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Bridgestone aids Lightyear solar car efficiency with custom tires

Posted by Kevin Jost | Apr 22, 2021 | Chassis, Electrification, Research, Vehicles

Announced at a virtual event on Earth Day 2021, Bridgestone is applying its Enliten technology to Turanza Eco tires specially engineered for Lightyear One to aid battery life, maximize vehicle range, and reduce environmental impact.

Exosonic advances development of more sustainable low-boom supersonic airliner

Posted by Kevin Jost | Apr 5, 2021 | Research, Startups, Testing, Vehicles

The secretive Los Angeles-based aircraft startup got a jumpstart with SXSW and the U.S. Air Force for its Mach 1.8 supersonic airliner designed with a muted sonic boom below city-traffic noise levels.

VW powers forward in future e-mobility race

Posted by Kevin Jost | Mar 18, 2021 | Business Development, Electrification, Motorsports, Research, Software, Vehicles

The company is extending its MEB and PPE platform model for electric vehicles to hardware, software, batteries/charging, and mobility services as all Group brands are to be based on largely standardized technical foundations in the future.

Hyundai unveils go-anywhere TIGER ultimate mobility vehicle

Posted by Gary Mason | Feb 10, 2021 | Autonomy, Design, Electrification, Materials, Research, Technology, Vehicles

Designed by Hyundai’s New Horizon Studio with help from Autodesk and Sundberg-Ferar, the compact TIGER X-1 is intended to carry payloads over otherwise inaccessible terrain either by driving or walking.

Phoenix Instinct wheelchair wins Toyota Mobility Unlimited Challenge

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 24, 2020 | Business Development, Research, Vehicles

The Toyota Mobility Foundation, in partnership with Nesta Challenges, honored innovators of game-changing technologies to improve the lives of people with lower-limb paralysis. Other finalists were Evolution Devices, University of Tsukuba, IHMC & MYOLYN, and Italdesign.

Futurride Briefs | 2020 12 20: Your source for quick sustainable mobility news

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 20, 2020 | Electrification, Infrastructure, Mobility Services, Research, Sensors, Technology, Vehicles

In this edition we cover the Mercedes-EQ EV plan, Motional and Lyft driverless rideshare, Veoneer thermal sensing for Cadillac, Vayyar 4D imaging radar, Mobileye and Luminar collaboration clarifications, Britishvolt’s battery ‘gigaplant,’ and Faraday Future and Philips on user wellness monitoring.

Futurride Briefs | 2020 12 03: Your source for quick sustainable mobility news

Posted by Kevin Jost | Dec 3, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Connectivity, Electrification, Research, Sensors, Vehicles

In this edition we cover Audi’s increased budget for electromobility, Hispano Suiza’s sportier Carmen Boulogne, Sono Motors’ partnership with Team Rosberg Engineering, DTS’ occupant monitoring solution, the Integrity Security Services and Unex V2X collaboration, CNXMotion’s brake-to-steer technology, and IDTechEx’s study on 3D LiDAR.