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Why sustainable transportation needs 5G connectivity and digitalisation

CIO

Decarbonising transportation through electrification is critical to helping companies and economies meet net-zero emissions targets. Fortunately, three forces are combining to make this vision for sustainable transportation a reality: connectivity, digitalisation, and cross-sector collaboration. Learn more here.

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BIT’s Agrobit named a ‘Hero of Sustainability’ at SAP Innovation Awards

CIO

And BIT is using SAP software as the seed to make those operations more efficient, sustainable, and productive. As a result, the solution and BIT’s expertise have helped agribusiness companies and farmers throughout the world improve sustainability, increase profitability, reduce risks, and become more environmentally friendly.

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Z?m wins $150M from San Francisco schools to modernize and electrify student transport

TechCrunch

m, a startup that wants to upgrade student transportation, a five-year $150 million contract to modernize its transport service throughout the district. m’s transportation solution for SFUSD is expected to save the district $3 million per year on average, based on the cost of the incumbent’s solution. m told TechCrunch.

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Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals

CIO

With a mission to revolutionize the future of global mobility, WABTEC delivers transformative transportation systems that quite literally propel the world forward. I started out as an application developer. Now I have consciously tapped into the R&D space, product development and the DevOps segment.

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IFC backs Bolt with $24M to expand its transportation network in emerging markets

TechCrunch

Bolt , an Uber competitor that is building an international on-demand network of services to transport people, food and other items in cars, scooters and bikes across Europe and Africa, has picked up some strategic funding today to continue expanding its business in emerging markets. billion, based on a 1.5x multiple on GMV of €3.5

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Transport and Logistics App Development

Mobilunity

In the transport business, it is all about planning, monitoring and execution. This is the key to running a successful transport business, and achieving it sounds a lot easier than it is. Transport businesses face loads of challenging factors such as planning, communication, maintenance, speed and reliability.

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Apple’s sustainability-focused Impact Accelerator invites first 15 Black- and brown-owned companies

TechCrunch

Among Apple’s more recent social good initiatives is the Impact Accelerator, an effort launched about a year ago intended to find and elevate minority-owned small businesses taking on sustainability and climate change. Mosaic Global Transportation (Founder: Maurice H.