Mobility & Transportation - Issue #40

Toyota has officially launched Kinto, a company first revealed late last year that will manage a car subscription program and other mobility services in Japan, including the sale and purchase of used vehicles as well as automotive repair and inspection. Unlike other subscription programs, Kinto has gamified the service. 

A new AAA study confirms the obvious and puts numbers to it: when the thermometer drops to 20 degrees, EV battery range falls by an average of 41 percent on the five models it tested.

If Volkswagen realizes its ambition of becoming the global leader in electric cars, it will be thanks to a radical and risky bet born out of the biggest calamity in its history.

Ike, the autonomous trucking startup founded by veterans of Apple, Google and Uber Advanced Technologies Group’s self-driving truck program, has raised $52 million in a Series A funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures.

Airbnb has announced the hiring of founding Virgin America CEO Fred Reid to be its first-ever Global Head of Transportation as the hospitality company eyes a new transportation venture.

Connected traffic signals linked to the platforms and networks underlying a smart city can act as intelligent conductors of urban life.