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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 7h
Oxford Street, London’s busiest shopping street, will become traffic-free on 26 October 2026 as the capital begins the first phase of a long-running plan to pedestrianise the West End thoroughfare. Read more: zagdaily.com/urban/oxford...
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Oxford Street to go traffic-free from October
Oxford Street, London’s busiest shopping street, will become traffic-free on 26 October 2026 as the capital begins the first phase of a long-running plan to pedestrianise the West End thoroughfare.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 29/09/2026
London Mayor Sadiq Khan sets out a plan for a city-wide dockless e-bike framework, replacing the city’s current borough-by-borough patchwork arrangement. Read more: zagdaily.com/micromobilit...
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London Mayor sets out plan for city-wide dockless e-bike framework
London is set to move towards a single regulatory framework for dockless e-bikes after Mayor Sadiq Khan outlined plans for Transport for London (TfL) to take control of licensing across the capital on...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 29/09/2026
Voi secures a €150m revolving credit facility from three Nordic banks as its financial performance strengthens, replacing the bond financing it has used to fund growth since 2024. Read more: zagdaily.com/micromobilit...
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Voi replaces bond financing with €150m bank facility
Voi Technology has secured a €150m revolving credit facility from three Nordic banks, replacing the bond financing it has predominantly relied on to fund growth since 2024.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 28/09/2026
Belgian start-up Aerobag is taking one of the world’s first AI-powered wearable airbags to the mainstream with its technology now in use by professional cycling teams and a newly-launched commuter version for everyday riders. Read more: zagdaily.com/featured/fro...
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From the peloton to the bike path: The AI airbag aiming to revolutionise cycling safety
Belgian start-up Aerobag is taking one of the world’s first AI-powered wearable airbags to the mainstream with its technology now in use by professional cycling teams and a newly-launched commuter ver...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 28/09/2026
In today’s newsletter, London’s micromobility scene takes centre stage as its shared e-scooter trial enters Phase 3. Plus, we’re in Katowice for KNM and Inurba’s Bid Manager sets out why bike share must break free from the municipal boundary. Subscribe here: zagdaily.com/zag-weekly/
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 25/09/2026
Vertical Aerospace opens UK’s first air taxi centre. The British eVTOL developer has opened a new assembly facility at Cotswold Airport where it plans to start building its Valo air taxi as it works towards commercial certification in 2029. #AAM #Zagair Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/vert...
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Vertical opens UK’s first air taxi centre
Vertical Aerospace has opened a new assembly facility at Cotswold Airport where it plans to start building its Valo air taxi as it works towards commercial certification in 2029.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 25/09/2026
With London’s micromobility market still split across 33 boroughs, Chair of the Shared Micromobility Alliance Rikesh Shah argues that the capital doesn’t need to wait for legislation to start fixing its patchwork problem. Read more: zagdaily.com/people/londo...
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London can't afford to wait any longer for micromobility regulation
With London’s micromobility market still split across 33 boroughs, Chair of the Shared Micromobility Alliance Rikesh Shah argues that the capital doesn’t need to wait for legislation to start fixing i...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 24/09/2026
Europe walks 1.3 billion steps in a contest that ran for European Mobility Week - with Riga crowned the most active city. Read more: zagdaily.com/urban/europe...
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Europe walks 1.3 billion steps for European Mobility Week
Europe walked more than 1.3 billion steps in a contest that ran for European Mobility Week.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 24/09/2026
Grid constraints are complicating Poland’s electric mobility transition. At the New Mobility Congress in Katowice, Zag sits down with Barak Sas from wireless charging company Electreon who proposes one potential solution to the problem. Read more: zagdaily.com/featured/is-...
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Is Poland’s electric grid bottleneck prompting a rethink of fleet charging?
Grid constraints are complicating Poland’s electric mobility transition. At the New Mobility Congress in Katowice, Zag sits down with Barak Sas from wireless charging company Electreon who proposes on...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 23/09/2026
London’s rental e-scooter trial moves into its third phase as UK legislation remains pending. Read more: zagdaily.com/micromobilit...
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London’s e-scooter trial progresses as UK legislation remains pending
London’s rental e-scooter trial has moved into its third phase with Voi and Lime to continue operating the service for the next two years.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 23/09/2026
Spiro lands $18 million in debt to scale its e-motorcycle fleets in Uganda and Rwanda. Read more: zagdaily.com/micromobilit...
