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Hyundai Motor Group appoints Bell Textron exec as Vice President of Urban Air Mobility Division

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Earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the Hyundai Motor Company presented its vision to offer an integrated mobility solution, including UAM, Purpose Built Vehicles (PBV) and Hub, that will help vitalize cities and improve people’s lives. Hyundai’s air vehicle concept.

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Hermes to deploy 1500 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and Vito electric vans by 2020; pilot project in 2018

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The companies are to start using battery-electric vehicles in the logistics provider’s normal operations in a pilot phase in Stuttgart and Hamburg in early 2018. New concepts are to be developed for the integration of battery-electric vans—including the required charging infrastructure—into existing operational processes.

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Robert Bosch Venture Capital leads US$17.5M investment in Teralytics; advanced mobility analytics using telecom data

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billion in 2018, at an estimated compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.4% from 2013 to 2018. As the concepts of private car ownership or scheduled transportation give way to mobility-on-demand, these dynamics will accelerate, generating ever more complex questions requiring data to solve them.

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BMW to showcase 5 electric vehicles at LA show; world debut of new vehicle

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The BMW Group will showcase five electric vehicles at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show including the North American premieres of the BMW i Vision Dynamics, MINI Electric Concept, BMW i3s, and a World Premiere vehicle that will be shown during the BMW Group press conference on Wednesday, 29 November. starting in May 2018.

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Volkswagen Group and Hamburg partner to bid to host 2021 ITS World Congress

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To this end, intelligent mobility solutions for both personal mobility and freight transport are to be brought together in an integrated approach. The Volkswagen Group is participating in the ITS European Congress in Strasbourg from 19-22 June, where it is presenting its activities for the intelligent transport of people and goods.

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Mercedes-Benz Trucks puts partially automated driving into series production with new heavy-duty Actros

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The new Actros can be ordered as of the IAA 2018 Commercial Vehicles Show and the first vehicles will be delivered to customers next spring. This allows it to monitor the space ahead of the vehicle even better and to react to persons in the road even better. The new Active Drive Assist can brake, accelerate and steer independently.

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Six mobility start-ups launching Volkswagen’s incubator program at Transparent Factory

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Over the course of eight hours, 14 entrepreneurial companies from Romania, Spain and Germany presented themselves in 30‑minute sessions in front of eight judges. At the end of 2017 and start of 2018, more teams will move into the factory. Nearly 50 mobility start‑ups applied. After three months, the teams must show their first results.

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