Urban Mobility
Enabling New Autonomous Mobility in More Than 26 Percent of New Car Sales, IHS Markit Says January 02, 2018 08:00 AM Eastern Standard Time SOUTHFIELD, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–More than 33 million autonomous vehicles will be sold globally in 2040, a substantial increase from the 51,000 units forecast for the first year of significant volume in 2021, according to the latest autonomous
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KUALA LUMPUR, 29 December — In another landmark achievement in Malaysia’s urban rail, Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd – a subsidiary of Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana) – has rolled out its first newly ‘married’ four-car train set, which was assembled from its previous two-car sets under the company’s Mid-Life Refurbishment (MLR) Project. After completing 2,000 kilometres of testing and commissioning for
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Scoot Networks, Inc., the leading provider of shared, light electric vehicle (LEV) services, today announced it is adding a full fleet of electric bicycles to its service in San Francisco. Scoot’s new e-bikes will be accessed through the same app that riders currently use to access and ride Scoot’s shared electric scooters. Scoot
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Car-sharing service SOCAR is joining the Malaysian vehicle-sharing landscape in what is its first country expansion outside of South Korea. SOCAR Malaysia is a sister company to SOCAR Korea, which is South Korea’s top car-sharing platform with nearly 10,000 cars and over three million registered users. The push into Malaysia is aimed to be its stepping stone to the rest
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in North America, the largest one-way car-sharing service launched in 2009 with initial pilot in Austin, Texas AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — car2go, the largest, fastest-growing one-way carsharing service in the world, announced today that its North American member base has eclipsed one million users. The milestone comes nine years after 200 car2go vehicles were first introduced in
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Significant Implications for Transportation Companies Operating Driverless and Human-Driven Fleets Berlin, Lausanne & San Francisco, December 12, 2017 – IVU Traffic Technologies, the leading software company for public transportation and logistics solutions, and BestMile, providing the first platform for the operation and optimization of autonomous fleets and new mobility services, have partnered to provide mobility solutions fully integrating autonomous vehicles
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CHANGZHOU, China, Nov. 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — China’s Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges simultaneously announced that China Railway Hi-Tech Industry Corporation Limited and Changzhou Tiansheng New Materials plan to set up a joint venture, China Railway New Rail Transit Vehicle Co., and locate the JV’s main production facility in Changzhou Natioanal Hi-tech District, Jiangsu province. China Railway Hi-Tech Industry is
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Panasonic, EasyMile, RTD, City and County of Denver, and CDOT team up in live demonstration of connected vehicle technologies and autonomous shuttle transportation in conjunction with EasyMile’s new North American headquarters in Panasonic’s Denver facility NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Panasonic, a global leader in smart cities and smart automotive technology solutions, welcomed Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to its
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A New Visual Language, Redefining Form Follows Function For EVs LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — REDS is a project developed by Chris Bangle and his team for CHTC (China Hi-Tech Group Corporation). It is not a concept car, a research program or a design exercise for an indefinite future: instead it is the first phase of a program with
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Fully Autonomous Vehicle Developer Provides Equitable Mobility for Residents in Massachusetts Community BOSTON, Nov. 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Optimus Ride, a MIT spinoff company developing self-driving vehicle technology, announced a first of its kind partnership with renowned real estate developer LStar Ventures, to provide Union Point‘s residents with access to self-driving vehicles. This agreement represents the world’s first revenue generating
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