A new research partnership between Korean Air and Wingbits will use crowd-sourced surveillance data to test how urban air mobility vehicles could fit into Korean airspace. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/kore...

Exclusive: Hyre, the largest car rental company in the Nordics, will replace Europcar at three of Norway’s biggest airports. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/exclu...

CASE STUDY: What can Europe learn from popular transport in India? Author Melissa Bruntlett travels to Delhi to explore how ‘informal transport’ like Tuk-tuks and rickshaws fill an essential transport gap, and why Europe should take note. Read more: zagdaily.com/featured/fro...

Lime scales London’s e-bike parking capacity by 40% since January, with the addition of 930 new parking bays to meet the city’s growing cycling demand. Read more: zagdaily.com/places/lime-...

To celebrate World Car Free Day, Zag takes a look at how London, Athens, and Koblenz brought the day to life - swapping cars for community, play, cycling and culture. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/europ...

How can shared micromobility turn Car-Free Day into Car-Free Living? On World Car Free Day, Zag sits down with Hoppy CEO Kenny Vercruysse to explore how the profitable shared micromobility operator is turning the symbolic day into a sustainable lifestyle. Read more: zagdaily.com/featured/how...

In today’s newsletter, we report straight from the UK’s premier micromobility expo. Plus, Bolt’s first hydrogen-powered fleet, and 25-year-old former Vice Mayor of Guayaquil Blanca López shares how she helped slash road deaths in Ecuador’s largest city. Subscribe here: zagdaily.com/zag-weekly/

UrbanShield has launched its first smart helmet prototype designed for shared e-bikes and e-scooters to tackle challenges around hygiene, safety, and theft in the sector. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/urban...

What are the big challenges for micromobility in the UK? Logistics experts, policymakers, advocates, and academics convened at Micromobility UK 2025 today to lay bare the urgent challenges facing micromobility. #MicromobilityUK Read more: zagdaily.com/places/what-...

In Episode #7 of Zag Talk, hosts Jonah Bliss & Greg Lindsay sit down with Whizz Co-Founder Mike Peregudov, and Zag unpacks the latest developments in connected mobility and advanced air mobility. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/zag-t...

INTERVIEW: Blanca López’s road safety revolution for Guayaquil In #37 of Zag’s Women Making Moves series, the 25-year-old former Vice Mayor of Guayaquil sets out how she helped reshape Ecuador’s largest city to boost transport equality and slash road deaths Read more: zagdaily.com/featured/int...

Mobility startup BusCaro has secured $2 million to scale bus-hailing across Pakistan as it seeks to formalise the country’s fragmented and under-regulated transport sector. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/busca...

Vertical Aerospace will begin assembling its VX4 electric air taxi at Cotswold Airport, after confirming plans to establish its first UK production facilities alongside flight testing activities. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/vert...

Three of Germany’s largest public transport operators unite to deploy smart mobility solutions across Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. #ZagConnected Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/pu...

eBikeLabs will launch a €250,000 crowdfunding campaign to accelerate adoption of its e-bike motor control software system. #ZagConnected Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/ebike...

Dott and Pony have won the shared micromobility tender in Bordeaux, with each operator permitted to deploy 1,000 rental e-bikes and 1,000 rental e-scooters as of November 1st. Read more: zagdaily.com/places/dott-...

British AV software platform Oxa adopts new NVIDIA technology to cut development time and bring its autonomous software into industrial use more quickly. #ZagConnected Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/ox...

The North American Bikeshare & Scootershare Association’s annual conference hits the streets of Montreal next month. Read more: zagdaily.com/places/montr...

Australian firm Skyportz partners with Haylion Technologies to pilot its modular vertipad technology in Shenzhen, as China accelerates plans for a 1,000-strong vertiport network. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/skyp...

The FAA has launched a U.S. pilot programme to trial electric aircraft, signalling a wider government push to accelerate air taxis, regional flights and drone operations across the continent. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/faa-...

Shared operator Neuron Mobility launches an e-scooter safety campaign for university students in the UK. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/neuro...

EU urged to back corporate bike leasing in its upcoming legislative initiatives. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/eu-ur...

To mark its centenary, the Pulitzer Trophy Race is being revived as the world’s first crewed all-electric air race with a virtual simulator challenge for school students. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/stud...

Europe and Japan join forces to boost their competitiveness in the global rechargeable battery value chain. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/europ...

