Category: Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment
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Vehicle as a Service #CES2020
Canoo, a young start-up promises to revolutionize the way people use a car with a direct-to-consumer, subscription model for an all-electric, all-wheel drive, multipurpose vehicle. As revolutionary as their model is that they were able to go from concept to drivable prototype in less than a year, thanks to the computer-aided design, simulation, and test…
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Is This Mini-Mobility Solution Really a Packet Bus? #CES2020
A bus that dynamically changes size is one way to think about Kiwee’s two-person vehicles. These electric vehicles are designed to be coupled to improve throughput in denser areas and then go there own way to the less dense areas where there typically wouldn’t be bus coverage. From a rider perspective, the experience is similar…
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Going Where Long Haul Trucking Can’t
With as many as 8 of 10 communities inaccessible by road, aviation is a critical part of Alaska’s infrastructure that ensures the delivery of fresh food, mail, and cargo to the entire population, according to a 2017 report (PDF) from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Seizing on this opportunity, Ed De Reyes, CEO of…
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Preparing Communities for Takeoff
“We are focused on helping state and local decision-makers with figuring out urban mobility, understanding what e-VTOL aircraft are, what their opportunities and challenges are, and how to integrate this new technology into their communities and into their existing transportation landscapes in the most productive, most positive, most responsible way possible,” said Anna Mracek Dietrich,…
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The Air MaaS Solution #CES2020
Bell continues demonstrating progress in its journey to create a new mode of affordable, inter-city travel with its introduction of the Bell Nexus 4EX and Bel AerOS. The Bell Nexus 4EX features 4 ducted fans, electric power (although it can be configured for hybrid-electric configuration for longer range), and five seats. In the above interview,…
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Technology – A Key Driver on the Road to No More Victims
On the eve of 2020, with the proliferation and ease of ridesharing, it is beyond sad that the number one cause of death on U.S. roadways is still drunk driving. MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) estimates that someone is injured every two-minutes and someone is killed every 51-minutes in a drunk driving crash. And it’s…