Hitachi Rail has successfully tested a battery-powered tram in Florence, Italy. The trial involved installing battery packs on ...
Jaguar to become electric-only brand from 2025
British luxury automotive manufacturer Jaguar will become an electric-only brand from 2025 onwards, as part of a new ...
Shell sets out net-zero strategy “in step with society”
Energy firm Shell has set out an energy strategy designed to make it net-zero by 2050. It says ...
Ford and Hermes make home deliveries smarter, faster and more sustainable
Ford has teamed up with consumer delivery specialists, Hermes, to trial a sustainable delivery service that integrates vehicle ...
GM sets ambitious EV targets
General Motors has announced plans to sell only zero-emission cars and trucks by 2035 and to be fully ...
Ford to roll out automotive Android operating system from 2023
Ford and Google have signed a six-year partnership deal that could bring significant changes both to the way ...
World’s first double decker hydrogen buses launch in Aberdeen
The world’s first fleet of double decker hydrogen buses have officially launched into service in Aberdeen, run by ...
Big names across micromobility sector form European coalition
Eight operators of E-scooters in Europe have formed a new coalition MicroMobility for Europe (MMfE) to promote the ...
Shell buys leading on-street EV charging provider ubitricity
Shell has signed an agreement to buy 100% of ubitricity, a leading European provider of on-street charging for ...
Iteris cloud framework promises breakthrough in smart mobility infrastructure management
California-based smart mobility infrastructure management solutions provider Iteris has announced the launch of an open-architecture cloud framework for ...
Australian researchers make breakthrough detecting people around blind corners
Australian scientists have made a substantial breakthrough in showing how a connected intelligent transport system can detect the ...
Europe investigates drone applications in large scale mobility trials
The European Commission-backed SESAR programme, which coordinates European Union R&D activities in air traffic management, has launched a ...
Joined up multimodal journey planning and payment gets a bit closer
Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) has launched Umo, a multimodal journey app and fare collection platform which integrates a ...
Stockholm sticks with Q-Free to upgrade its road congestion charge system
Swedish transport administration Trafikverket has signed a design and build contract with Q-Free to upgrade Stockholm’s road congestion ...
BP targets EV charging in Europe and China
UK oil giant BP isn’t turning a profit on all its car-charging stations, but expects that to change ...
Ørsted commits to renewable hydrogen demonstration project
Danish energy company Ørsted has committed its investment to the H2RES renewable hydrogen demonstration project at Avedøre Holme ...
Extreme fast-charging battery breakthrough promises five-minute charge
Isreali technology firm StoreDot has produced an EV battery capable of fully charging in five minutes, marking a ...
Biden plans to replace US government fleet with electric vehicles
US President Joe Biden will start the process of phasing out the federal government’s use of combustion engine-powered ...
Future mobility trends will demand ultra-durable powertrains
A consortium of businesses is developing an electric powertrain that will meet the demands of future vehicles. Electric ...
UK to build the world’s first airport built specifically for electric flying
The UK city of Coventry is to be home to a temporary “pop-up” airport being built as a ...
Joint project boosts Germany’s ultra-fast EV charging capability
German fuel retailer Aral has commissioned Siemens Smart Infrastructure to upgrade grid connections at 30 service stations to ...
UK needs to install public charge points five times faster
A new report from UK think tank Policy Exchange has found that the current rate of EV infrastructure ...
1000 fully-electric trucks for Brazilian brewing fleet
Brazilian beverage maker Ambev has ordered 1,000 electric delivery trucks from manufacturer FNM (Fábrica Nacional de Mobilidades). The ...
More radical policies needed to boost uptake of both new and used
Bright Blue, a UK think tank promoting liberal conservatism, has published a new report, Driving uptake: maturing the ...
Government provides £20m EV charging point boost
The British Government is urging local authorities to take advantage of a £20 million cash injection to boost ...
EVBox hits 200,000 charger target
Amsterdam-based electric charging firm EVBox Group hit its target of doubling its number of installations in 2020, bringing ...
EasyMile and Sono Motors reveal collaboration on autonomous solar-powered passenger shuttle
EasyMile and Sono Motors are equipping the French-developed EZ10 autonomous shuttle prototype with Munich-based Sono Motors’ patented solar ...