Mobility & Transportation - Issue #27

The initiative will channel 1 billion reais to the development of areas including urban mobility and renewable energy.

Bird, the electric scooter-sharing startup worth $2 billion, is further differentiating itself from the rest of the pack with the launch of custom, rugged electric scooters. These will roll out in the “coming weeks,” post-beta testing in Los Angeles, Nashville, Atlanta, Baltimore, Austin and Salt Lake City.

Denmark announced on last week that it will ban the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines by 2030 and hopes to have 1 million electric and hybrid cars on the roads by then.

Tomorrow’s transport system is data-driven, just like tomorrow’s smart city - so it is imperative networks learn to work together.

Safa Alkateb, CEO at Autocab, discusses how connecting modes of transport will ensure a seamless network, but lessons must be learnt from the taxi industry.

Electric cars hit a new global sales record in 2017 — 1 million cars sold, with more than half of that in China — but there may be a hitch to mass adoption: the number of adequate charging stations available. Before consumers take the plunge on a new electric car, they need to know that they can charge it.

Industry players cannot get by with mere tweaks to how they run the business

Recent study by General Motors used in-car Wi-Fi to gather radio listening data and driving habits info