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Scania's hoverboard-like modular electric axles transport people by day, garbage by night

C.C. Weiss June 12, 2019

Forget the skateboard chassis; Swedish brand Scania is exploring something that's much more of a hoverboard chassis. Its NXT autonomous EV concept uses detachable front and rear axles as the basis of a modular vehicle system that can go from dropping kids at school to dropping garbage at the dump.

The bus module features plenty of windows for open views

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Sono Motors releases series design images of solar-integrated Sion family electric

Paul Ridden March 4, 2019

Germany's Sono Motors has inched a little closer to production of the Sion family EV first announced in 2016. After opening pre-orders for the car in July, 2017, the startup announced a substantial price bump in November last year. Now the first series design images have been released.

The series design Sion is larger, longer, and wider, than the prototypes before it, and the ...

Automotive

Citroen builds boxy EV concept for the cities of the future

Nick Lavars February 19, 2019

Citroën’s latest solution to increasingly crowded urban centers and urban mobility is a boxy electric two-seater concept imagined as an alternative for buses, bikes and scooters, even for those without a license to drive.

Citroën imagines its 425-kg (936-lb) Ami One scooting around city centers without too much trouble at ...

Automotive

Sono Motors bumps up overall cost of its Sion EV

Paul Ridden November 26, 2018

Sono Motors has confirmed powertrain and battery details for its Sion family EV, which features solar panels on the hood, roof and body that provide a little extra range. Along with a price rise.

Sono Motors has revealed that Continental will manufacture the powertrain for the Sion EV, and that ...

Motorcycles

Hanoi plans to ban motorcycles altogether by 2030

Loz Blain August 6, 2018

Citing pollution and road trauma statistics, the Hanoi People's Council has voted overwhelmingly in favor of banning motorcycles in the inner city by 2030. Instead, the city is aiming to develop public transport to better serve its 7.6 million residents.

Hanoi's famous swarms of motorcycles could be a thing of the past, with Hanoi's city council ...

Urban Transport

Science Fiction Cities: How our future visions influence the cities we build

Rich Haridy July 28, 2018

As we look forward to a 21st century filled with massive mega-cities, and extraordinary technological innovation, we must ask how are our science fiction visions influencing the cities we build, and what can we learn from some of these prescient fictional texts?

Robotics

Segway's Loomo transporter does double duty as a robot

Nick Lavars March 6, 2018

Since rolling onto the scene in the early 2000s, Segway hasn't been afraid to make modifications to its self-balancing two-wheelers in search of other practical applications. Loomo is the latest to be wheeled out and sees the Segway take the form of both mobility option and robotic assistant.

Loomo is the subject of an Indiegogo campaign that kicks off today

Urban Transport

Relync folding, sit-atop three-wheel smart scooter eats up city miles

C.C. Weiss January 24, 2018

We've covered many folding electric scooters over recent years, from slim stand-up designs to larger sit-atop models. The all-new Relync R1 takes a different form than most with a three-wheel, sit-down chassis that folds instantly and packs down to suitcase size.

The Relync R1 scooter has a front-mounted motor and foot braking system

Urban Transport

Ujet electric scooter cruises cities on hubless wheels and carbon nanotube tires

C.C. Weiss January 12, 2018

As flashy as electric cars like the Byton Concept and Fisker EMotion are, the most eye-grabbing vehicle at CES might be the Ujet electric scooter. Ujet calls it a sculptural, asymmetrical design, and it's driven by distinctive equipment like the center-less orbital wheels and full technology suite.

Urban Transport

BMW proposes congestion-busting elevated roads for zero-emission commuting

Loz Blain November 22, 2017

BMW's Group Technology Office in Shanghai has put forward a mobility concept for megacities that would raise zero-emission single-track commuters above ground roads using a giant network of elevated pathways that snake through the city between key transit points.

BMW's Vision E³ Way concept separates bikes and electric single-track vehicles from congested roads