MOVEMNT - Urban Transport news

A tie up by Spin, the micromobility business of Ford and Google Maps, means Google Maps users are now able to see, in real-time, the nearest available Spin e-bike or e-scooter in 84 towns, cities and campuses in the United States, Canada, Germany, and...

Volta Trucks, the Swedish automotive company specialising in the manufacturing of electric trucks, has confirmed the start of engineering evaluation and development testing of the first prototype Volta Zero at the HORIBA MIRA testbed site at Nuneaton...

Swedish drone start-up Aerit has received operational authorisation from Transportstyrelsen, Sweden’s national transportation agency, to pilot last-mile drone deliveries.
Aerit’s operational authorisation is made possible by the Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) process provided by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) that came into effect in January this year....

Tel Aviv-based REE Automotive has been awarded £12.5 million funding from the UK government’s Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC). REE’s award is one of four recently announced as part of the UK’s investment into net-zero road transport.
The funds will allow REE to work towards commercial production of its breakthrough REEcorner technology and ultra-modular electric vehicle platforms, including engineering design, validation, verification and testing and product homologation....