urban transport

As legions of eVTOL companies struggle to get their air taxi operations off the ground, one California company is saying to heck with it, we've already got the technology to make cheap, fast air commuting possible.

The founders of Squad Mobility left Lightyear to pursue a more affordable EV designed to potentially impact the lives of millions of urban commuters. What they've come up with is an electric, four-wheel roll-cage called the Squad (Solar Quad).

Enki Cycles has returned to Kickstarter following the success of its Billy e-bike in 2017. This outing sees the California company tackle city streets with the stylish mid-motored Miller electric commuter.

Swedish automotive startup Uniti has finally slapped a price on its first commercial creation, the all-electric Uniti One.

The latest images from Germany's Sono Motors show what drivers and passengers can expect to see from inside the Sion solar-integrated family EV.

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.

​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.​

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.

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.​

​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.

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?

​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.