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Solar-powered micro EV set for Istanbul showcase
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (516+ words) An ultra-compact battery electric vehicle with a solar panel roof is set to be unveiled in Istanbul next month. Launched in 2024, the Zev-Up project brings together 18 international partners to develop a modular, ultra-compact battery electric vehicle platform with three configurations:…...
Neolix targets 50 Chinese cities as robovan deliveries top 1.5 million
3+ day, 13+ min ago (299+ words) Beijing-based autonomous delivery vehicle maker Neolix has reported more than 1.5 million on-demand orders completed under its Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) model." The company's RaaS service mileage now exceeds 40 million kilometres as it prepares a significant expansion across China and into new international…...
Cycling industry pushes for a seat at the table as UN transport decade begins
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (340+ words) The global cycling industry gathers in Taipei this week to map out how it can convert a new United Nations mandate into lasting policy and financial gains, as the UN Decade of Sustainable Transport officially gets under way. Officially launched…...
Veo’s 2025 Rider Report: Building the accessible city with micromobility
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1365+ words) Micromobility is changing our cities in real time. Look closely at almost any urban street and the signs are there. Rows of shared bikes outside a train station, bike lanes filled with cycling commuters, cargo bikes waiting outside caf's as…...
Vapaus brings employee bike benefits to New Zealand
2+ week, 4+ day ago (351+ words) Finnish bike benefit company Vapaus is expanding beyond Europe for the first time with the launch of a new subsidiary in New Zealand. "Northride" partners with employers to offer workplace bike benefit schemes for employees across New Zealand. The company…...
UK invests £150 million to support self-driving transport tech
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (368+ words) The UK Government has committed an additional "150 million to its Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) Pathfinder programme, signalling a renewed push to bring self-driving vehicles into commercial use by the end of the decade. Running through to 2030, the Pathfinder programme…...
Do 5G gaps threaten Britain’s autonomous vehicle rollout?
2+ week, 3+ day ago (429+ words) Britain's push to deploy autonomous vehicles beyond major cities faces a critical infrastructure challenge: patchy 5G coverage in rural areas could undermine the transport services the technology is intended to support. The issue came into focus at Zenzic's CAM Innovators' Day…...
What will riding a bike look like in five years?
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1087+ words) Author: Ren" Wiertz, Founding Partner at micromobility VC firm Fundracer The mobility ecosystem is going through changes we have not seen since the birth of the Ford Model T." That may sound dramatic. It's meant to. For more than a century,…...
London e-scooter trips surge as TfL opens Phase 3 tender
3+ week, 5+ day ago (553+ words) Transport for London has published new data showing a 54% rise in rental e-scooter trips over the past year as it launches a new tender for the next phase of the capital's trial. The figures, covering September 2024 to September 2025, show total…...
Exclusive: PowerShelter brings e-bike charging lockers to North America
3+ week, 6+ day ago (505+ words) Amsterdam-based PowerShelter is bringing its e-bike battery charging stations to North America with the launch of its global Partner Programme. PowerShelter builds fire-safe, theft-proof "Shelters" that let commercial and recreational riders charge e-bike batteries outside homes and workplaces. Last summer,…...