Urban Mobility
Denso International America, Inc recently conducted a MDrive study, which found that electric car sharing could shape the future of mobility. The renowned automotive supplier focused on the effect of car sharing for people who live, work or frequent one particular location. The MDrive Study Denso teamed up with the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Detroit-based NextEnergy, to focus on the effect
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Automated vehicles or driverless cars — are poised to change the ways in which people and goods are moved. How can we leverage this technology to help create the kinds of cities we want to live and work in? The Minister of Transport, Transport Canada Marc Garneau, will join industry experts from Canada and abroad to share their insights on
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Earth week is here again. This year’s April 22, which marks Earth Day worldwide, is a bit more significant — it also marks one year since the Paris Climate Change Agreement opened for signature on the same date last year. Over 130 countries signed the agreement including Malaysia. The agreement, which takes effect in 2020, sets out a global action plan to arrest dangerous climate
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Just 2 weeks after the announcement of an electric bus production plant investment in France, BYD officially opened its first electric bus plant in Europe’s northern Hungarian town of Komarom marking its commitment to provide sustainable urban mobility solutions in the European Union. The New Plant The 66,000 square meter production complex is BYD’s first production facility in Europe. The
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Uber Technologies will resume its ride-hailing service in Taiwan on Thursday after coming to an agreement with the Taiwan’s transport regulators, according to Reuters. The Agreement Uber and the Taiwan transport authorities said that Uber would continue to operate as a technology platform company to develop the taxi and public transport system in Taiwan, and that Uber would partner with
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At a press conference hosted by the New York International Auto Show, Bridgestone Corporation, and Autoneum, the BMW i3 (94Ah) was declared the inaugural winner of the 2017 World Urban Car award, and the TOYOTA PRIUS PRIME was declared the 2017 World Green Car Award. World Urban Car Award 2017 marks the first year for the World Urban Car
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BestMile today announced an addition of $2 million early-stage seed funding from Partech Venture, Serena Capital and Airbus Venture to its capital to further pursue its vision for autonomous and shared mobility. The Seed Funders Airbus Venture, an early-stage and Series A investment arm of Airbus Group; established in 2015 is on a mission to invest in promising, disruptive
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Singapore shows the world how it is done with its world-class top-notch public transportation, has just raised the bar. Commuters in Singapore will soon experience self-driving electric buses that will provide a safer, efficient and sustainable public transportation. On Monday Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has signed a partnership agreement with ST Kinetics to develop and conduct trials on autonomous
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Malaysia’s National News Agency (Bernama) reports on the launch of “Sikal Elektrik Rakyat 1Malaysia” (SER1M) at University Malaysia Sabah (UMS) by the Energy, Green technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Maximus Ongkili SER1M Officially launched today, SER1M is part of the National Green Technology Master Plan and the Electric Mobility Blueprint (EMB) to address greenhouse gas emission reduction and the
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Governments around the Asia region are driving electric-mobility initiatives to reduce reliance on fossil fuel and air pollution. In Beijing, the government aims to gradually begin replacing the 67,000 petrol-powered taxis on the capital’s roads starting this year. Meantime, Singapore launched the biggest electric taxi fleet in South East Asia, with the nation’s only electric taxi operator quadrupling its fleet of
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