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Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams has announced that ride-hailing vehicles will be required to be zero-emission at tailpipe by 2030.
81 million GBP in joint government and industry funding has been awarded to 7 projects that aim to develop self-driving transport technology.
Micromobility operator, Beam is now integrating its Pedestrian Shield path detection technology within its e-scooter fleet in Auckland.
Voi has commenced a four-month trial operating a Biliti Electric tuk-tuk for battery swapping and e-scooter maintenance in Bristol.
Pyka has unveiled its electric Pelican Cargo aircraft, which is the first autonomous vehicle of its class.
Dott, Lime and TIER have been awarded a three-year contract to each launch a fleet of 2,000 e-scooters in Madrid, Spain.
The International Association of Public Transport has launched UPPER, a new EU-project to strengthen the role of public transport.
Micromobility operator, Beam has launched its fifth-generation e-scooter — the Saturn 5 — in Wellington, New Zealand.
Siemens and Skyway have announced a collaboration to develop electrical and digital infrastructure for vertiport operations.
The UK government is providing 30 million GBP in funding for seven projects that will help decarbonise the nation's highways.
Hitachi Rail has published a new report exploring attitudes to public transport and smart mobility in eight cities around the world.
OVO Energy and Kaluza are partnering with Volkswagen UK and smart charging company, Indra to launch a Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) trial.
bp pulse has launched Europe's first charging corridor for electric trucks along on the Rhine-Alpine corridor in Germany.
Liverpool City Council has selected Shell's subsidiary, ubitricity to install a network of 300 EV charging points into existing lampposts.
ZeroAvia has successfully tested its 19-seat Dornier 228 aircraft, powered partly with a full-size hydrogen-electric engine.
On 19 January 2023, Micromobility Industries hosted Micromobility World to explore how small vehicles will reshape our cities.
Aurora highlights the types of processes used to manage the safety risks of vehicle operations during development of its autonomous solutions.
The Padam Mobility – Setec consortium will continue to provide the Île-de-France Mobilités on-demand transport service for another 4 years.
Geotab Inc. & EV Café have announced Thomas Hardie Commercials as the beneficiary of their ‘The End of the ICEage’ promotion.
Yulu takes a look at four different ways the government can boost new EV mobility solutions in the 2023 budget.
The first DRT software of its kind; MiniDRT enables guests to book transport to travel between different locations within a hotel.
Padam Mobility and Île-de-France Mobiltés extend 'VGI-Flexi' DRT service to the municipality of Denkendorf.
Schunk offers 4 technical solutions to make e-mobility more attractive: Increased efficiency, reliability, user-friendliness & safety.
Padam Mobility discusses the challenges of agile project management in the world of public transportation.
WMoD is merging with the Coventry Ring-and-Ride service and consolidating both services under one DRT umbrella – managed by weDRT.
Pod Point introduces the OZEV Grant, a scheme to make EV charging more accessible for renters and people who own a flat.
SkedGo explores five of the most prominent trends driving the constantly evolving future of transport in the years to come.
InstaVolt is expanding its ultra-rapid EV charging hub in Banbury, Oxfordshire – doubling the number of chargers that currently exist onsite.
LeddarTech look to understand the testing requirements for new vehicles regarding ADAS under new car assessment programs (NCAP).
Kapsch TrafficCom will install a new tolling system on the highway between the Brazilian megacity Rio de Janeiro and Santos.
WiTricity and VTT will collaborate to install WiTricity’s wireless charging technology, supporting the EU-funded REFLECTIVE project.
WeDRT look at lessons to be learnt from transit approaches utilised in the fictional African nation of Wakanda.
At CES 2023, ZF unveiled its latest autonomous shuttle and announced a new partnership with Beep to deliver thousand of units to the US.
Germany's BMDV aims to establish Hamburg as a 'Metropolitan Mobility Model Region,' with up to 10,000 autonomous vehicles by 2030.
In a European first, the autonomous shuttles deployed as part of the Navetty project are operating in Yvelines without an operator onboard
New research from the University of Minnesota outlines how planning for autonomous vehicles (AV) could help make US cities more liveable and equitable.
Carrefour and Goggo Network are trialling the use of autonomous delivery vehicles in the Plateau de Saclay, France.
Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has approved the commercial use of Bosch and Mercedes-Benz's automated parking system.
Baidu has announced plans to establish the world's largest fully-autonomous ride-hailing service area by expanding its operations in China.
Colruyt Group's online shopping service, Collect&Go is now testing CLEVON 1, an unmanned vehicle built by Clevon, on public roads in Belgium.
WMG at the University of Warwick has presented technology allowing autonomous cars to merge onto motorways with improved levels of safety.
The French government has selected beti, Macif, Navya and SVMS to deliver an Automated Road Mobility project to improve rural transport.
Waymo is investing in understanding weather and its impact on autonomous driving, by having its vehicles act as 'mobile weather stations'.
