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AV Startup Zoox Unveils Robotaxi EV

Dec 17, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Mobility

After six years in business, Zoox – Amazon’s autonomous vehicle company – unveiled its first self-driving taxi. The firm on Monday took the wraps off of an electric “purpose-built robotaxi” that it developed for its future...

Bicycles and Buses: Future’s Dominant Modes of Urban Mobility

Oct 12, 2020 | Mobility

A significant new report supported by the World Economic Forum argues there must be a “transport transformation” if the planet is to benefit from the Paris Agreement’s decarbonization commitments. The Transport for Under Two Degrees project published...

Siemens Developing Hydrogen Systems for Trains

Oct 8, 2020 | Climate, Energy, Mobility

Siemens Energy and Siemens Mobility have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly to develop and offer hydrogen systems for trains. The project aims at jointly developing holistic hydrogen solutions for rail transport and offering them to customers to...

Mobility-as-a-Service: Lime to Integrate 3rd-party Providers

Oct 8, 2020 | Mobility

Electric mobility company Lime is launching a new mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) platform that allows third-party transport providers to offer their vehicles directly inside the Lime app. The launch comes amid a growing push to combine multiple forms of...

Robotic Exoskeleton Improves Lives of People with Limited Hand Mobility

Oct 8, 2020 | Featured, Mobility, Robots

The Engineering Design and Technological Development Group (DIDET), from the University of Alicante ArtefactosLAB, has once again taken a step forward in terms of social innovation with the design of a new handheld robotic exoskeleton. Named [flick], this robotic...

Europe Leads in Mobility Readiness

Sep 10, 2020 | Featured, Mobility, Smart Cities

Deloitte City Mobility Index (DCMI) 2020 looked into the quality of urban mobility in 36 cities across the globe. European cities have dominated, with Stockholm, Amsterdam, London and Barcelona leading the pack. Only two cities from North America – Vancouver (6) and...