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The Volkswagen Group has announced the closure of the Europcar transaction. Volkswagen’s aim is to accelerate Europcar Mobility Group’s transformation to become the leader in sustainable mobility through technology and data. The company will continue its existing partnerships while, at ...

Aurus Merlon, A Russian Motocycle Is In Tests

Any blockade and sanction are not only a limitation but an opportunity as well. A couple of years ago, when the US gov put Huawei and many Chinese tech companies on the black list, we were claimed that this will ...

Volvo Group Invests in Optibus, a Software Company for Sustainable bus Operations

Volvo Group Venture Capital AB has announced an investment in Optibus Ltd, an Israeli company that develops and provides optimisation software for public transportation planning and management. The investment highlights the companies’ shared commitment to sustainable bus fleets and more ...

EVs Break Records at Goodwood, But Where's the Love?

Electric vehicles like the Lucid Air have dominated the hillclimb at the Festival of Speed. But an uphill battle against tradition persists.

Kia America announces 2023 Soul pricing

2023 Kia Soul starts at $19,790 (excludes destination) Notable design enhancements to front and rear fascias set 2023 Soul apart Simplified lineup includes well-equipped LX, S, EX, GT-Line variants Arrives at Kia retailers later this summer Kia has announced ...

Making Mobility for Everyone — Instant System @ MOVE 2022

Instant System’s International Sales Director, Aurelien Cottet explains how the company works between governments, companies, and citizens to offer a complete mobility experience within a single app. This gives citizens smoother travel whilst ensuring companies get paid fairly and ...

“Building the Platform for the Mobility Economy” — Otonomo @ MOVE 2022

Otonomo’s Chief Marketing Officer, Fred Kohout, tells Auto Futures how the fast-growing company is helping to enable the future of mobility using its data platform. Otonomo debuted its Smart Mobility Data Platform at MOVE 2022 which it believes will ...

“We’ve Only Scratched the Surface of Smart Charging” — Rightcharge @ MOVE 2022

Rightcharge CEO Charlie Cook tells Auto Futures that there is an “exciting” future for electric car charging in the UK. The company, which helps drivers find the right home EV charging option, is looking forward to a future with ...

BasiGo: Electrifying Public Transit in Kenya

BasiGo’s Pilot Programme Government Support African Expansion The e-mobility revolution has hit African shores and the newest company making waves in this space is Kenya’s BasiGo. Speaking to Auto Futures, the company’s co-founder and CEO, Jit Bhattacharya, said: “Our ...

Planning, Paying, and Riding Within One App — Moovit @ MOVE 2022

Luke Redfern, Moovit’s Partnerships Manager, tells Auto Futures how the company is helping people in more than 3,000 cities across more than 100 countries to get around. In fact, the company debuted a new service at MOVE this year ...

Kia Forte ranks number one in its segment in J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Initial Quality Study for fourth consecutive year

Five Kia Vehicles Take Second Place in Their Respective Segments A wide cross-section of Kia America’s world-class SUVs and sedans received high marks in the J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS), with the Forte topping the Compact ...

Tevva Launches its Hydrogen-Electric Truck

Tevva has launched its long-awaited hydrogen-electric truck at the Road Transport Expo in Warwickshire. The truck is a significant moment for the Tilbury-based scale-up and the new vehicle is the first hydrogen fuel cell-supported HGV to be manufactured, designed and ...

Hyundai Motor Group and Rhode Island School of Design Reveal 2022 Collaboration Project ‘Sustainable Futures’

Research project examines the relationship between nature, art and design, exploring how we can create socially and environmentally just societies Faculty and students explored four distinct areas — optics and glass, digital ceramics, robotics and technological landscapes — around ...

A “Last-Mile Logistics Hero” — Musoshi @ MOVE 2022

Istanbul-based company Musoshi is creating three-wheeled electric vehicles designed for short-distance trips and last-mile deliveries. The company’s Pop-Up Mini Series has a tight turning circle and can be driven with only a scooter licence, making it perfect for Europe’s ...

Becoming a Carbon-Negative Micromobility Company — Human Forest @ MOVE 2022

Human Forest is a carbon-negative e-bike and e-moped sharing company based in London. Will Jansen, the company’s Head of Operations tells us how the company developed its unique approach to micromobility, focusing on being carbon-negative, sustainable, and improving local ...

Hyundai Reveals Swoopy and Streamlined IONIQ 6 Design

Hyundai has revealed the very swoopy and streamlined design of its upcoming IONIQ 6 saloon. The car is designed to be as aerodynamic as possible, with a very impressive drag coefficient of just 0.21, and uses a bunch of sustainable ...

“MoEVing” India Towards Electrification

Data-First Driving Lack of Charging Infrastructure While the passenger car segment is perhaps the most visible, it is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to electrification. Verticals such as logistics, construction, and defence all have a ...

Working with Communities for Safer, More Sustainable Travel — Superpedestrian @ MOVE 2022

Superpedestrian is on a mission to make micromobility better in cities across the UK and around the world. In fact, according to Haya Verwoord Douidri, the company’s EVP Global Market Development, Policy and Strategy, it is precisely because Superpedestrian ...

More Than Just a Sat Nav — Waze @ MOVE 2022

While Waze started as a community project, the crowd-based sat nav app has evolved into something quite different. In fact, the app is now growing by around 25% year on year and has four million monthly active users in ...

Safer Roadways for Everyone — Sibros @ MOVE 2022

As Vice President of Customer Engagement at Sibros, Steve Schwinke tells us how the company provides connected software for huge automotive OEMs and why the future of the getting around is connected, autonomous, shared, and electric. Speaking at the ...

