Robotaxi companies just keep growing and growing, expanding into more and more cities. One of the Chinese leaders, WeRide, is the latest to make a move. It is about to launch in tech-haven Singapore in collaboration with Grab. The robotaxi service is being named Ai.R (which stands for Autonomously Intelligent … [continued]
The final e-Palette commuter city bus. This will eventually be the production version (Photo from Toyota)
I saw Toyota’s clear direction for electric mobility first presented in 2017 (as early as the 2006 Tokyo Motors Show, it had presented the vision and the plans, but was spotty in directions). This has not moved out of focus since then. I then experienced it in 2019 at the … [continued]
Grab Autonomous bus in Singapore, prototyped with Grab employees, with a plan of deploying as public transportation. (Photo from Grab Singapore)
Southeast Asian superapp Grab is prototyping an autonomous electric shuttle bus pilot in Singapore, in collaboration with Autonomous A2Z (A2Z), a South Korean autonomous vehicle technology firm. The pilot aims to provide transport for Grab employees initially connecting the company’s One-North headquarters with the nearby One-North Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) … [continued]
Prime Time Shuttle, a major US shuttle service based out of Los Angeles, has agreed to purchase 550 electric vehicles from the startup Canoo. Prime Time Shuttle is based in LA, but it provides luxury vehicles for shuttle services in 34 states. “As a pioneer and leader in the luxury … [continued]
We give much attention to autonomous driving companies like Waymo, Cruise, Tesla, Argo AI, etc., yet often forget about little autonomous shuttle company Navya. It’s true — Navya is not tackling general AI or usable in nearly as many environments as the tech created by those other companies. Nonetheless, it … [continued]
As African countries join the electric vehicle revolution, fleet operators and mass transit services represent some of the low-hanging fruit. These are key segments that are ripe for electrification. A lot of operators in these industries have fixed routes that make it easy to select EVs to fit their specific … [continued]
Phoenix Motorcars’ ZEUS Zero Emission Shuttles was selected as an eligible vehicle by the Morongo Basin Transit Authority (“MBTA”) and California Association for Coordinated Transportation (“CALACT”) purchasing cooperative.
ACE Parking has just received 18 electric shuttle buses for the San Diego International Airport, and another 11 are due to arrive by the end of 2020. This is the largest electric shuttle order for an airport in US history according to Endera, the commercial electric vehicle company that is supplying the electric shuttles.
The Boring Company has reportedly been approved to build an airport loop for the Ontario International Airport.
Perhaps the more interesting thing about the story, though, is that Tesla is reportedly working with The Boring Company to produce 12-person electric vans for such routes.
I recently had a chat with Christoffer Holmsteen, founder of Greenelimo, an international booking company for zero-emissions limousine service that operates the only 100% zero emissions limousine fleet in Denmark. Below are his response to a few of my questions.
