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The UK’s Department for Transport has awarded funding through Innovate UK to a consortium to undertake the UK’s first ever study on the electrification of long-range trucks with dynamic charging, using overhead wires on motorways.    The study is part of the £20m assigned for...

France's Renault is looking to revive its business in China by forming a hybrid vehicle joint venture with Geely Holding Group, a year after it ended its previous operation in the world's largest car market. The two companies have signed a framework agreement to set...

Californian micromobility company Bird is to work with cities across the world to extend its network of geofenced slow-riding zones. Dubbed Community Safety Zones, these new areas will focus on areas of high pedestrian activity, starting with schools. Bird scooters passing through these new Community...

Spin, Ford’s micromobility subsidiary, and Moovit, the Intel owned urban mobility app have announced a partnership in three European countries. This partnership enables Moovit users to find Spin e-scooters in the free Moovit app for “more sustainable and fun” mobility alternatives to cars to get...

Plus, a US-based developer of self-driving truck technology, has completed an autonomous Level 4 truck demonstration on a highway in China. Level 4 autonomy is essentially fully driverless, but within a geographically defined area. The demonstration was completed on the Wufengshan highway in China’s Yangtze...

Prototypes of a new design of retractable on-street electric vehicle charge points that sit flush within the pavement when not in use have been installed within the London Borough of Brent. The aim is to deliver on-street charging while keeping streets clear of clutter. Five...

DHL Express has committed to purchase 12 fully electric eCargo planes developed by Washington state-based electric aircraft maker Eviation. Eviation’s Alice aircraft is a single-pilot flyer capable in cargo variant of hauling loads of up to 1,200 kg. Eviation announced last month that it hopes...

Link shared electric scooters are to be fitted with a system that detects improper scooter usage and responds by warning the rider or even stopping the scooter. The Pedestrian Defense system is manufactured by Massachusetts-based MIT spin-off company Superpedestrian. It is however based on technology...

Electric vehicle technology developer Arrival has announced a tie up with Microsoft to develop an open data platform for vehicles and fleets to improve the utility of vehicle generated shared data. Arrival says an ever-increasing amount of data is produced and stored in the cloud...

Irish smart scooter technology company Luna and US based company JUMPWatts have announced a project to find a solution to the escalating problem of e-scooters being in the wrong location relative to user demand and discarded scooters cluttering footpaths. The companies are to work together...