Urban Mobility
That is one of the questions raised during the recent Uber’s public Q&A session with Uber drivers. Uber has recently been caught in a tussle with Uber drivers due to low earnings in the U.S. Somebody from Uber thought that it will be great PR piece of work to hold a public question-and-answer session on Facebook this Thursday to address Uber drivers issues and grievances, according
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Tel Aviv Municipal launched its car-sharing initiative that will allow road users to access 260 shared vehicles within the city limits, in an effort to reduce traffic congestion, air pollution and car ownership. “Auto-Tel” the new car-sharing service which was unveiled in January 2017 will be operated by Israeli based Shamir Group’s startup CAR2GO (not to be confused with Daimler’s car-sharing
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A group of technologists equipped with a machine learning training program and an EEG headset turned brain activity into driving commands on a Tesla Model S 85D. The Tesla Model S rolled straight for a few feet from one empty spot in the parking garage to another, without a driver behind the wheel, though. The “driver” sat in the passenger’s seat, donning an EEG
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During a press event at Universal Studios in L.A., Elon Musk announces that Tesla will build and sell its own line of solar panels with integrated batteries. Coupled with the also unveiled PowerWall 2, it will allow residential homeowners to replace their entire roof with solar panels, making it much simpler for homes to be entirely powered by solar power.
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French rail-equipment manufacturer Alstom is proposing an alternative zero-emission technology for electric trains that use overhead wires or an electrified third rail for power: hydrogen fuel cells. Alstom unveiled its first hydrogen fuel-cell train at the InnoTrans railroad-industry trade show in Berlin last month. Called the Coradia iLint, it’s based on the existing design of one of Alstom’s diesel-powered trains.
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With personal mobility devices (PMDs) becoming more popular, a start-up company here is looking to launch a pilot programme offering short-term rentals of e-scooters. Called Telepod, the scheme functions like a bicycle-sharing system, where users can rent e-scooters from docking stations. The company has developed a prototype docking station that secures a folded-up e-scooter, which can be retrieved by scanning
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Since ride-sharing took the world by storm years ago, the issue of safety has been a critical point of debate. In essence, both driver and passenger are vulnerable to malicious intent from each other, but the risk is arguably skewed to being higher for the passenger side. Read Livemint Opinion – Gender Sustainable Transport Urban Planning This is especially true for
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The GroupRail web-app was launched by PaysToBeSocial Ltd, the aptly named London-based start up. PaysToBeSocial, led by Edward Byrne, with Sebastian de Groot van Embden and Alexander Schultz, began two years ago as a way to encourage face-to-face social networking and crowd buying. The GroupRail concept was initially a way to get people over 26, who are no longer eligible
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Atticus 4P is a safe, sustainable and automated solution for mobility, car sharing, and an active lifestyle. Paulo Camasmie, an engineer by trade, is said to have begun building his version of an electric vehicle in his garage following the injury of his sister in an auto accident, with the goal of integrating a variety of safety features, eventually including
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