by Grace Dawes | Nov 29, 2023 | Energy & Charging, Fleets, Interviews, MOVE America, Popular, Smart Cities, Smart Cities, Video, Videos |
Emily Yates Chief Innovation Officer at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) spoke to MOVEMNT at the MOVE America conference about women’s safety on public transportation.
Yates works specifically on the cross-overs between data, analytics, and policy at SEPTA and also oversees sustainability, therefore having a huge number of issues to be concerned with in public transport.
Yates mentions the significant concern over women’s safety on public transportation as she states that two-thirds of the people who use the SEPTA services are women. Therefore, women’s safety is a big focus for innovation. Yates discusses the development of live bus location and times via an app which the Authority hope will give more confidence to those using SEPTA’s services.
Watch the full interview to hear more on this plus an exclusive insight into what Yates discussed on her panel at the event, entitled “How to integrate new mobility services with minimal disruption”.
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by Grace Dawes | Nov 28, 2023 | Autos, EVs, Fleets, Interviews, Modes, MOVE America, Popular, Smart Cities, Smart Cities, Tech, Tech & Data, Video, Videos |
Sean Ackley Head of Charging & Energy at VinFast spoke with MOVEMNT at the MOVE America conference about how the electric charging system has the potential to become a seamless and integrated experience.
Ackley proposes that electric vehicle (EV) charging shouldn’t be complex or difficult to understand, and it shouldn’t feel hard to find either.
He discusses how VinFast are working to remove the complexities of charging across the mobility ecosystem, meeting the people who are capable of making this possible at MOVE.
To do this, the company are integrating all of these different partners into a single app and have successfully integrated over 112,000 charge points to make charging infrastructure easier to find.
Watch the full interview below to hear more…
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by Grace Dawes | Nov 23, 2023 | Autos, Events, EVs, EVs, Fleets, Interviews, Modes, MOVE America, Popular, Tech, Tech & Data, Video, Videos |
Ganesh Iyer the CEO of NIO USA spoke at the MOVE America conference about how NIO are innovating and transforming their company in order to challenge one of the biggest issues in the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) – range anxiety.
Iyer himself described NIO as a “pioneer in the smart EV industry” that was founded originally in 2014, boasting a design centre in Munich and in the Silicon Valley which Iyer leads himself as the company’s key innovation centre.
He also emphasised that “we are not a car company, we are a lifestyle brand” that holds user enterprise as its key interest. In this interview, Iyer also comments on his panel that he joined at the conference: “Circular batteries: how recycling programs are driving a sustainable battery ecosystem”. Iyer explains how the panel discussion turned to the obstacle of battery degradation and how this can be combatted.
He also mentioned NIO’s attempts at hurdling this obstacle via their power replenishment system, which allows users to charge, swap, or upgrade their depleted EV battery, giving a channelled focus on the innovation of the swapping system.
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by Grace Dawes | Nov 16, 2023 | Fleets, Interviews, Modes, MOVE America, Popular, Smart Cities, Smart Cities, Tech, Tech & Data, Video, Videos |
John Kuehn manager of transit partnerships at Uber discusses Uber’s mission for easier and more efficient transit across the US – even in transit deserts!
Kuehn discussed Uber’s endeavour to partner with cities and transit agencies to support and offer them additional services they might not have the powers to provide independently in transit.
He explains that Uber want to fill the gaps in the transit space where agencies might not be able to fulfil all of the rides they would like to.
Kuehn also mentions the return of Uber’s X Share service which would allow users to share rides with other users, which was banned during the pandemic.
Watch the full interview to hear more about Uber’s experience at MOVE America 2023 and what they had to say on their panel about “How equitable MaaS programs can become ladders of opportunity”.
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by Grace Dawes | Nov 15, 2023 | Autos, Business, Fleets, Infrastructure, Interviews, MOVE America, Popular, Smart Cities, Smart Cities, Tech, Tech & Data, Video, Videos |
Michele Mueller the senior project manager of connected and automated vehicles at Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) discusses how the state are employing innovative technology in their safety systems to ensure people get home safely every day.
Mueller also talks about how the department are working with new start-ups to help expand and develop Michigan’s transportation system as well as the opportunity to meet these exact types of start-ups at the MOVE America conference.
MDOT are developing their systems by looking at the challenges within the transport infrastructure and working with industry partners to find solutions to these challenges.
Mueller explains that the department’s goal to make their systems smarter, more efficient, and most importantly, to help people get home to their families as safely as possible.
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by Grace Dawes | Nov 14, 2023 | Autos, Business, Energy & Charging, Events, Fleets, Infrastructure, Interviews, MOVE America, Popular, Smart Cities, Smart Cities, Tech, Tech & Data, Video, Videos |
Jason JonMichael a senior strategist at the United States Department of Transport (USDOT) discussed how AI and automated systems are impacting the way Americans get around.
As a member of the Highly Automated Safety Systems Centre of Excellence (HASS COE) JonMichael explained how his team have a duty to help USDOT by reviewing, assessing, and validating the safety of autonomous systems and AI in transportation. JonMichael stressed that this applies not only in ground autonomy and advanced air mobility but also across national rail systems and ports.
HASS COE was established by congress to focus on automation systems and investigate their intermodal and multimodal implications, to help augment each USDOT Operating Administration’s own expertise and enable success in assessing, predicting, and verifying the safety of relevant emerging technology.
JonMichael also commented on the amount of funding that the Biden-Harris administration has recently provided to US transport systems and stated that it is “the shotgun start” US transport infrastructure needs.
Watch the full interview to hear more about how US transport is adopting and adapting to ever-developing technology and if we should be happy with this.
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by Grace Dawes | Nov 9, 2023 | Autos, Energy & Charging, EVs, Fleets, Modes, MOVE America, Popular, Smart Cities, Tech, Tech & Data, Video, Videos |
Brice Adamson President of Enterprise Fleet Management spoke recently at the MOVE America conference about how EFM enabled Domino’s Pizza to deploy 1,100 electric vehicles (EVs) as part of their delivery fleet.
With a mission to maximise fleet performance and mitigate financial risk with their predictive tools and technology, Enterprise’s analytics software offers real-time cost and performance insights that consider their client’s fleet mileage, insurance costs, driver downtime, vehicle depreciation and more.
Adamson stated that the company begin by learning their client’s objectives and goals and then use their software to help to advise on which fleet best suits them achieve those specific targets.
In a real-life example, Domino’s Pizza told the fleet management company that they wanted to reach zero-emissions in their pizza delivery fleet by 2050, after which Adamson explained that EFM recommended the fully-electric Chevrolet Bolt to put those 1,100 vehicles on the road in just one year.
Watch the full interview to learn more about where EFM are headed towards in helping fleet operations achieve their sustainability goals more efficiently and where they’ll be expanding their services to.
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