Tag Archives: on-demand mobility

VW Startup MOIA Presents World’s First Electric Ride-sharing Shuttle Van

VW Startup MOIA Presents World First Electric Ride hailing sharing Six Seater Car Van shuttle sustainable urban mobility

“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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Migo is a New Search Engine for On-Demand Rides

Ride-sharing, Car-sharing, Taxi and Specialty Transport all discoverable in one free app Migo, the search engine for on-demand rides, has launched its free new service in Seattle and Portland today after a three month beta test period with over 200 Seattle and Portland-based users. Migo is the first app available in the U.S. that allows users to search, compare and hail multiple types of personal

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Lilium Celebrates Successful Test Flight of World’s First Electric VTOL Jet

Lilium Celebrates Successful Test Flight of World First Electric VTOL Jet on-demand ride-sharing ride-hailing air taxi

Unveils 5 seater model for use as on-demand air taxi. Lilium Jet, the first zero-emission electric plane capable of Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL), has completed a series of rigorous flight tests in the skies above Germany. The two-seater prototype executed a range of complex manoeuvres, including its signature mid-air transition from hover mode to wing-borne forward flight. Lilium is

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Ride-Sharing Lyft Announces In-Car Connected Device and New Brand Campaign

Drivers and passengers love Lyft’s friendly service with 97% of riders who have used Lyft are likely to recommend Lyft services to someone else,”Ride on the Bright Side’ brand campaign showcases Lyft’s momentum, highlighting why customers consistently choose Lyft. PRNewswire/ — Yesterday, Lyft unveiled Amp, the rideshare industry’s first in-car connected device. Designed to make passengers’ and drivers’ in-car experience smarter, safer and more fun, Amp is

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ReachNow, BMW Group’s Car Sharing Service Launches Pilot Programs for New Mobility Services.

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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All Tesla Cars Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware

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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Volkswagen eyes SMA Solar storage systems in cooperation talks

On Friday, Reuters reported Volkswagen is in early talks with German solar power equipment maker SMA Solar about working together, the companies said, as the automaker pushes ambitious electric car plans to overcome its diesel emissions scandal. SMA Solar, which makes inverters designed for home storage systems, declined to comment on the specifics of the talks. The company is already cooperating with

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