Tag: Electric Bus
A Concrete Plan for Wireless Charging #IDTechEx
The concept of wireless charging sounds great until literally, the rubber hits the road. It is one thing to make the technology work in a lab but creating a wireless charging system that easily integrates into an existing street and withstands the stress and pounding of heavy vehicle traffic is an entirely different challenge. Magment’s…
Viodi View – 11/18/17
Inspired by the inaugural TelcoTV, the Viodi View was launched 15 years ago this month. Much has changed since then, although, in many ways, rudimentary services, such as MovieLink, were a precursor to the ongoing shift to the Internet for almost everything. The focus on meeting and being responsive to the needs of the customer…
An Electrifying People Mover – Part 2
“Find a repetitive job and then automate it,” is Ryan Popple’s pragmatic view of the integration of automation into the mobility space. In the above video, Popple, president, and CEO of electric bus manufacturer, Proterra, Inc., explains that one example of this sort of incremental automation is the mechanism they developed to precisely align their…
Viodi View – 08/14/17
Much of the value of a conference lies beyond the sessions and this was clear at last month’s Independent Show in Indianapolis. Sure, the sessions provided great information on topics ranging from technology to new services to the regulatory environment, but, just as importantly, they sparked conversations between the attendees about how they could better…
Collaboratively Enabling Mobility
“How do you create a society that enables mobility and not just car ownership…and that facilitates the flow of people and goods,” asks Matt Peak, Managing Partner, Peak Strategy Partners, LLC. Peak suggests that a collaborative process involving the community is essential to improving mobility; both physical and economic. Speaking at the Driverless Cities’ Conference, Peak references…