Shared mobility giant Bolt launches its first hydrogen-powered ride-hailing fleet in the Estonian capital of Tallinn Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/bolt-...

In today’s newsletter, we cover Zag Daily’s new editorial channel reporting on the future of intelligent mobility. Plus, Finns rally to save their bike tax break, and Lilium’s rescue bid stalls amid a stand-off with administrators. Subscribe here: zagdaily.com/zag-weekly/

Voi Technology cuts its emissions intensity by 77% since 2019 and plans to extend the lifespan of its e-scooters and e-bikes to over a decade, according to the company’s 2024 Sustainability Report. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/voi-c...

Strava’s active travel academic programme returns for a second year - supporting infrastructure projects across the world with data from its millions of trips. Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/st...

London’s cargo bike use doubled in 2 years - prompting calls to roll out a zero-emission zone for urban freight. Read more: zagdaily.com/places/londo...

Experts at IAA Mobility in Munich say semiconductors are critical to the future of connected, sustainable transport, powering everything from electric cars to scooters, trains and smart energy systems. #ZagConnected #IAA25 #IAAMobility Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/ia...

As five days of Tube strikes bring London to a standstill, shared micromobility emerges as the true transport hero. Read more: zagdaily.com/places/bikes...

The battle over Lilium’s future has descended into a stand-off, with administrators insisting proof of funds is still missing while would-be rescuer AAMG says it has met every demand. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/lili...

Exclusive: A coalition of the UK’s major shared micromobility operators has written an open letter to the government urging it to end the highest bidder bias in tenders. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/exclu...

Ampliuz launches a public e-bike charging network in Norway, as the startup gears up for a capital raise of up to €4 million to go international. Read more: zagdaily.com/places/publi...

Exclusive: A nationwide study from Veo finds that shared micromobility is replacing car trips across the US, but infrastructure gaps and policy is stalling progress. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/exclu...

At IAA Mobility in Munich, Google and other industry leaders showcased how agentic AI is moving from prototype to deployment, reshaping vehicle design, operations and the passenger experience. #ZagConnected #IAA25 #IAAMobility Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/ai...

At IAA Mobility 2025, Zag Daily meets the Founder of PIX Moving to discover how the Chinese tech company is turning travel time into living time - transforming autonomous shuttles into mobile study rooms, cafés and retail stores. #ZagConnected #IAA25 Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/pi...

Standab secures €3.6 million to build a universal micromobility charging network in Europe. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/stand...

Dutch battery firm LeydenJar secures €23 million to scale production of its silicon anode technology which it said can increase battery capacity by 50% and reduce CO2 emissions by 85%. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/leyde...

🚀 Zag Daily is launching Zag Connected, a new editorial strand dedicated to the business of connected mobility. #ZagConnected Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/za...

Live from IAA Mobility 2025, four-time F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel calls on mobility manufacturers to apply racing’s competitive spirit to building regenerative transport systems. #ZagConnected #IAA25 #IAAMobility Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/f1...

Live at Messe München, Zag charts how the IAA has evolved from a car show into a global stage for sustainable mobility, technology and politics. #ZagConnected #IAA25 #IAAMobility Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/fr...

Italian vanpooling startup Wayla hits €1 million crowdfunding goal 30 hours after launch. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/wayla...

Upway and Lease a Bike partner to offer second-hand corporate bike leasing in Belgium. Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/upway...

Korea is to launch its first vertiport network on Jeju Island by 2028, with Skyports Infrastructure appointed as lead developer and operator. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/kore...

Finland has proposed a bill to end the tax exemption for employer-provided bicycles. Zag sits down with CEO of bike benefit pioneer Vapaus to understand the proposed bill’s impact on the bicycle industry, with more than 50,000 Finns in opposition. Read more: zagdaily.com/featured/fin...

In today’s newsletter, we cover how the Turkish city of Sakarya has its sights on becoming a World Bicycle City. Plus, Vapaus merges and what’s next for UK micromobility legislation? Subscribe here: zagdaily.com/zag-weekly/

The Brazilian Helicopter Safety Team (BHEST) has released a new report warning regulators and industry about the challenges of introducing eVTOL aircraft into the country’s airspace. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/braz...

Moldova pledges to halve road deaths by 2030 in its new national road safety strategy. Read more: zagdaily.com/places/moldo...

GE Aerospace is investing $300 million in Vermont-based BETA Technologies as part of a new partnership to co-develop a hybrid electric turbogenerator for defence and civil aircraft. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/ge-a...