UK government grants £18.5 million to autonomous vehicle projects
£18.5 million is being made available to UK companies in government funding to strengthen the capabilities of the UK’s connected and automated mobility supply chain. Thirteen projects will improve the safety and security of self-driving vehicles, by filling specific technology gaps in the UK and...
Volkswagen is offering up to £4,500 to people affected by latest ULEZ expansion
Photo: Volkswagen Volkswagen has announced that they will be offering up to £4,500 to people affected by the recent expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) across London. The announcement comes as part of the Mayor of London’s £160 million scrappage scheme which provides...
Could Starlink’s role in Ukraine be putting Elon in danger?
Errol Musk, the father of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, recently shared his concerns that his son’s life could be at risk due to his influence over Ukraine war policy in the US government. Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, Elon Musk has supplied Starlink satellites to...
FlixBus celebrates 2 million passengers carried
Photo: Joel Tinner FlixBus, a UK travel tech company, is celebrating carrying its two millionth passenger in the UK. The lucky customer received free tickets to travel on FlixBus’s UK network, which covers more than 60 destinations, for the next 12 months, as well as...
Biden-Harris administration grants $8.8 million to accelerate highway innovation projects
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) have announced $8.8 million in grants for 10 projects in eight States and the District of Columbia to encourage the use of tools that can improve safety on bridges and in work zones. The grants...
How the AI-driven planning and scheduling optimisation is powering service fleets
Article written by IFS and originally published by Total Telecom If your company is considering adding electric vehicles (EVs) to service fleets, whether to save some green or be more green, you can now do so confidently with the help of disruptive technology. As large...
JUXTA to place autonomous retail stores at EV charging stations
Photo: JUXTA JUXTA is launching an autonomously operated JUXTA Nomad retail store at electric vehicle (EV) charging stations for drivers to past the time whilst charging their vehicles. The store aims to support customers in the rapidly expanding EV charging sector and can be fully...
Paris becomes the first European city to ban e-scooters after overwhelming vote
Paris will become the first European capital put a ban on rental e-scooters after 90% of voters favoured the motion. The ban applies to rental e-scooters from the three companies with licences to operate in Paris — Tier, Dott, and Lime. These micro-mobility companies, with...
TfL honours Windrush pioneers at Notting Hill Carnival with wrapped zero-emissions bus
Photo: Flickr Transport for London (TfL) celebrated the culture and contributions of the Windrush generation with a special bus wrap at Notting Hill Carnival this past weekend. The bus design was created by artist Baraka Carberry, themed to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the arrival...
Why insurance needs to move beyond indemnification and enable organisations to thrive
Photo: Oxa Written by Benjamin Hindson, Chief Commercial Officer of Digital Economy Practice at AON At MOVE 2023, Aon’s Global Chief Innovation Officer Jillian Slyfield challenged companies to demand more of their insurance partners. Today, we are speaking with Benjamin Hindson, Aon’s Chief Commercial Officer...
