Urban Mobility
More options for first/last mile connectivity. If 2017 was the year when the world realised Softbank may win the global ride-hailing wars, 2018 is when ride-hailing giants collectively opened a new frontier: bike-sharing. The signs were abundant in January. Didi Chuxing said it wants to launch its own bike-sharing platform after an integration with bike-sharing players ofo last year seemed
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As the latest Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s biggest consumer tech trade show, opened on Jan 9 in Las Vegas, Singapore made history with the first ever pavilion dedicated to showcasing its start-ups. Among the 15 Singaporean start-ups that electrified the crowd at CES was Neuron Mobility, a first/last-mile connectivity outfit that gives urbanites the option of either bicycles
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Using The Via Ride Hailing App, NAVYA AUTONOM CAB Riders Can Book And Control Their Travel Efficiently And Safely While Also Tailoring The Experience During Their Journey LAS VEGAS, Jan. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Globally renowned autonomous vehicle maker NAVYA and Via, the world’s leading developer of on-demand shared ride technology, today announced a new offering that will greatly enhance both
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– Hyundai joins Grab’s latest Series G financing round. – Investment to help Hyundai expand urban mobility service in Southeast Asia. – Hyundai, Grab to develop mobility service platform utilizing IONIQ model. – Grab is Southeast Asia’s largest mobility service provider. SEOUL, South Korea and SINGAPORE, Jan. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea’s largest automaker, and Grab, the leading
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Recognised as public transportation options by UITP A month ago, global public transportation marked a critical milestone in the ongoing digital revolution: e-hailing and other new mobility players were officially recognised as public transportation options by the International Association of Public Transport (UITP). The association, on Dec 4, said it is setting up a new subsection called Digital Platforms to welcome
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E-Hailing Drivers Can Now Protect Themselves and Their Passengers with E-Hail E-Zee Kuala Lumpur, 12 December 2017 – MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd (MSIG Malaysia) has launched E-Hail E-Zee, a new motor insurance add-on that is the first in Malaysia to provide e-hailing drivers with peace-of-mind in the event of an accident while they are providing e-hailing services. “Many drivers assume that their
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“One million cars off the road”: A new urban mobility offering to reduce traffic in major cities, starting in Hamburg in 2018 Berlin, 4. December 2017 – MOIA, the mobility startup from the Volkswagen Group, introduces its comprehensive ride pooling concept just one year after its inception. The MOIA concept provides new mobility options that will significantly reduce traffic in
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Mahindra and Uber Join Hands to Deploy Electric Vehicles in India Aims to build the next generation sustainable solutions in the shared mobility space To leverage traffic patterns and use-case data that helps in decision making on infrastructure requirements to realise India’s EV potential Initiative to be flagged off with hundreds of Mahindra’s electric vehicles in Hyderabad and New Delhi
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Transportation accounts for 4.6 percent of teen spending Ride-sharing providing more teens with the freedom that a car used to represent NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — American teens benefit from a lot of free transportation, including school buses, rides from their parents, riding their bike and walking. But getting around still manages to capture 4.6 percent of all teen
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Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, has signed a framework agreement with Uber, the ride-sharing company, to sell tens of thousands of autonomous driving compatible base vehicles between 2019 and 2021. The base vehicles are developed on Volvo Cars’ fully modular, in-house developed Scalable Product Architecture (SPA). SPA is one of the most advanced car architectures in the world and
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