How Upshift invented fractional car leasing to replace car ownership in cities
DesignWanted invited Ezra Goldman, cofounder of Upshift, to understand how the service was born and why despite all the new forms of transportation in cities, people […]
Mobility design
Mobility and transportation is one of the largest and more prodigious industries within the design fields with the simple purpose of getting something or someone, efficiently, from A to B. Mobility is undergoing disruptive and monumental changes with the introduction of automated driving and sharing-oriented service design while the thriving of the pro-sustainability movement forces the industry to adopt new, cleaner and more feasible technologies.
Own less, share more, move faster: free-floating in Milan with Helbiz and MiMoto
With a growing demand for flex(mob)ility and a population eager to experiment with new approaches to transport, we explore the current state of shared mobility services […]
Retro futuristic Microlino and Microletta for urban e-mobility
As the Swiss pioneer in micro mobility, Micro triggered a worldwide boom at the end of the 1990s with the invention of the kick scooter (micro […]
Car tires regenerate with Goodyear concept reCharge
The tire of the future will be customized based on the performance of the driver, reloadable and biodegradable. The Goodyear reCharge is a revolutionary self-regenerating concept […]
A scooter that runs on air? Poimo is portable and inflatable
Poimo stands for portable and inflatable mobility. It is light enough for absolutely anyone to carry and has a soft body to ensure a high degree […]
Virgin Hyperloop: the archi-design factor traveling at 1,200 km/h in a tunnel
For decades, we have dreamt about new forms of transportation, forms that seemed so unachievable we got used to only seeing them in science fiction films. […]
Would this compact scooter make you Switch your commuting habits?
Switch scooter is a portable electric solution which makes city commuting easy. Scooters often sound like a great idea. They are promoted as environmentally friendly, and […]
EHang AAVs takes urban mobility to the air
In response to escalating traffic congestion and air pollution, calls for alternative transport solutions are growing. EHang AAVs offers a low-altitude urban mobility solution which is […]
Project Vector by Jaguar is a multi-use e-vehicle for urban-centric use cases
The new Jaguar Project Vector concept adapts its interior cabin space for private or commercial use. At National Automotive Innovation Centre, Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled […]
Let’s hope hydrogen doesn’t end up like Betamax
“Cybertruck, Elon Musk, PowerWall, GigaFactory”Those are words, products, and protagonists not only of an extraordinary entrepreneurial adventure but also of a new lexicon that associates these […]
8 electric bicycles to turn you into a daily rider
Since its creation and introduction in Europe in the 19th century, the bicycle has conquered the world. Now, it’s time for electric bicycles. This invention has […]
MVRDV and Airbus collaborate to design the integration of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) into our existing cityscapes
Dutch architecture practice, MVRDV has been working in collaboration with Airbus, Bauhaus Luftfahrt, ETH Zurich, and Systra on the investigation into how architects can plan for […]