Are robots the key to a sustainable future?
Picture: Kiwibot Autonomous vehicles and robotics are coming to the forefront of the mobility industry to tackle the issue of sustainability in smart cities. Innovation solutions are continually being piloted to tackle sustainability issues and to make cities smarter. Kiwibot is a robotic delivery company that...
General Motors launches their first ‘EV First Responder Program’
Picture: General Motors As EV sales rocket, General Motors is expanding its efforts to educate public safety, fire and emergency service providers throughout the United States and Canada. The focus on the company's first EV First Responder program will be on personnel in fire services...
French supermarket to roll out EV charge points at 700 locations
French retailer Carrefour is to install 5,000 electric vehicle charging points at its 700 hypermarkets and supermarkets by 2025. The announcement builds on its previous commitment to install 2,000 fast charging points with outputs of between 75kW and 300 kW at its 200 hypermarkets by...
British government funds a thousand zero emission buses
The British government is to fund an additional thousand zero-emission buses across England, by pledging a further £200 milllion investment through the Zero Emission Buses Regional Area (ZEBRA) scheme originally launched last year. It means, says the government, it is on track to deliver its...
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 bikes, designed and built...
China’s BYD stops making combustion engine vehicles
China's largest electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD has announced it has stopped making combustion engine vehicles and now produces only full electric and plug-in hybrid cars. The company said in a statement, filed to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, that as of last month "BYD...
French sales of electric and hybrid cars overtake petrol
Sales of new electrified vehicles in France overtook petrol-powered equivalents for the first time in the first quarter of 2022, a major milestone for lower-emission vehicles. Overall, French new car sales fell in the period recording the tenth straight month of decline with an almost...
VinFast makes largest economic development investment in North Carolina’s history
Vietnamese car maker VinFast has announced plans to invest US $4 billion in its first US factory complex, located in North Carolina. An initial deal commits $2 billion to construct a factory where it plans to make its electric buses, “affordable” SUVs and electric vehicle...
Munich pilots Sono developed solar bus trailer
Sono Motors, the German solar-enhanced electric vehicle company, has developed a bus trailer topped with solar panels, which will be trailed in Munich shortly. Developed in partnership with Munich’s public transport authority Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG), the novel trailer incorporates 20 semi-flexible special photovoltaic (PV) modules...
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, helping deliver traffic updates and hazard...
