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Should Electric Share Cars Be Exempt from Congestion Fees? Gothenburg Says No.

8 October 2021

Danish company GreenMobility has stated that efforts to convince local politicians in Gothenburg to exempt share cars from the city congestion tax has been unsuccessful.

Tier Launches Battery Swapping in Sweden, Partners with Convenience Stores

1 October 2021

As of Wednesday, users of Tier’s electric scooters in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Uppsala can change the batteries on their vehicles at 7-Eleven and Pressbyrån in exchange for discounted rides.

Dubai’s Self-Driving Transport Challenge Will Soon Have a Champion

1 October 2021

Continuing the mission laid out earlier this year in partnership with the World Economic Forum to achieve 25% autonomy of all transport in Dubai by 2030, the Self-Driving Transport Challenge has just held its final rounds of test.

Hype(r) Cars? The Self-Driving Pitch Re-examined

1 October 2021

Widespread deployment of automated driving systems by 2020 was a common forecast of major companies such as Waymo, General Motors, Ford, and Aurora. It’s now 2021, but what was focasted still seem some way beyond the horizon.

Aurora and Volvo Reveal Depth of AI Truck Partnership

24 September 2021

Aurora co-founder Sterling Anderson and Volvo Autonomous Solutions president Nils Jaeger were interviewed on a recent podcast about their recently signed long-term partnership on self-driving trucks.

Keeping E-Scooters in Their Lane Using ADAS Tech

24 September 2021

Keeping e-scooters off sidewalks is not so easy. Operators are now going as far as implementing features using tech borrowed from advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) used in the car industry.

The Villages Where Taxis Are More Cost Effective than Buses

24 September 2021

In South Korea’s aging and depopulated villages, one municipality introduced a subsidised taxi concept that is now replacing buses and changing the idea of public transport in rural areas.

IAA München 2021: An Insider's Perspective

16 September 2021

This year’s IAA Mobility focused on sustainability and the future of transportation, a focus that was reinforced by the distinctive trends that emerged.

Remotely Operated ‘Tortoise’ Delivery Bots to be Scaled Up

16 September 2021

After a one-year trial of the delivery bots, a last-mile logistics provider in the US will be deploying more than 100 robots across the country – dispatching them from trucks, acting as mobile delivery hubs in a hive model.

EasyMile Rolls Out Its Largest AV Shuttle Deployment To Date

16 September 2021

Following a trial of its EZ10 autonomous shuttles at Denver International Airport, French company EasyMile is scaling up deployment of its vehicles in the US – starting with Colorado.