Dear Colleague,
Smart mobility projects and adoption are taking shape all over the world, including a peer-to-peer car sharing app in the UK, grants to test electric trucks and emerging technologies, as well as a pact to use smart mobility tech to improve trade between the Michigan and Ontario border. We’re also seeing more EV news as the buzz continues, including a report that switching to EV fleets could save the U.S. billions. Read more smart mobility news below, and be sure to follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn!
Sincerely,
MOBI Team
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Smart Cities
Cities to Test Commercial EV Fleets, Smart Traffic, Curbside Management Using Federal Funds - The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is using a $3.8 million grant to test commercial electric trucks in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and Santa Monica.
What's in the Infrastructure Bill for Smart Cities? - The $1 trillion infrastructure bill includes a $500 million grant for smart city technology projects, including connected vehicles, autonomous transportation, and "smart" traffic sensors.
Car-Sharing Company Completes £3m Pre-Series A Round to Expand UK City Coverage - London-based Karshare enables peer-to-peer on demand car sharing, the first of its kind in Europe.
Mobility + Innovation
Electrifying 97% of the Federal Fleet by 2030 Could Save Billions: Report - Government agencies could reduce total cost of ownership by switching all government vehicles to electric vehicles. The USPS could save $2.9 billion by 2025 if they made the switch to EVs.
Michigan and Ontario Form Smart-Mobility Pact - Michigan and Ontario will work together to test automated and connected vehicle technologies to improve trade across their shared border.
Bird is the Latest Operator to Integrate its E-Scooters and E-Bikes with Google Maps - Along with micromobility apps Lime and Spin, Bird will show up as a mobility option under the bike toggle in Google Maps, showing riders estimated travel time, cost and environmental impact.
Blockchain, DLT, + Related Technologies
Australia and Singapore Conclude Digital Verification Blockchain Pilot - Part of the Australia–Singapore Digital Economy Agreement, the pilot found that digitizing certificates of origin (COO) “showed promise” to improve trade efficiency through a trusted trade ecosystem that can ensure the provenance of goods.
Israel Pilots Project to Connect Smart Traffic Cameras Over 5G - Traffic cameras will use RAD’s SecFlow IIot Gateway to enable live video feeds over a 5G network.
Tesla Is Developing Blockchain Platform To Ensure Users Can Fully Track Cobalt 'From Mine To Battery'” - Tesla is working with DRC consortium Re|Source to ensure sustainability and track provenance of cobalt, an ingredient used in the production of lithium ion batteries that are used in electric vehicles.
Developer Behind Surging Cardano Token Talks Crypto, Blockchain - Cardano is working on a universal credentialing system with Ethiopia's Ministry of Education to provide education credentialing for 5 million students.
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Join us 15 September to hear Mayank Malik review ongoing research in device identity authentication in decentralized distributed environments. Mayank is Chief Data Officer at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science laboratory at Stanford University. Mayank will explore Keymaker, a set of smart contracts, protocol, and helper libraries that enable social verification of IoT device identity.
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Join Tram Vo on 29 September to learn more about MOBI Trusted Trip and how it promises to transform the global mobility ecosystem. Transportation is the largest source of CO2 emissions in many countries. Currently, the technology to measure, manage, and incentivize greener behavior doesn’t exist. MOBI is creating blockchain-based standards to identify vehicles, people, businesses, and the Trusted Trip — a key primitive enabling smart mobility and carbon tracking.
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October 13: Two FSSC Working Group members joined forces to develop a blockchain-based loan origination system to lower costs and increase scale for On the Road Lending’s auto loan program for low-income consumers. Dave Eddy, formerly of Toyota Financial Services, and Michelle Corson of On the Road Companies teamed up with Goldman Sachs, EY, and Toyota Motor North America to create an end-to-end customer acquisition, underwriting, origination, and servicing system.
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Did you miss our last Dashboard post? Check it out below and be sure to watch Hector Monsegur's lecture to learn more about cybersecurity.
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MOBI members enjoy a wide range of benefits and opportunities specifically designed to promote smart mobility through blockchain and distributed ledgers. Among the benefits of membership are participation in our working groups, access to the MOBI Vehicle Identity (VID) and other MOBI Standards, networking, speaking, and sponsorship opportunities at our MoCo (MOBI Colloquiums) and at our Community Innovation Lecture Series. See who makes up our consortium in the member directory.
If you’re interested in finding out more, fill out the membership inquiry form below.
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