Navya has signed a MoU with Red Sea Global to participate in THE RED SEA sustainable tourism development in Saudi Arabia.
Estonian manufacturer, Auve Tech has launched its latest autonomous shuttle, MiCa, which is equipped with seven lidar sensors and ten cameras
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The first software of its kind; MiniDRT enables guests to book transport to travel between different locations within a hotel.
Micro-Mobility for Europe (MMfE), has published a first-of-its-kind factsheet on incident data involving shared e-scooters in Europe.
From 5-8 January, CES 2023 took place in Las Vegas, debuting the latest micromobility vehicles from brands such as OKAI and Brightway.
Active Travel England is investing 32.9m GBP in establishing a network of experts to improve high streets for pedestrians and cyclists.
Voi is partnering with Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider, Swobbee to install battery swapping stations for e-scooter fleets in Europe.
A recent survey has revealed that the most commonly reported barriers to cycling in Melbourne relate to riding alongside motor vehicles.
Micromobility provider, Voi has announced that its cooperation with Swiss rail company, BLS AG has revealed positive results.
Micromobility operator, Bolt is implementing Drover AI's PathPilot solution to combat e-scooter riding on pedestrian pavements across Europe.
SFMTA has announced that construction is now underway on the first protected bike lane in San Francisco's Financial District.
Amazon has expanded its UK e-cargo bike fleet with the launch of three additional micromobility delivery hubs in Manchester and London.
Brightside has released a study entitled, 'How Long Do E-Scooters Last?' evaluating the lifespan of shared electric micromobility vehicles.
Dubai's RTA will construct new cycle lanes in Al Khawaneej and Mishref as part of its plan to increase Dubai's network to 819km by 2026.
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has invested 145,000 GBP in a new scheme that provides bike libraries for local communities.
AT CES Las Vegas 2023, ASKA debuted a full-scale, functional prototype of its ASKA A5 drive & fly eVTOL aircraft.
Stellantis and Archer Aviation have announced a partnership to manufacture Archer’s eVTOL aircraft, Midnight.
Hyundai Motor Group's subsidiary, Supernal has announced a collaboration with Microsoft to run advanced air mobility on Microsoft cloud.
Eve Air Mobility has signed a LOI with Volatus Infrastructure to supply a vertiport automation software to manage eVTOL vehicles.
VPorts has announced the creation of its first international electric 'advanced air mobility' (AAM) corridor between the US and Canada.
Archer Aviation has announced plans to construct the industry's first high-capacity eVTOL manufacturing facility in Covington, Georgia.
Hyundai has signed a MoU with the Nusantara Capital City Authority in Indonesia to establish an advanced air mobility ecosystem.
Archer Aviation and United Airlines's first eVTOL service will operate between Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and New York City.
NASA will be conducting a crash test of an urban air mobility passenger vehicle at the Landing and Impact Research Facility on 9 November.
AECOM and Ferrovial Vertiports recently hosted a vertiport design challenge in which teams were asked to create vertiport design concepts.
XPENG AEROHT has celebrated the first public electric vertical take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) flight of its 'flying car,' the XPENG X2.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released design guidelines on vertiport infrastructure for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM).
United Airlines has announced a 15 million USD investment in Eve alongside a conditional purchase agreement for up to 400 eVTOL aircraft.
A consortium of organisations aims to establish international electric Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) corridors between Quebec and the US.
For the first time in the EU, a remotely operated drone was used to transport human blood samples and tissues in an urban setting in Belgium.
Eve will conduct its first North American urban air mobility (UAM) simulation in Chicago using helicopters powered by Blade Air Mobility.
The City of London has announced that restrictions on Britain’s first 24/7 ‘zero-emission street' could be introduced permanently.
The Indian State of Maharashtra has partnered with Gogoro and Belrise Industries to establish a network of battery-swapping infrastructure.
The UK government and Ofgem have released a plan that would benefit drivers by making it cheaper for them to run their electric vehicles.
Lambeth Council plans to transform kerbside parking in the London borough into areas such as bus lanes and EV charging points.
The City of Paris and RiverCat France have announced that a river transport line using electric shuttles will open on the Seine in 2024.
Brightline and Uber have announced a new partnership to improve connections to rail transport in South Florida.
Leclanché SA has been selected to provide the battery technology for two hybrid vessels that will be operated by Brittany Ferries.
The Biden-Harris Administration has released the first US National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization.
HyNet partners, Progressive Energy Ltd, Cadent Gas Ltd and Vertex Hydrogen have become event partners with Foresight Hydrogen Live 2023.
The UK government has announced 7 million GBP in funding to decarbonise and improve freight transportation through emerging technologies.
Siemens Mobility, the University of York and British Solar Renewables have won funding to develop new ways of powering UK railways.
London: A new regulation has come into force meaning private-hire vehicles licensed for the first time must now be 'zero emission capable'.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) intends to purchase at least 66,000 battery-electric delivery vehicles between now and 2028.
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