Category: Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment
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On-Demand Trash Pick-Up with HARR-E
Imagine never again hauling heavy bins to the curb or waking to the rumble of garbage trucks at dawn. That’s the promise of HARR-E (Hail-able Autonomous Refuse Robot – Electric), an innovative electric robot unveiled at CES 2025 by Oshkosh Corporation’s Pratt Miller division. In a captivating interview with Autonomy Engineer Devin McCulley, the technology’s…
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Solving the Airport’s Last Mile Challenge
At CES 2025, we spoke with Rajeev Ramanth of Blueberry Technology, Ltd. about their innovative solution to a perennial challenge in air travel: unreliable and unpredictable mobility assistance. Their new product, BB Go, is a fully autonomous personal vehicle designed to transform the travel experience for mobility-challenged passengers. The Problem: A Costly, Transactional, and Stressful…
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The 2040 Vision Compared to Today’s Autonomous Vehicle Reality
Eleven years ago, Viodi envisioned a fictional story of a shared, electric, autonomous mobility set in the year 2040. Rides as a service, sustainability, safety, and, perhaps most importantly, affordability were centerpieces of that future. It touched upon the improved experience of mobility, as well as how the service itself and the associated technology implementation…
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Pebble – A Software Defined Travel Trailer – #ces2025
The Pebble Flow is an electric travel trailer designed to eliminate the common hassles associated with camping through advanced technology and a unique hardware platform. Stefan Solyom, Pebble’s CTO, emphasizes that the Pebble Flow is a “software-defined vehicle,” which enables features like remote control parking and automated leveling with the push of a button. Electrifed…
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A Travel Trailer for the Electric Age
“We think it’s kind of the perfect travel trailer for The Electric Age, states Ben Parker in the above interview. Parker, co-founder/CPO of Lightship RV, is referencing their debut product, the AE.1, Cosmos Edition Aero-Electric travel trailer. Designed from scratch, the AE.1 is unique because it has batteries and an electric drivetrain. This translates into…
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The Remote Tower Opportunity for Rural BSPs
[Note: The inspiration for this article was an online comment from USC economics Professor Matthew Kahn suggesting the Remote Airport Towers could be a work-from-home opportunity. He was commenting on a View from the Wing article suggesting the FAA is missing an opportunity to improve air traffic control and safety. His article is based on…