Urban Mobility
BYD Company is “talking the talk and walking the walk” at Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development being held in Quito, Ecuador, Oct. 17-20. BYD Senior Vice President Stella Li shared her insights during a panel discussion about sustainable urban mobility on Oct. 18. The world’s leading electric bus manufacturer is also providing a
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Self-driving vehicles will play a crucial role in improving transportation safety and accelerating the world’s transition to a sustainable future. Full autonomy will enable a Tesla to be substantially safer than a human driver, lower the financial cost of transportation for those who own a car and provide low-cost on-demand mobility for those who do not. As of today, all
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The Bloomberg reporter commented on Zetsche’s newfound Silicon Valley ‘tech-look’ — complete with jeans and sneakers. The “interesting” new comments mentioned above were made by Zetsche in an interview with Bloomberg. EV Annex provides more: Zetsch commented that, ‘We are seeing the digital world taking possession of the automotive world.’ Asked if Tesla is the key competitor in the luxury
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RAS AL KHAIMAH, UAE and CHENNAI, October 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Designed and Engineered in India, for India, by Indians – the 100% Electric Bus is a Zero-emission, Non-Polluting Vehicle, Created Specifically for Indian Road and Passenger Conditions Ashok Leyland, flagship of the Hinduja Group, today unveiled the country’s first Circuit electric bus designed and engineered entirely in India, by
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Autonomous robots are once again top priority for the Chinese e-commerce industry. Xiao Jun, head of JD’s X Lab, a business unit dedicated to adopting cutting edge technology in logistics and delivery, told China Daily that the company will soon launch a couple of new hybrid power-driven drones to further implement the company’s “smart logistics” strategy. “The existing 3-axis and 6 rotor drones that [are] being tested in Suqian, Jiangsu province, have helped the company to collect flying data so as to enhance the performance of theupcoming new devices.” “We’ve made certain progress for improving the drones in two perspectives – flying distance and maximum capabilities,” said Xiao. “We’ve been testing gas-powered drones and hybrid drones in some scenarios to replace the existing battery-driven devices as the latter heavily rely on battery lives and reserve obvious limitations due to the current performance of batteries.” He noted that the drone delivery service will specialize in rural areas of the nation where normal ground transportation is not as efficient. Shi Xianliang, vice president of China Society of Logistics and associate dean of the Schoolof Economics and Management of Beijing Jiaotong University, said by following the technologies gradually as they mature and costs reduce, internet companies such as JD and Alibaba have secured the ability to deploy to autonomous regions for commercial usage. However, he said that one of the core issues needing to be solved is the traffic regulations and laws that are associated with drones or autonomous vehicles. He believes that the technologies’ development and improvement will appear ahead of the rule-making progress. JD.com recently joined hands with the university to kick off a robot R&D challenge, aiming to encourage college students to participate in the company’s autonomous services development, including warehouse management, drones and self-driving automotive deliveries. The challenge will eventually be introduced to other universities in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Harbin, Xi’an and Wuhan. ChinaDaily.com
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After eBike, Investors Pile Money Into Sondors Electric Car. After an electrifying reception to its electric bike crowdfunding campaign last year, Sondors is now on track for another successful fund-raising drive for what it calls the “most attractive, affordable electric car ever”. It’s been three weeks since the company’s founder, Storm Sondors, rolled out a crowdfunding effort to make the Sondors Electric Car,
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LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today it has been selected to construct the $1 billion, 3-million square foot electric car manufacturing plant for Faraday Future (FF) in North Las Vegas, Nevada. AECOM’s industrial construction services practice is currently engaged in demolition, including mass grading for the relocation of phone towers, fence lines and
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ARNHEM, The Netherlands, October 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — How the Netherlands are using electric vehicles to store peak power production of sustainable resources? By turning itself into one huge Living Lab for Smart Charging of electric vehicles, the Netherlands are fast becoming the international frontrunner for smart charging EV‘s, using them to store peak power production of solar and wind. Already 325 municipalities (including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague) have joined the Dutch Living Lab Smart Charging representing 80
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TOKYO, Oct. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — COCOA MOTORS, Inc. (R) announced on October 13 that WALKCAR (R), the world’s smallest car, will be available for pre-order at Cocoa Motors Online Store (http://www.cocoamotors.com) from Friday, October 21, at 13:00 local time in Japan. WALKCAR is a 13-inch laptop-sized car that weighs only 2.8 kg, built with a carbon body. It reaches a top speed of 16km/h. One
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The investment in Yi Wei Xing may be a signal that the automaker is likely looking to bring its Maven car-sharing brand to China General Motors Corp’s investment in a Chinese car-sharing application developer demonstrates the auto maker’s keen interest in the world’s largest auto and car-sharing market, observers said. GM on Wednesday declined to reveal the size of its investment in Yi Wei Xing (Beijing) Technology Co Ltd, which developed Feezu, a car-rental and car-sharing app that merges hardware and software and enables users to rent vehicles by the minute, hour or day. “It is GM’s first investment in a startup in China related to urban mobility,” a company spokeswoman told Reuters. “This cooperation is very important to our company to explore the ride-sharing market in China.” “Only time will tell if this move is significant, but it shows that GM is paying close attention to the Chinese market,” said Eric Dennis of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in an email. The investment and strategic alliance will leverage Yi Wei Xing’s technical offering, and are in line with GM’s drive to explore new car-sharing models, gain insights into China’s rapidly changing car-sharing market and develop a deep understanding of Chinese consumers’ personal mobility needs. The
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