Connected Transportation News

Hitachi acquires US ITS firm Clever Devices

Hitachi Rail has completed the acquisition of New York-based Clever Devices, an intelligent transportation technology provider, to extend the Japanese company’s footprint across public mobility while strengthening its North [...]

Micromobility operator Lime raises $167m in IPO

California-based micromobility operator Lime has raised $167m in its initial public offering (IPO). Through its parent company Neutron Holdings, Lime, the largest global shared micromobility business, saw its shares [...]

Kontron modernises control at Antwerp rail yard

Austrian IoT technology company Kontron is modernising key control components at an Antwerp rail yard. It has secured the infrastructure contract as part of a consortium with Belgian company [...]

Quarterhill collects travel data in Chicago

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDoT) has awarded Canadian company Quarterhill a three-year contract worth about $2.5m to install and maintain traffic data collection sites across north-eastern Illinois, including [...]

Hong Kong pilots C-V2X on city buses

The Hong Kong Applied Science & Technology Research Institute (Astri) and Citybus have started a cellular V2X (C-V2X) pilot in the Kai Tak Development Area. This initiative, led by [...]

Renault rolls out Gemini AI to connected vehicles

French car maker Renault is rolling out Google’s Gemini AI as an over-the-air update for vehicles already on the road. Gemini is being rolled out gradually across all brand [...]

Toyota and Geotab support connected fleets

Japanese car maker Toyota is enhancing its connectivity by combining it with Canadian firm Geotab’s telematics, AI and data capabilities to support the development of fleet technologies. The initial [...]

TFree unveils micromobility OS at Eurobike

At last month’s Eurobike show in Frankfurt, German company TFree unveiled an operating system targeting micromobility applications. The AI Micro Mobility 2.0 was described as an underlying operating system [...]

Public carsharing services on the up, says Berg

The number of vehicles used for public carsharing services will see a CAGR of 8.5 per cent from 511,000 at the end of 2025 to 768,000 at the end [...]

Abu Dhabi deploys CaoCao robotaxis

Chinese mobility company CaoCao has partnered Abu Dhabi-based AI firm K2 to deploy a fleet of autonomous robotaxis in the United Arab Emirates this year. Under the cooperation agreement, [...]

Move show sees Uber head two robotaxi deals

Uber was at the heart of two major robotaxi announcements at last week’s Move mobility show in London. The ride-hailing company is collaborating with car maker Stellantis and British [...]

Digi rugged 5G routers target transport fleets

Digi has launched the TX65 family of rugged 5G vehicle and industrial routers to help transportation fleets and distributed operations modernise connectivity while reducing operational complexity. Transit agencies, public [...]