Stockholm sticks with Q-Free to upgrade its road congestion charge system
Swedish transport administration Trafikverket has signed a design and build contract with Q-Free to upgrade Stockholm's road congestion charge system. The 130m NOK ($15.1m) deal is to revamp the technology including a new camera platform and updated automated number plate recognition software solutions. The Swedish...
Joined up multimodal journey planning and payment gets a bit closer
Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) has launched Umo, a multimodal journey app and fare collection platform which integrates a region's buses, trains, trams, ferries, ride-share scooters and bikes in one place. CTS says Umo enables people to pay fares and plan trips across public and private...
Europe investigates drone applications in large scale mobility trials
The European Commission-backed SESAR programme, which coordinates European Union R&D activities in air traffic management, has launched a two-year project to investigate the applications of drones ranging from air taxi operations to emergency services support. The new project, Air Mobility Urban - Large Experimental Demonstration...
Australian researchers make breakthrough detecting people around blind corners
Australian scientists have made a substantial breakthrough in showing how a connected intelligent transport system can detect the movement of people around blind corners and even through buildings by deploying collective perception messaging (CPM) – emerging technology that could save lives. The study...
Iteris cloud framework promises breakthrough in smart mobility infrastructure management
California-based smart mobility infrastructure management solutions provider Iteris has announced the launch of an open-architecture cloud framework for smart mobility infrastructure management, the ClearMobility Cloud. The release, says Iteris, sets the foundation for horizontally scalable data processing, third-party extensibility, and secure, policy-based access. It integrates...
Shell buys leading on-street EV charging provider ubitricity
Shell has signed an agreement to buy 100% of ubitricity, a leading European provider of on-street charging for electric vehicles (EVs). Subject to regulatory clearance, the deal is expected to be completed later this year. Founded in Berlin, Germany, ubitricity operates in a number of...
EasyMile and Sono Motors reveal collaboration on autonomous solar-powered passenger shuttle
EasyMile and Sono Motors are equipping the French-developed EZ10 autonomous shuttle prototype with Munich-based Sono Motors’ patented solar technology, testing a new energy concept for electric and driverless shuttles. The joint venture was recently revealed at the virtual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2021 with Sono...
EVBox hits 200,000 charger target
Amsterdam-based electric charging firm EVBox Group hit its target of doubling its number of installations in 2020, bringing its total charging port installations to 200,000 worldwide. The company, established in 2010, has also announced plans to become a public company on the New York Stock...
Government provides £20m EV charging point boost
The British Government is urging local authorities to take advantage of a £20 million cash injection to boost the number of on-street electric vehicle charge points across its towns and cities. In a letter to councils, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced that funding for the...
More radical policies needed to boost uptake of both new and used EVs
Bright Blue, a UK think tank promoting liberal conservatism, has published a new report, Driving uptake: maturing the market for battery electric vehicles, which proposes a mixture of new fiscal and regulatory policies to mature the market for battery electric vehicles (BEVs), both new and...
