Urban Mobility
An Official Licensed Product of Ford with Zero Emissions for the Bike Lane and Beyond LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — OjO Electric will debut the Ford OjO Commuter Scooter, an officially licensed product of Ford Motor Company, at CES® 2018. Four new features of the Ford OjO will be revealed at the Consumer Electronic Show where the OjO
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Ford OJO Commuter Scooter® For Urban Mobility Will Launch in January 2018 SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Ford OjO OjO Electric today announced an official global licensing agreement with Ford Motor Company to create an exclusive line of six Ford OjO Commuter Scooters®. These unique scooters will draw visual inspiration from classic and contemporary Ford vehicles while integrating OjO’s innovative design and
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Global logistics leader and innovator pursues electric and sustainable mobility in Germany. Deutsche Post subsidiary StreetScooter GmbH and Ford-Werke GmbH are entering a partnership to manufacture battery-electric delivery vehicles. Electric Ford Transit Van The partnership will involved working on a larger delivery vehicle using the chassis of the Ford Transit as the technical basis. It will be equipped with
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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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Feb 9, Motivate a full-service bicycle sharing service and platform provider that operates over 50% of the bicycle sharing fleet in North America, announced its merger with industry-leading bicycle sharing technological solutions provider 8D Technologies. The merger will enable Motivate to deliver best-in-class bicycle sharing systems and accelerate future innovation in urban mobility. Motivate manages and operates many of the largest bicycle sharing
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California Department of Motor Vehicles today released Disengagement Reports from Companies testing self driving cars on California’s public roads. These Reports indicate the self-driving technology is not ready to be deployed without human drivers behind a steering wheel who can take control when the self-driving technology fails, Consumer Watchdog said. “Despite the self-serving hype of the manufacturers, robot technology simply isn’t
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Ford Motor Co. made its latest plea for investors to view the auto maker more like a Silicon Valley company, promising lofty returns on future ventures while warning near-term profit will be pinched by deep investment. The car maker told investors that its new business services unit eventually will deliver 20% margins, two-and-a-half-times its core auto-making operation. It updated its
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Ford is teaming up with major global cities – starting with San Francisco – to solve congestion issues and help people move more easily, today and in the future. The company announced an agreement to acquire Chariot, a San Francisco-based crowd-sourced shuttle service, and collaborating with bike-sharing provider Motivate to expand its transportation solutions in city centers. Ford also is
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Ford Motor Company has announced plans to release an all new traditional named Electric Vehicle Model-E, which Ford states will be an affordable electric car that will be able to reach 200 miles per charge. The commercialization date for this vehicle is allegedly in Spring 2019. This Model E vehicle will be an all-out hybrid vehicle capable as either a
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Ford aims to do more than make and sell cars. The next 5 years plan to tap into the $5.4 trillion market for car-sharing services and ride-hailing services with Level 5 Autonomous Vehicles that are unrelated to conventional car ownership. Ford plans to make self-driving cars for commercial ride-sharing or on-demand taxi services by 2021, a target the automaker says it will reach
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