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 details of a new concept for rechargeable batteries made of cement. The concept could allow buildings to become giant renewable energy storage units. The idea involves a...
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 for autonomous vehicle technologies and related services. The district is the seventh demonstration zone set up over the last year by the country’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure...
UK phases out dynamic hard shoulder motorways, but sticks with all lane running
The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) and its national roads agency Highways England have announced an acceleration in adopting radar technology to detect stationary vehicles on the country’s all lane running (ALR) motorways. The commitment is widely seen as a bid to tackle mounting safety...
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 for ride-hailing drivers. The Arrival Car is expected to enter production in Autumn 2023. Vehicles designed for ride-hailing and car sharing services have different design requirements to...
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 that have hindered the commercialisation of autonomous delivery and ride-hailing services. According to Argo AI its Self-Driving System (SDS) is capable of 360-degrees awareness day or night...
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 for public transport in Finland’s capital Helsinki and its second city, Tampere. Tap-to-pay is also now live on selected ferries and trams in Helsinki and on buses...
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 to transport decarbonisation must properly embrace hydrogen. The centre-right think tank, founded by Margaret Thatcher in the 1970s, argues that failure to act would forfeit significant future...
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 and expects to produce more than 27,000 electric trucks annually from 2025. Building upon its Volta Zero model launched last Autumn – a 16-tonne commercial vehicle designed...
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 by investment company Opportunity Partners. GO Sharing plans to use the investment to convert its current service into a multimodal shared mobility program with the addition of...
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 attain and more complicated than previous modelling predicted. Researchers at the Future Urban Mobility Research Group at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT, and Tongji...
