Tag: Mobility

Lime, Jump, Bird pledge to remove their Miami scooters to avoid flying menaces

Hurricane Dorian’s expected landfall on Florida has Miami, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, and Tampa scrambling to remove bikes and scooters from their streets. If the devices aren’t removed from the streets, they could potentially be picked up by hurricane winds — transforming into threats to people and property. Miami has demanded that all of these mobility… Continue reading Lime, Jump, Bird pledge to remove their Miami scooters to avoid flying menaces

Uber and Lyft are putting $60 million toward keeping drivers independent contractors

In light of gig worker protection legislation Assembly Bill 5 making its way through California’s legislature, Uber and Lyft are amping up their efforts to do whatever they can to prevent it from happening. And in the event that the bill does pass, which would force Uber and Lyft to make their drivers W-2 employees,… Continue reading Uber and Lyft are putting $60 million toward keeping drivers independent contractors

Urbvan raises $9 million for its private shuttle service in Mexico

As cities in emerging markets grapple with increasingly traffic-clogged and dangerous streets, Urbvan, a startup providing private, high-end transportation shuttles in Mexico, has raised $9 million in a new round of financing. Co-founded by Joao Matos Albino and Renato Picard, Urbvan is taking the reins from startups like the now-defunct Chariot and tailoring the business… Continue reading Urbvan raises $9 million for its private shuttle service in Mexico

Waymo urges U.S. to ‘promptly’ remove barriers to self-driving cars

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc, on Thursday urged the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to “promptly” remove regulatory barriers for cars without steering wheels and brake pedals. FILE PHOTO: Three of the fleet of 600 Waymo Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid self-driving vehicles are parked and displayed during… Continue reading Waymo urges U.S. to ‘promptly’ remove barriers to self-driving cars

Sono Motors Shows Interior Design of the Sion

Munich, August 29, 2019 – The German mobility provider Sono Motors presented first images of the Sion interior today as part of an online campaign. The concept behind the vehicle that can autonomously charge itself using solar power and thereby generate additional range was developed as a way of rapidly establishing sharing services and electromobility… Continue reading Sono Motors Shows Interior Design of the Sion

Sono Motors Hits 10,000 Mark for Preorders of First Series Production SEV Sion

Munich, May 8, 2019 – The mobility provider Sono Motors today announced that 10,000 reservations have already been placed throughout Europe more than one year before the start of production. The number of people interested in purchasing the first series production solar electric vehicle (SEV) has doubled since last June. Around 87 percent of these… Continue reading Sono Motors Hits 10,000 Mark for Preorders of First Series Production SEV Sion

Sono Motors to Produce Sion in Sweden

Munich, April 17, 2019 – The first series production solar electric vehicle (SEV) developed by the German mobility provider Sono Motors is to be manufactured in Sweden. As Sono Motors officially announced today, the first generation of the Sion will be produced in Trollhättan by National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS). The plant located there was… Continue reading Sono Motors to Produce Sion in Sweden

Opel Corsa: everything you need to know about the new generation

NEW MODELS The sixth generation of the Opel Corsa, the little one from the Rüsselsheim house, is ready to be presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Absolute novelty, among the engines also 100% electric and can already be ordered in Italy by Mario Cianflone 29 August 2019 3 ‘of reading The sixth act of Opel… Continue reading Opel Corsa: everything you need to know about the new generation

In Toyota and Suzuki alliance, two families find common ground

TOKYO — The formation of the capital partnership between Toyota Motor and Suzuki Motor, which spans an empire that produces 16 million vehicles globally, stemmed from a conversation that occurred only three months ago. “I asked [Toyota] President Akio Toyoda for a capital alliance in May,” Suzuki Chairman Osamu Suzuki told Nikkei Wednesday. Toyota will… Continue reading In Toyota and Suzuki alliance, two families find common ground