Mobility Innovators

Big funding coming to #autonomous #mobility Waabi Raises $200M USD to Launch Fully #Driverless Trucks in 2025 in Series B round, led by Uber and Khosla Ventures. https://lnkd.in/ea2pEXtr

📢📢 #PodcastAlert - Happy to share that the latest #episode is now available. It is a pleasure to speak with Richard A. Davey, Jr., President - #NYCT, Metropolitan Transportation Authority 🚆 🚍 . It was just an amazing opportunity to learn from his experience before his next adventure with Massachusetts Port Authority ✈ . He joined NYCT in May 2022. Previously, he served as a Partner and Director at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in their Public Sector and Industrial Goods practice areas. He also served as CEO of Boston 2024, the organization that sought to bring the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games to Boston. He is a transit enthusiast and was the Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation from September 2011 to October 2014 and previously the General Manager of the MBTAfrom March 2010 to September 2011. NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY (#NYCT) is the largest public transit agency in North America, carrying more than 2.5 billion passengers every year. NYCT is going through #transformation and implanting new initiatives including #predictivemaintenance 🚆. The agency is implementing many new initiatives including new ticketing solution. The agency is planning to introduce #electricbuses 🚎 and using #AI 🧠 to improve the maintenance of existing buses. The episode will highlight some of the key initiatives launched by NYCT and the new innovation culture within the agency. The episode will cover the following topics related to: 👨💼 About personal journey 🚊 Transition from Consulting to #PublicTransit 💡 Building #innovation culture at Oldest subway system 🧠 #ArtificialIntelligence and Predictive maintenance 🏃♂️ Importance of #customerexperience 🚆 Communications Based Train Control (#CBTC) @New York City Transit 🤖 #Autonomous mobility - Impact on Public Transit 🚍 Role of #GenerativeAI to improve mobility? 🎥 https://lnkd.in/gYxgScZs 🔊 https://lnkd.in/getGyifj

UK approved the #autonomusvehicles act. Fully self-driving vehicles could be on U.K. roads within two years. New legislation will make corporations responsible for any mishaps, "meaning a human driver would not be liable for incidents related to driving while the vehicle is in control of driving." https://lnkd.in/gWfGrig6

Baidu, Inc. smart driving arm Apollo has launched a new generation of robotaxi, allowing costs to drop significantly and paving the way for the business to become profitable. #Apollo launched its sixth-generation #robotaxi at Apollo Day 2024 in Wuhan, Hubei province today, costing 200,000 yuan ($27,670), a 60 percent drop compared to its predecessor. https://lnkd.in/dr4nrjCe

Congratulations to #startups which are part of Transit Tech Lab 🚎 🚆 🛴 #TTL has selected 19 companies to collaborate with #transit agencies operating in the New York area to test #technologies designed to support the agencies’ objectives in #customerexperience, #climateresilience and #curbmanagement. #CustomerExperience Challenge  🚎 BusPas Inc. (Montreal, Québec, Canada) CloudMonitoring/REMS Plus LLC (Queens, N.Y.) Convo Communications (Austin, Texas) GoodMaps (Louisville, Ky.) Urban Solar (Beaverton, Ore.) Velocia (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) #ResilienceChallenge 🌧 Advanced Rail Systems and Transit Solutions, Inc (Manahawkin, N.J.)  AlphaRoute (Waltham, Mass.) Cascara Energy (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) FLX Solutions, Inc. (Bethlehem, Pa.) ISS - Intelligent Security Systems (Woodbridge, N.J.)  irmos technologies AG (Zurich, Switzerland) QEA Tech (Markham, Ontario, Canada)  Voltpost (New York, N.Y.)  FLOWER TURBINES Inc. (New York and Texas) NYC DOT’s #Curb Activity Challenge 🛣 AIWaysion (Seattle, Wash.) AppyWay Ltd (London, United Kingdom) Populus (San Francisco, Calif.)  Seyond (Sunnyvale, Calif.) Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ), NJ TRANSIT (NJ Transit) and the NYC Department of Transportation (#NYDOT). https://lnkd.in/gczhRQzv

#Battery health 🔋 monitoring is emerging as a new market segment as each battery pack behaves differently. It will be important to monitor the behavior in real-time to prevent failure. Originally, battery manufacturers installed #BMS (battery management system) in the vehicles to monitor and share some information with the #OEMs and the operators. Read the article to learn more 👇 https://lnkd.in/g379gFeN

Volvo Group - New #Mobility Innovation Hub focusing on #emerging technologies 🚘 🚛 🚎 #Volvo will be investing in developing technologies like wireless car charging, vehicle-to-grid bi-directional charging and self-driving capabilities https://lnkd.in/giNiW9Va

Congratulations to Ryde team on successful listing on NYSE #Ryde provides on-demand and scheduled carpooling and ride-hailing services in Singapore Terence Zou, #carpooling #ridesharing #delivery 🚗 https://lnkd.in/g-iKHNeC

Congratulations to Michael Granoff and Maniv team.. #ManivMobiltiy successfully raised its third fund $140 million (Maniv III) and will continue to invest in early-stage #mobility startups around the world. 🎙 Check out Mobility Innovators Podcast with Michael Granoff - https://lnkd.in/g-i8HuuK https://lnkd.in/ecJkV-WU

Congratulations to Toyota Ventures team... #ToyotaVentures raised launched two new funds to expand its investments in startups developing disruptive technologies and climate solution: 🤖 Toyota Ventures Frontier Fund II (TVFF II) - $150 million (AI, robotics, mobility, cloud, and quantum computing) ⚡ Toyota Ventures Climate Fund II (TVCF II) - $150 million (climate change and promote environmental sustainability) Interested to learn about #venturefund investing in #mobility and #cleantech - https://lnkd.in/dFvdCcjW https://lnkd.in/g7XeyAwi