Category: Electric Vehicles
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Tires Built for MaaS & More #CES2020
Jon Kimpel, Executive Director, New Mobility Solution Engineering of Bridgestone, explains how they are designing tires for a world where vehicles last a million miles. The tires of the future won’t use air, will use much less rubber, and will be recyclable. This promises to create a much more sustainable and environmentally-friendly way for the…
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First Packages, Then People – Potential Implications of the Amazon-Zoox Deal
Will package delivery via autonomous vehicles provide a path for those people who can least afford mobility, the so-called mobility disadvantaged? Specifically, does Amazon’s purchase of Zoox hint at a world where the world’s largest online seller becomes the low-cost people mover? And, if so, what are the implications for public spaces, the built environment,…
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A Flying Vehicle for First Responders and More
Could the George Jetson future of personal flying start with first responders, cargo delivery, and security applications? Although Stephen Tibbits, CEO & co-founder of ZEVA, envisions a day when his flying wings will provide mobility for the masses, the ZERO’s vertical take-off and landing capability, 50-mile range, and 160 mph cruising speed could be a…
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Go Fly with Those Magnificent People in Their Flying Machines
One could not help but think of the 1960s movie, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, after seeing the latest generation of personal flying vehicle prototypes at the GoFly Prize Fly Off at Silicon Valley’s Moffett Field. It is one thing to watch someone flying a personal, prototype vehicle in an online video, but…
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A Top 100 Airport Equivalent on 3-Acres – Vertiport of the Future
With a throughput of 4.8 million passengers, the vertiport modeled by Darrell Swanson, a consultant for Swanson Aviation, Ltd., would serve as many people on only a three-acre footprint as a traditional airport covering hundreds of acres. Of course, this isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison as, although both serve as an interface between terrestrial and sky-based…
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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…