Urban Mobility
Comment by Frost & Sullivan’s Shwetha Surender, Industry Principal, Mobility Group LONDON, Sept. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Exciting times in the world of mobility, with TfL’s bold move last week. TfL’s decision to strip Uber of its license came as a surprise to the market. Their main contention was: the lack of safety norms; in particular, insufficient background checks that Uber employs with
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YOKOHAMA, Japan – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and the City of Yokohama are introducing a round-trip car sharing service today featuring the Nissan New Mobility Concept, an ultra-compact electric vehicle. The service, “Choimobi Yokohama,” enables users who register online to pick up and return cars in 14 locations around Yokohama Station. Cars can be reserved 30 minutes in advance and
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Leading urban mobility software platform boosts efficiencies of driverless, electric shuttle services on university and corporate campuses. BERLIN, March 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — RideCell,™ Inc., an innovator in car-sharing and ride-sharing services, and Auro Robotics, maker of driverless zero-emission shuttles, have announced today at City Car Summit in Berlin that they have partnered to deliver exceptional autonomous transportation solutions to universities and corporate campuses. By combining
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Los Angeles – Nov. 15, 2016…During a press conference at the Los Angeles Auto Show’s Automobility LA, ReachNow, BMW Group’s free-floating premium car sharing service, announced its latest city expansion into Brooklyn, NY and debuted four new mobility services: Ride, Reserve, Share, and Fleet Solutions for residential buildings. Mobility At Your Fingertips. ReachNow builds on its premium experience by offering members
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“It’s going to be life changing!” was among some of the exuberant phrases that I have heard recently to describe the upcoming changes to our automotive and mobility options, but what has left me wondering is whether it will impact everyone, or will it just be those who are closer to major city centres.
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Peugeot Citroen PSA Group has launched a new brand Free2Move to focus specifically on sustainable, smart, safe and shared mobility solutions The PSA Group has today launched its new Free2Move sub-brand designed to offer fresh mobility solutions for today’s ever-changing society. PSA Chairman of the Managing Board Carlos Tavares announced the launch of Free2Move on the eve of this year’s
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Nissan Future Lab’s latest project is a collaboration with Scoot Networks. The companies have deployed a fleet of 10 Nissan New Mobility Concept cars – also known as the Renault Twizy – to Scoot’s hometown, San Francisco. There, participants can use an app developed by Scoot to request a car. In many ways, it will be similar to a program
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Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) and Swinburne University of Technology’s collaborative research partnership will include a joint Transport Innovation Centre (TIC). The centre will be housed in Swinburne Melbourne; with a node at Swinburne Sarawak Campus which will start its implementation on Sept 1, said MAI chief executive officer Dato Madani Sahari. “We have RM2 million committed, minimum, to kick- start
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Business leaders across industries are increasingly recognizing that the computerization of cars will greatly influence the future of mobility. At the highest level, the emergence of cars-turned-computers will enable two critical trends likely to shape the mobility ecosystem in the coming years. The first trend is the rise of shared, rather than personally owned, vehicles. Fast-growing ride-sharing and car-sharing service
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