Suzuki investment steps up EV production in India
Japanese car maker Suzuki has announced plans to invest US$1.3 billion in electric vehicles and battery production in India. In a deal signed with the Indian state of Gujarat, Suzuki said it aims to begin operations in 2025 increasing the state’s production capacity for electric...
Slovakian flying car developer targets regional ride-hailing service by 2027
AeroMobil, the Slovakian developer of the world’s first production flying car, has announced its next generation model the AM NEXT, with deliveries promised in 2024. AeroMobil says the primary business model for the new four-seater half-car, half-plane is a fleet aerial ride-hailing service which could...
On-demand rideshare connects Atlanta customers to larger public transit
Georgia Institute of Technology and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) have launched MARTA Reach, a six-month pilot on-demand rideshare service designed to connect riders to-and-from MARTA’s bus and rail services. MARTA Reach will test how on-demand shuttles can be used to make it...
App integration enables Bird riders to access Gira bikes in Portugal
Micromobility provider Bird has announced the launch of its integration with Gira, the public bikeshare service in Lisbon, marking its first smart bikeshare integration of 2022. Under this unique multimodal collaboration, riders in the Portuguese capital can now see and access Gira bikes directly from...
Kinetic becomes Australasia’s largest operator of electric buses
Australia and New Zealand’s largest bus operator, Kinetic, has signed a contract to acquire NZ Bus, one of New Zealand’s biggest urban bus operators. The acquisition will see Kinetic become the largest operator of battery electric buses in the Australasia region, and one of the...
Qualcomm, BMW and Arriver to co-develop next generation AD systems
Qualcomm Technologies, BMW Group and Arriver Software have announced a long-term cooperation for the development of next-generation Level 2 and Level 3 automated driving (AD) technologies. Building upon BMW’s current automated driving stack with Arriver’s vision perception and enabled through Qualcomm Technologies’ system-on-chip Snapdragon platform...
Electreon targets Nordic “electric road” potential through Destia collaboration
Electreon, the Israeli provider of electric vehicle wireless charging solutions, is to partner with Destia, the Finnish provider of charging infrastructure services to promote wireless electric road demonstrator projects. Destia offers EV charging solutions for businesses and professional transport including bus operators, logistics companies, vehicle...
Dott launches “safe and responsible” e-scooter service in Stockholm
Micro-mobility provider Dott is to operate a fleet of 1,500 shared e-scooters in Stockholm, Sweden. Critically, given Stockholm’s recent crackdown on e-scooters, Dott’s come with software controlling the maximum speed limit, geo-located slow and no-zones and rider e-learning modules. Dott says it prioritises the safety...
AECOM to develop infrastructure for Airlander hybrid airship
Global engineering giant AECOM is to partner with British airship developer Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) to provide infrastructure services for HAV’s Airlander hybrid aircraft – a helium airship with auxiliary wing and tail surfaces. The Airlander flies using both aerostatic and aerodynamic lift and HAV...
Second life I-PACE batteries power zero-emission energy storage unit
Jaguar Land Rover has partnered with Italian mobile generator manufacturer Pramac to develop a zero-emission energy storage unit powered by second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries. Called the Off Grid Battery Energy Storage System (ESS), Pramac’s technology supplies zero-emission power where access to the mains supply is...
