View original post.Investors were pouring money into travel startups in 2019. This is especially true with late-stage funding, where well-versed startups navigated their way to new capital. Venture capitalists also looked beyond the United States in 2019 for value, with the Asia Pacific region becoming a focal point for investments. This year saw several $100 million-plus investment rounds – with …

View original post.Autonomous vehicle technology has seen billions in investment, spectacular advancements, and tragic reminders of how far we still have to go. Not since 3D printing has a technology been so lauded, so predicted to imminently change our everyday lives, and so deeply misunderstood. Currently there are no companies that are able to offer a fully autonomous ride in …

View original post.NOVI, MI – Interior supplier Yanfeng is showing the industry the interior possibilities of an autonomous vehicle for use in a mobility fleet. Mobility-as-a-service, vehicles that are ride-hailed or ride-shared, is projected to take off once Level 5 (fully autonomous vehicles) come to fruition, removing the cost of the driver. The vehicles in those fleets will have unique …

View original post.Fully autonomous vehicles that can drive themselves in nearly any situation aren’t roaming the streets just yet, but almost every major technology company and automaker is working on getting to that point as quickly as possible. These companies are making huge strides in creating a world where we can hop into a car, tell it where to take …

View original post.All eyes are on start-ups when it comes to innovation, change and disruption. This is not different for MaaS. Since MaaS is per definition a combined mobility offer, it requires the combination of ideas and partners to create the best solution, as is done by these 10 remarkable MaaS startups. Ecomobix If you are looking to launch a shared mobility service, …

View original post.A tech-led mobility revolution is about to overtake the planet, changing everything we think we know about personal transportation. Craig Thomas assesses how business can take advantage of the Mobility as a Service concept. Autonomous cars stand to transform private and business travel. Technology has transformed society so radically in the last couple of decades, we’re now living …

View original post. Corporate travel has not done a good job at solving the problems faced by actual business travelers. Smaller corporate travel companies, along with travel providers and technology startups, are working hard to find solutions to the most enduring problems across the sector. In this interview series, we will break down the silos between travel sectors to find …

View original post.There is no doubt that 2018 was a significant year in the ongoing transformation of the transport industry as new technological solutions came into use, new mobility players entered the market and trials of autonomous vehicles were widely reported in the news. Put simply, the industry is evolving rapidly and in 2019 we will certainly see further changes …

London, 10 May 2018 – The overall carsharing vehicle parc is expected to expand from 983k in 2017 to 1237k in 2018, driven by motorists’ desire to use alternative modes of transport, the rise in employee mobility options and environmental concerns. Existing providers of recent mobility solutions like carsharing, ridesharing, ridehailing, on-demand responsive shuttles, and integrated mobility are already scaling …

View original post. VW announced today the deployment of what could be one of the largest all-electric car fleets through its new ‘We Share‘ car sharing service. Berlin is going to be the first city to get the service and it will start with a fleet of 2,000 electric cars. VW’s electric vehicles are already being used in third-party car-sharing …