The UK could place itself at the forefront of a global turnaround in EV sales trends by embracing five key upcoming developments, according to the latest Demand Report produced by the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC). Five major developments could see the UK accelerate itself into pole position as a global automotive leader in the journey to zero-emission vehicles: • Introduction of dedicated electric vehicle (EV) platforms • Decreasing battery pack costs • Adoption of integrated vehicle health management (IVHM) systems • Improvements in design efficiency • A sustained push on charging infrastructure. Dr Hadi Moztarzadeh, head of technology trends at the APC, said: “Despite a slowdown in the global BEV sales recently, there are certainly reasons to be... continue
The Government is offering small bus and a coach operators a share of £4.65m to install technology that will display and announce information clearly for all passengers, including those with sight and hearing impairments. Operators can bid for Accessible Information Grants to help cover the... continue
Bus and coach drivers aged 18 to 20 will no longer be stopped from driving routes of no more than 50km, under changes proposed by the Government. This would give young bus and coach drivers parity with 18 to 20-year-olds driving articulated lorries, who can already drive with no distance limit, as... continue
The first new electric buses from First Bus South, operator of First Bus Solent, have entered service in Portsmouth, Fareham and Gosport. They are the first of 62 Electroliner buses which will be rolled over the coming weeks for passengers on routes in Southampton, Fareham, Gosport and Southsea. The... continue
Dutch MaaS platform umob, which integrates the use of shared mobility, taxi and public transport in one app, has acquired MaaS Global, the Finnish mobility developer behind Whim which filed for bankruptcy last month (LTT888, 21 March 2024). MaaS Global, founded in Finland in 2015, is widely... continue
A review of recent trends and developments in Mobility as a Service and potential future direction in the field has been published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Authors Beate Kubitz and James Gleave look at the goal of MaaS to support a shift away from personally-owned modes of... continue
The latest round of the government’s Transport Research and Innovation Grant (TRIG) is now open, with organisations and academics able to win up to £45,000 in funding from a £1.3m pot. The TRIG scheme, delivered by Connected Places Catapult, supports businesses and academics... continue
A multi-modal routing tool that integrates over one million kilometres of existing OS road, rail, path and ferry networks, along with the 300,000 transport sites that connect them, has been developed by Ordnance Survey (OS). Where transport planners previously had to process and join multiple... continue
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