Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The concept provides for app-based mobility solutions such as car-sharing and ride-hailing to be offered in Rwanda. In addition, possibilities of training initiatives for the local population are being investigated together with other German companies. Volkswagen’s commitment to Rwanda also includes the training of local people.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 15, 2023

This morning, drone delivery company Zipline announced a new drone delivery system offering nearly silent, precise delivery that’s intended to expand the company’s capabilities into home delivery. This requires a much different approach from what Zipline has been doing for the past 8 years. Zipline’s new drones are much different.

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Cars That Think

JULY 29, 2023

The IEEE member from Kigali, Rwanda, participated in installing portable sinks in nearby rural markets to curb the spread of COVID-19 and provided clean water and sanitation services to people displaced by the Mount Nyiragongo volcano eruption in 2021. This provides easy access to records and improves coordination of care.”

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Cars That Think

MARCH 15, 2024

We know the folks at Zipline pretty well, though, and they’ve certainly made creative engineering work for them, as we saw when we visited one of their “nests” in rural Rwanda. Once you knew what you needed to do, how did you get to the actual design of the droid?

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Cars That Think

APRIL 17, 2024

We’ve been covering the drone delivery company Zipline in Spectrum for several years, and I do encourage listeners to check out our great onsite reporting from Rwanda in 2019 when we visited one of Zipline’s dispatch centers for delivering vital medical supplies into rural areas. Just go to spectrum.ieee.org/newsletters to subscribe.

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