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In the past three years alone, cities have been elbowing each other for the top spots, with the newest #1 (San Jose) winning with infrastructure. The following are the 10 current best cities to be an EV owner based on finance, convenience, and total adoption.

Både bensin- och dieselbilar kommer i princip försvinna helt från marknaden de närmaste åtta åren, enligt en ny rapport från analysföretaget RethinkX.

Den futuristiska studien, som heter Rethinking Transportation 2020–2030, går tvärt emot vad många biltillverkare tror – de miljardinvesterar istället i ny teknik i ett försök att sänka utsläppen i förbränningsmotorerna.

Studien har väckt mycket uppmärksamhet i miljökretsar men kommer alltså med uttalanden som biltillverkarna anser ligger långt in i framtiden.

Inom åtta år kommer det inte säljas en enda bensin- eller dieseldriven bil, buss eller lastbil i hela världen, påstår studien. Det skulle i så fall innebära ett ras jämfört med dagens 69 miljoner sålda personbilar (oavsett bränsle) enligt biltillverkarnas egen organisation OICA.

BMW is furthering its campaign to bring shared electro-mobility to cities around the world, this time in the German port town of Hamburg.

By way of a deal freshly made, the automaker aims to bring an electrified fleet of 550 BMW vehicles to the city by 2019. The cars will be offered to local residents through DriveNow, BMW’s carsharing joint venture with the Sixt car rental company.

Hamburg is Germany’s largest port city, and where a lot of BMW vehicles are shipped out of the country.

Of the 550 plug-in vehicles, 400 will be pure electric and 150 will be plug-in hybrids. BMW doesn’t break out the models, but its supplied photo shows two BMW i3s badged with the DriveNow logo. It could mean 400 battery electric i3s, and 150 i3s with the REx range extender option.

In anticipation of the growth of various types of freelance work over the coming years, GM will soon be expanding its carsharing service aimed at freelance workers. The service, dubbed “Maven Gig,” will reportedly launch in Los Angeles and San Francisco later this year. It’s already operational in San Diego.

As the name implies, Maven Gig is an outgrowth of GM’s general-use carsharing service, Maven. The intent behind the program is to provide cars to those who want to work in the gig economy (on-demand taxi drivers, delivery drivers, food delivery, etc.) but who don’t want to own a car or can’t afford to do so.

Reuters provides more: “GM said it expects about 43% of the US workforce to work freelance by 2020. Currently about 35% of the workforce in the United States are freelancers, according to Freelancers Union, a non-profit organization.

Kristoffer Tamsons (M) och Gustav Hemming (C) om kollektivtrafikens utmaningar och ett förslag om att koppla bilpooler till SL-kortet.

Car-sharing culture and fuel efficiency will pose biggest challenge to petroleum. - Self-driving cars will be much more efficient, which means the demand for oil is going to fall.

"Inventions come not by accident but by work." –Thomas Edison

That is what Intel Corp. INTC, +0.90%  figured the other week as it decided to part with $15.3 billion — about as much as Israel’s entire defense budget — in order to buy advanced driving-assistance systems (ADAS) developer Mobileye .

Hvis et samarbejde mellem Nordjyllands Trafikselskab og Gomore bliver en succes, kan andre selskaber stå klar til at følge efter.

Free Floating Carsharing at a Glance Ask any city dweller about how they commute and they will paint you a picture of subway changes, bus stops, taxi rides, uber hailing, bike sharing and nowadays, free-floating carsharing is being added to the mix. Free-floating carsharing, while still not a perfectly understood term has become an essential... Read more »

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Progonosen att 2016 bara skulle bli det tredje bästa bilåret någonsin på grund av systemkollapsen i Sverige stämde inte. Istället kan vi åter glädja oss åt det bästa bilförsäljningsåret någonsin! 372 000 nya bilar, varav nästan 8 promille elbilar!

Antallet af danskere, der i stedet for at eje deres egen bil kører på lånte hjul eller låner deres private køretøj ud, stiger med voldsom fart. Enok Holsegård har tjent penge på at dele biler med andre – på flere forskellige måder.

French startup BlaBlaCar is launching a brand new app and service today. Named BlaBlaLines, this new app is all about short distance carpooling and daily commutes so that you can leave your car at home.

Maven, GM’s dedicated mobility wing, is launching Maven Gig on Wednesday, giving occasional gig economy workers a way to easily gain access to a vehicle for short stints to do things like deliver groceries and food on demand, and provide ride sharing services. For $229 per week, inclusive of insurance, unlimited miles, free charging and regular maintenance, Maven Gig provides access to Chevrolet Bolt EVs initially, so you can be a freelancer when you need or want to, and easily return the car when you don’t.

Nissan is launching a new car-sharing service with two-seater electric vehicles aimed only at city-driving. After several trials over the past 4 years, they are now starting a new program in the Ci…

Den 21 mars arrangerar Gröna Bilister den andra upplagan av Mobilitet och Beteende, konferensen som sätter fullt fokus på hur vi ska jobba med beteendefrågan för att klara av att ställa om till en fossiloberoende fordonsflotta 2030.

Over time, ownership models will evolve. By registering vehicles on the blockchain “ownership” and “access” will be tokenized, meaning owners can trade their shares in the vehicles or their rights to use them directly through the blockchain without the involvement of third parties. Some vehicles will continue to be owned by individuals or legal entities.

Others will have multiple owners whose identities and shares in the vehicle can change in real time. Car companies will not necessarily generate sales via car dealers. They will simply deploy cars in areas where their use can generate an economically viable cash flow, and trade ownership to other parties when algorithms show that would maximize cash flows. Secure, immutable information about the ownership and usage of the vehicle will be stored on the decentralized platform.

As P2P marketplaces become more mature and consumers become more comfortable with “ownerless” transportations, some vehicles may “own” themselves as economically autonomous entities.

Om knappt 13 år ska Sverige ha nått målet med en fossiloberoende fordonsflotta, som av miljömålsberedningen preciserats till 70 procent minskad klimatpåverkan till år 2030 jämfört med år 2010. En rekordhög nybilsförsäljning som domineras av bensin- och dieselbilar kan inte ses som något annat än ett misslyckande. Omställningstakten måste påskyndas och bilen som norm brytas anser den oberoende föreningen Gröna Bilister.

Moia – så heter Volkswagens nya miljardsatsning. Ett nytt affärsområde som ska slå rakt mot Uber, Google och Apple som alla satsar på nya tjänster inom mobilitetsområdet. Men VW är sent ur startblocken. Och konkurrensen är knivskarp.