Korean startup Plana Aero, founded by the guy that led Hyundai/Supernal's early eVTOL program, has begun work on a new long-range, hybrid-electric VTOL air taxi designed to carry up to seven people about 500 km at speeds up to 350 km/h.
A Canadian startup recently unveiled an airplane-train hybrid that they claim could fundamentally transform travel. The all-electric FluxJet will be able to soar at an emission speed of more than 621 miles per hour, or 999 kilometres per hour.
VW Group China, the East Asian subsidiary of German Volkswagen, recently unveiled the first electric vertical take-off and landing drone prototype, named V.MO. The flying car is planned to carry 4 passengers, which would avoid the morning rush hour.
The company has decided to accelerate software development and local research and development to bring the flying cars to commercial production in the next few years. At 11 metres in length, the aircraft can travel about 200 km on a single charge in the air.
Ten years ago, the Stockholm region set an ambitious target to run all land public transport on 100% fossil fuel-free fuel by 2025, but buses powered by ethanol and RME (rapeseed methyl ester) contain some percentage of fossil ingredients, therefore, the total number of buses will not be 100% fossil fuel free, as fossil components are needed to start the engine or enter the production process. However, buses that run on electricity, biogas or HVO (hydrogenated vegetable oil) will use 100% fossil fuel-free raw materials.
The municipality of Rotterdam and the Rotterdam Port Authority want to develop M4H (Merwe-Vierhavens, a 100 years old harbour area in the City of Rotterdam, a brownfield area with heavily polluted soil) into an innovative living-work environment, optimally equipped for innovative manufacturing industry and with a mix of working, residential, culture, catering, sports and education. An energetic district with an impact on both the city and the port.
In 2017, the municipality and the Port Authority formulated five objectives for M4H:
CityAirbus is an all-electric, four-seat, multicopter vehicle demonstrator that focuses on advancing remotely piloted electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) flight. The CityAirbus full-scale demonstrator conducted its first take-off in May 2019.
EHang, the world's leading autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company, announced today that it has selected Guangzhou as its first urban air mobility (UAM) pilot city globally for the establishment of a low-altitude aviation transportation network that shuttles passengers and goods in a safe, fast, environmentally friendly, cost-efficient and intelligent way.
V2X, or Vehicle to Everything communication, enables vehicles to communicate with each other and their environment. V2X is about knowing ahead without visibility. Unlike traditional sensors which try to replicate a sense we already have, such as vision, V2X adds a whole new dimension to human and machine perception. This sensor is capable of seeing around corners and beyond any obstruction in a radius of up to one mile.
Pécsike is one of the new innovations in Pécs, it opened its services for the public in June 19th of 2019.
The main goal of Pécsike is “that as many people as possible use the bikes as part of their daily life, thus reducing the air pollution, traffic jams and noise of the city. In addition, the main goal is to make this effective and environmentally-friendly alternative more popular among travellers in the city centre.”
GuraRide is a public bike-share (PBS) transport system company commited to the sustainability of Micro-Mobility in Africa. Tehir goal is the migration of transportation using innovating technology from fossil fuel-based to other renewable low carbon transport options. GuraRide brings the benefits of vibrants and unique technological changes taking over the transport industries across the world. They combine smart bikes, electric scooters and electric bikes sharing in a single app to enable our users choose their ride preference.