This article was published on April 14, 2021France is one of the latest nations looking to offer a cash-for-clunkers incentive to get people out of their cars and onto more sustainable means of transport.The European nation is offering residents €2,500 ($2,975) to trade in their old emission spewing car, and get an electric bicycle. Yes, an electric bicycle.[Read more: ]Subscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite mobility storiesof Bicycle Users claims that if France does go ahead with the scheme, it would be the first nation in the world to give people money for old cars to put...…This article was published on April 14, 2021France is one of the latest nations looking to offer a cash-for-clunkers incentive to get people out of their cars and onto more sustainable means of transport.The European nation is offering residents €2,500 ($2,975) to trade in their old emission spewing car, and get an electric bicycle. Yes, an electric bicycle.[Read more: ]Subscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite mobility storiesof Bicycle Users claims that if France does go ahead with the scheme, it would be the first nation in the world to give people money for old cars to put...WW…

This article was published on March 15, 2021It’s Monday, so you know what that means! It’s time for another legacy automaker to unveil how they’re going to pivot to a world where every car is powered by electricity. Yay!This week, it’s the turn of South Korean wallet-friendly carmaker Kia.Last week, Kia playfully teased us with some shots of its upcoming electric vehicle, the .Subscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite mobility storiesTake a look:Kia sees the EV6 as its first dedicated EV, given that it’s built on the E-GMP platform, which is only meant for electric vehicles. Of...…This article was published on March 15, 2021It’s Monday, so you know what that means! It’s time for another legacy automaker to unveil how they’re going to pivot to a world where every car is powered by electricity. Yay!This week, it’s the turn of South Korean wallet-friendly carmaker Kia.Last week, Kia playfully teased us with some shots of its upcoming electric vehicle, the .Subscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite mobility storiesTake a look:Kia sees the EV6 as its first dedicated EV, given that it’s built on the E-GMP platform, which is only meant for electric vehicles. Of...WW…

This article was published on July 9, 2020In a pre-recorded message to attendees of World AI Conference in Shanghai, Tesla’s flamboyant CEO Elon Musk bragged that the company has pretty much figured out self-driving. The company is “very close” to having a fully autonomous, no-driver required vehicle., M[Read: ]Subscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite mobility storiesThis might just be Elon being Elon, but current Tesla vehicles are nowhere near being capable of driving themselves.The misleadingly named Autopilot and Full-Self Driving packages are . In other words, drivers must...…This article was published on July 9, 2020In a pre-recorded message to attendees of World AI Conference in Shanghai, Tesla’s flamboyant CEO Elon Musk bragged that the company has pretty much figured out self-driving. The company is “very close” to having a fully autonomous, no-driver required vehicle., M[Read: ]Subscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite mobility storiesThis might just be Elon being Elon, but current Tesla vehicles are nowhere near being capable of driving themselves.The misleadingly named Autopilot and Full-Self Driving packages are . In other words, drivers must...WW…

This article was published on April 9, 2020With lockdown and quarantine policies enforced around the world, people aren’t driving or traveling as much. It’s had an , which is demonstrating the power of switching to greener forms of transport.For some, it appears to have provided the evidence they needed to consider switching to an electric vehicle for their next car.[Read: ]Subscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite mobility storiesAccording to a survey conducted by UK company car services firm, Venson Automotive, nearly half (45%) of respondents said they would consider an EV after...…This article was published on April 9, 2020With lockdown and quarantine policies enforced around the world, people aren’t driving or traveling as much. It’s had an , which is demonstrating the power of switching to greener forms of transport.For some, it appears to have provided the evidence they needed to consider switching to an electric vehicle for their next car.[Read: ]Subscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite mobility storiesAccording to a survey conducted by UK company car services firm, Venson Automotive, nearly half (45%) of respondents said they would consider an EV after...WW…

This article was published on May 19, 2020American perceptions of autonomous vehicles have are showing a trend that doesn’t seem to be improving, for automakers at least.According to a (Partners for Automated Vehicle Education), most Americans don’t believe autonomous vehicles are “ready for prime-time.”[Read: ]Subscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite mobility storiesNearly half of those surveyed said they would never get in a taxi or ride-share vehicle if it was being driven autonomously.It seems most of the distrust displayed by those surveyed is rooted in the present. When asked...…This article was published on May 19, 2020American perceptions of autonomous vehicles have are showing a trend that doesn’t seem to be improving, for automakers at least.According to a (Partners for Automated Vehicle Education), most Americans don’t believe autonomous vehicles are “ready for prime-time.”[Read: ]Subscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite mobility storiesNearly half of those surveyed said they would never get in a taxi or ride-share vehicle if it was being driven autonomously.It seems most of the distrust displayed by those surveyed is rooted in the present. When asked...WW…

This article was published on May 28, 2020In a twist of un-environmentally friendly irony, Uber has decided to send thousands of Jump hire bikes straight to the dump because it says it’s too complicated to give them away. Yes, you should be angered by this.According to , Uber confirmed in a statement that it would be recycling many of Jump’s older ebike and scooter models after transferring many of the newer models to Jump’s . Instead, that doesn’t exactly seem to be what’s happening.[Read: ]Subscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite mobility storiesImages of Jump bikes turning up at...…This article was published on May 28, 2020In a twist of un-environmentally friendly irony, Uber has decided to send thousands of Jump hire bikes straight to the dump because it says it’s too complicated to give them away. Yes, you should be angered by this.According to , Uber confirmed in a statement that it would be recycling many of Jump’s older ebike and scooter models after transferring many of the newer models to Jump’s . Instead, that doesn’t exactly seem to be what’s happening.[Read: ]Subscribe now for a weekly recap of our favorite mobility storiesImages of Jump bikes turning up at...WW…