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Urb-E joins Santa Monica zero-emission delivery pilot

5 May 2022

An Urb-E delivery driver travels down a Santa Monica street with his electric cargo bike

Last-mile and container-based delivery firm Urb-E launched service in Santa Monica, California, Thursday as it continues to expand its zero-emission delivery service.

Ten Urb-E electric bikes and cargo containers are being used in Santa Monica Zero Emission Delivery Zone (ZEDZ) lanes on Santa Monica and Colorado boulevards. The plan is to more than double the current fleet, which will deliver meal kits, e-commerce orders, groceries and subscription boxes on a daily basis.

“Santa Monicans have had...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/electric-cargo-bike-tackles-last-mile-delivery-in-california

Legislators, industry leaders agree collaboration key to driverless vehicle adoption

14 October 2021

Congressional representatives Darrell Issa and Yvette D. Clarke speak with executives from Aurora, Reef Technology and Argo AI about the adoption of driverless vehicles

It’s no secret that self-driving vehicles are a thing. From trucks to passenger vehicles to middle-mile delivery vans, companies across the transportation industry are doing everything they can to get drivers out of vehicles.

But they can only do so much. Currently, there exists no overarching federal legislation for the regulation of driverless vehicles, with the only framework in place being a patchwork of state-by-state regulations and statutory requirements. That has severely limited their...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/legislators-industry-leaders-agree-collaboration-key-to-driverless-vehicle-adoption

Will e-cargo bikes take over last-mile delivery?

7 April 2021

Companies like REEF Technology and DHL are deploying an increasing number of e-cargo bikes for last-mile delivery.

A day in the office — or biking the streets of sunny Miami — begins at the DHL Service Center for e-cargo bike couriers.

From there, Orlando Rosal makes his way to the REEF Technology garage, where an e-Cargo Cycle is waiting for him. Once he transfers a 60-cubic-foot container onto his bike, he takes off for Brickell Bay and various Miami neighborhoods, delivering packages along the way.

Electric-assisted cargo bikes (e-cargo bikes) have an electric motor, which means that couriers such as Rosal...

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