Lotus Commits to Only Making New Electric Cars from 2023 with New ESG Charter

Lotus has launched its new Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Charter which promises, amongst other things, that all new mainstream vehicles will be electric from next year. The Norfolk-based automaker also said that it will become certified as a ...

Volta Trucks completes first customer evaluation of the full-electric Volta Zero

Volta Trucks, the leading and disruptive full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider, has completed its first customer driving evaluation and feedback sessions of the Volta Zero Design Verification prototype. The review gave customers their first experience of the ...

Volkswagen Reveals ID. AERO Design

Volkswagen has revealed the design of its upcoming ID. AERO — the marque’s first all-electric saloon. Unveiled in China, where the car will go on sale in the second half of next year, the ID. AERO will be positioned in ...

“The sky is no Longer the Limit” – Archer Aviation to Offer 6-Minute eVTOL Flights to the Airport – CEO Adam Goldstein

The Road to Deploying eVTOL Services is Paved with Funding And Testing Partnerships for Operation of UAM Archer Operate UAM Services With Uber-Like Prices How Much Will an Archer Air-Taxi Flights Cost? What Will Archer Flights Be Like? The ...

Einride Gets NHTSA Nod to Test Driverless Trucks

The electric Einride Pod is a glimpse of a future without truck drivers, and it's not as distant as it seemed a few years ago.

Inspired by the Past, Looking to the Future – Austrian EV Brand Olymp Cars Co-Founder Elias Skodras

Cars With Second or Third Lives Looking to the Future Mobility – Not Just Vehicles The new EV brand Olymp Cars may be based in Austria, but its inspiration comes from ancient Greece. It’s planning on releasing a number ...

Energetic eco An upgraded Almera provides a ride that belies its diminutive displacement

For the 2022 model year, Nissan is offering a special version of the Almera eco car that comes with an upgraded look as well as a comprehensive advanced safety package. The Almera VL Sportec, priced at 669,000 baht, is ...

Maserati looks to the heavens with new convertible

Maserati MC20 Cielo. MASERATI Maserati has unveiled its MC20 Cielo, the retractable hardtop version of the Italian company's MC20 supercar. The letter MC signifies Maserati Corse, while the number 20 represents 2020, which refers to a new era for ...

Toyota pressures Japan to raise efforts on infrastructure for EVs

According to recent reports, Toyota successfully put pressure on the Japanese government. The Japanese government made it clear in a policy document that it will give equal support fo hybrid and pure electric vehicles. Toyota President Akio Toyoda, who also ...

Shell’s ubitricity Launches EV Lamp Post Charging Service For The German Market

ubitricity, a manufacturer and operator of charging solutions for electric vehicles (EVs) and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Shell Group, is introducing a standard compliant EV lamp post charge point for the German market. The lamp post-mounted solution, called ...

Sorry Elon Musk. Hyundai's quietly dominating EV race

The interior of a Hyundai Motor Co Ioniq 5 electric vehicle (EV) automotive robo-taxi displayed in the Gangnam district of Seoul, South Korea, on June 9, 2022. (Photo: Bloomberg) Pipe down for a second Elon, the hottest things in ...

Sweden’s Polestar Successfully Lists on the Nasdaq

Polestar, the Swedish electric performance car brand, has begun trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker PSNY. The listing was conducted through a business combination with Gores Guggenheim, Inc., a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) formed by affiliates of The ...

Toyota And Suzuki Announce Plans to Build First Hybrid Vehicle in India

Toyota and Suzuki have announced plans to start production of a new SUV model developed by Suzuki at Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd. (TKM) in India from August, 2022. Maruti Suzuki India Limited and TKM will market the new ...

Creating Fossil-Free Steel — Mobility Moments with Volvo Trucks’ Jessica Sandström

Can you explain why fossil-free steel is important for Volvo Trucks? Is steel production particularly bad for the planet? Can you tell us more about the collaboration with SSAB to manufacture the steel? Have you had to make any ...

Car manufacturing for export slides 40% amid dip in orders

Thailand's car manufacturing for export from January to May decreased by 40% year-on-year to 72,527 units due to sluggish purchase orders, particularly from the European and US markets, says the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI). In May, car production for ...

Mini EVs sell out in 18 minutes

Billboards for limited edition of 50 Citroen mini electric cars are seen at the Gare de l’Est train station in Paris on Wednesday. (Photo: Reuters) PARIS: A limited edition of 50 Citroen mini electric cars sold out in less than ...

“Europe is Ready for Car Sharing” — Lynk & Co @ MOVE 2022

Lots of automakers are starting to offer what are, ostensibly, subscription services — completely redefining the relationship between driver and vehicle. However, according to Alain Visser, CEO of Lynk & Co, these are subscription services in name only. Instead, ...

Ford Pro Electric SuperVan Unveiled at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Ford’s ultra-high-performance Pro Electric SuperVan has been unveiled at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK. Four electric motors, a 50 kWh liquid-cooled battery and a bespoke control system produce approximately 2,000 PS for sub two-second 0-100 km/h ...

The Shape-Shifting Car — City Transformer @ MOVE 2022

Cars are great on open roads — they’re safe, secure, and efficient at mid-to-high speeds. But they take up a huge amount of space which can cause huge problems in urban areas. Motorbikes and mopeds, on the other hand, ...

BMW Starts EV Production at $2.2 Billion China Plant

BMW has started producing electric cars at its new 15 billion yuan ($2.24 billion) plant in China. Based in the northeastern city of Shenyang, Liaoning Province, some 400 miles north east from Beijing, the plant will increase BMW’s output ...

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