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 supports both public and shared trips with real-time information. Available for iOS and Android, the free Moovit app combines official information from Long Beach Transit, as well...
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 being deployed in Washington DC and Lime expects to have some 600 e-mopeds operating in the District by the end of April. “This launch is a major...
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 boat. The company’s 8m long Eelex 8000 went on sale in the US last month, but X Shore is struggling to meet strong orders from its small...
Honda and Verizon explore 5G enabled mobile edge computing and connected vehicle safety
Honda and Verizon are teaming up to research how new connected safety technology using 5G and mobile edge computing (MEC) could ensure fast, reliable communication between road infrastructure, vehicles and pedestrians sharing the road. Working with the University of Michigan’s Mcity, a test bed for...
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. At present, it has just above 100 “rapid” 50KW and “ultra-rapid” 150KW chargers on its sites in the UK, while it is looking to double this figure...
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 resources and less capacity than their larger global counterparts to implement the governance necessary to realise the benefits of smart cities. To address this imbalance, the World...
Volvo and SSAB plan first fossil-free steel trucks on road to carbon neutrality
Swedish truck maker AB Volvo and steel maker SSAB have signed an agreement to produce the world’s first vehicles made of fossil-free steel. Volvo plans to start production this year of prototype vehicles and components from steel made by SSAB using hydrogen produced from renewable...
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 for the country’s first dual mode electric-hydrogen trains. The Régiolis regional trains are destined for the four administrative regions of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Grand Est and Occitanie The...
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 support bidirectional charging, giving a significant boost to vehicle-to-grid technologies. It brings closer a major potential secondary benefit from electric vehicles in which cars become mobile energy...
European cities urge EU to use once in a decade opportunity to decarbonise vans
Cities across Europe are calling for at least half of new vans to be zero-emission by 2030. In an open letter to the European Commission the cities make the case that current van CO2 regulation is not producing change fast enough. The upcoming review of...
