Insight into all things transportation and mobility, covering driverless vehicles, trends in public transportation, the rise of cycling, ride- and car-share, smart city developments, ITS, and more.
After a longer hiatus (sorry about that…) a new edition of the Mobility & Transportation Startup Digest.
Have fun and as always: please let us know if you find (or wrote) interesting articles about news and developments in the mobility domain. We are always happy to hear feedback.
UVC Partners News analysis of the current trends in the mobility industry, map the European mobility startup ecosystem and outline why it’s an exciting time to be investing in the space.
The Minivan Taxi started its journey in 1962 at VNIITE (All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Industrial Design), when a talented team of engineers and designers developed an extraordinary car…
The University of Michigan, well known for its efforts in self-driving car tech, has been working on an improved algorithm for predicting the movements of pedestrians that takes into account not just what they’re doing, but how they’re doing it. This body language could be critical to predicting what a person does next.
Harley Davidson, will team up with IBM and Panasonic to create the cloud-based H-D Connect service, available on the all-new LiveWire electric Motorcycle.
At Cruise Automation, hundreds of software and test engineers interact with data collected on the road and in simulation by our autonomous vehicles. The AV Tools team builds applications to…
BMW and Daimler, two of the biggest German automakers, are partnering and investing $1 billion into an effort to create all-electric on-demand autonomous mobility:
However, the truth is quite a bit more complicated. Autonomous vehicles will still require places to park. Moreover, non-autonomous vehicles aren’t going to disappear overnight. These truths together…
Austin, Texas, may be at the forefront of cities grappling with the growing influx of scooters as a mode of transportation. Scooters were everywhere during the city’s SXSW showcase this month, and the city has begun issuing permits to regulate their use.
Tesla will only sell its vehicles online, the company said. The company will shutter many of its brick-and-mortar stores, and fire its dealers. The move came amid the announcement that the electric carmaker will finally begin to sell it’s long-promised $35,000 Model 3.
Alyssa Haerle- Director of Transit Development, Circuit Transit - Alyssa is a zero emissions mobility professional based in Los Angeles, CA. At Circuit, she works with public and private transit customers to design complimentary, eco-friendly transit solutions in the first/last mile space. alyssa.haerle@startupdigestmail.com
Did you enjoy this issue?
Did you see something you think we should include in our newsletter?
Our mailing address is:
Techstars
1050 Walnut St #202
Boulder, CO 80302
If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe here.
If you don’t want these updates anymore, please unsubscribe here.
Manage all your newsletter subscriptions here.
This newsletter is carefully curated with Revue
