Lime and rivals form Nordic Micromobility Association
Lime and its competitors Tier and Voi have formed the Nordic Micromobility Association to promote safety standards for electric scooters.
The association will seek to strengthen relationships between Nordic cities and micromobility businesses as well as reduce emissions.
Earlier this year, Voi announced its plans to launch e-scooters in Lisbon as part of a wider ambition to expand in Europe.
The association’s members are not the only companies working to improve the safety of e-scooters. Last ye
August 29, 2019
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Lime and its competitors Tier and Voi have formed the Nordic Micromobility Association to promote safety standards for electric scooters.
The association will seek to strengthen relationships between Nordic cities and micromobility businesses as well as reduce emissions.
Earlier this year, Voi %$Linker: 2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000link-external announcedfalsehttps://www.itsinternational.com/sections/general/products/voi-launches-electric-scooters-in-lisbon/falsefalse%> its plans to launch e-scooters in Lisbon as part of a wider ambition to expand in Europe.
The association’s members are not the only companies working to improve the safety of e-scooters. Last year, US mobility company Bird %$Linker: 2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000link-external formedfalsehttps://www.itsinternational.com/categories/utc/news/bird-establishes-board-to-help-increase-safety-for-e-scooter-riders/falsefalse%> a global safety advisory board to implement campaigns and products to improve safety for riders.
The deadline for US college students to take part in ITS America’s annual essay competition is fast approaching – entries must be in by Sunday 14 April.
The competition, sponsored by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), invites students of transportation, engineering and public policy to share ‘thought provoking’ visions for the future of transport.
The topic is: ‘How do you envision disruptive technologies impacting transportation systems to make them safer, greener or smarter over the next 10 years?’
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Spanish firm Ficosa is to put €500m into R&D over the next four years to provide new technology for connected and autonomous vehicles (C/AVs).
The firm believes that revenue from its technology systems will rise from €100 million to €800 million over the next five years.
Assisted driving and e-mobility are other areas of interest, and the company has already put its money where its mouth is, showing off a new e-mobility development centre last year.
The company had overall revenues of €1.28 billion
Scania is to deliver 741 Euro 6 gas buses to Bogotá, Colombia, in a deal which is expected to reduce carbon emissions by up 20%.
This deployment serves as an extension to an initial order placed by TransMilenio for the procurement of 481 Euro 6 gas buses and is part of the city’s bus rapid transit (BRT) renewal programme.
Masivo Bogotá will operate the 260 bi-articulated Scania F340 HA 8x2 buses across 18 stations on the Américas BRT line.
Carlos Ocampo, Scania Colombia's managing director, says:
A new vehicle-to-cloud data standard has been released to cover connected and automated driving. Available on Sensoris' platform - co-ordinated by ERTICO – ITS Europe and initiated by Here Technologies - it aims to close the loop between the vehicle’s sensors, map and connected services.
Sensoris represents a group of vehicle manufacturers, telecommunications, location, content and service providers and navigation systems suppliers whose new specification is intended to be used across the automotive indu