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Spiro lands $18m to scale e-motorcycle fleets in Uganda and Rwanda
Nairobi-based Spiro has secured $18 million in new debt to scale its e-motorcycle fleet and battery swapping network across Uganda and Rwanda.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 22/09/2026
Mercedes-Benz to integrate Wayve’s AI Driver into future vehicles within the next two years. #ZagConnected Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/me...
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Mercedes to bring Wayve AI Driver to consumer vehicles
Mercedes-Benz will bring Wayve’s AI Driver into future production models, widening the route for Wayve to scale its automated driving technology beyond robotaxis and into cars driven by private custom...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 22/09/2026
UK government invests £104m in active travel across England. Read more: zagdaily.com/urban/englan...
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England gets £104m for National Cycle Network
The UK government is investing £104 million into active travel across England.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 22/09/2026
Spain’s next wave of bike share contract renewals is a chance to rethink how services are governed, argues Inurba’s Alejandro Martín Barraza, drawing on European examples to show how metropolitan coordination can take bike share beyond municipal boundaries. Read more: zagdaily.com/people/bike-...
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Bike share must break free from the municipal boundary
Spain’s next wave of bike share contract renewals is a chance to rethink how services are governed, argues Inurba’s Alejandro Martín Barraza, drawing on European examples to show how metropolitan coor...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 21/09/2026
Nuro wants to be the Android for autonomous vehicles: COO Andrew Chapin tells Zag Daily why the company founded by former Google self-driving engineers is betting on licensing its autonomous technology rather than building and operating the service itself. Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/nu...
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Nuro’s bet on becoming the “Android” for autonomous vehicles
Nuro COO Andrew Chapin tells Zag Daily why the company founded by former Google self-driving engineers is betting autonomous vehicles will follow the smartphone model, with a small number of technolog...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 21/09/2026
In today’s newsletter, we report live from China where Segway rounds up the global industry for an exclusive look at three brand new shared micromobility vehicle lines. Plus, Waymo names Singapore as its next market and Bolt signs its largest AV deal yet. Subscribe here: zagdaily.com/zag-weekly/
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 18/09/2026
Waymo reveals plans to launch robotaxis in Singapore, as competition between autonomous ride-hailing operators heats up in the city-state. #ZagConnected Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/wa...
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Waymo reveals Singapore as next international robotaxi market
Waymo plans to launch its robotaxi service in Singapore in 2028, as competition heats up between autonomous ride-hailing operators in the city-state.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 17/09/2026
Bolt signs its largest autonomous vehicle deal yet, targeting 25,000 autonomous vehicles across Europe with US carmaker Lucid. #ZagConnected Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/lu...
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Lucid and Bolt target 25,000 autonomous vehicles across Europe
Bolt has signed its largest autonomous vehicle deal yet as it builds towards a 100,000-vehicle fleet by 2035.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 17/09/2026
CityQ becomes the first European four-wheel cargo bike manufacturer to have a vehicle certified against EN 17860, a new European safety standard covering cargo bikes. Read more: zagdaily.com/micromobilit...
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CityQ becomes first European four-wheel cargo bike certified to new safety standard
Norwegian cargo bike maker CityQ has become the first European four-wheel cargo bike manufacturer to have a vehicle certified against EN 17860, a new European safety standard covering cargo bikes.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 17/09/2026
Segway unveils three brand new vehicle lines at its Changzhou Summit. Zag joins masses of shared micromobility players in China as Segway convenes the global industry for a first look at its new shared e-scooter, e-bike series and its first delivery e-bike. Read more: zagdaily.com/featured/seg...
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Segway unveils fresh shared micromobility vehicle lineup at Changzhou Summit
Zag joins masses of shared micromobility players in the Chinese city of Changzhou as Segway convenes the global industry for a first look at three brand new vehicle lines and a strategy to make the ne...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 16/09/2026
Joby Aviation says its autonomous Cessna Caravan has completed the first autonomous flight across America after reaching North Carolina's Outer Banks. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/joby...
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Joby completes autonomous coast-to-coast US flight
Joby Aviation says its autonomous Cessna Caravan has completed the first autonomous flight across America after reaching North Carolina's Outer Banks.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 16/09/2026
Waymo has partnered with Allianz Partners to develop insurance, claims and safety systems for its planned European robotaxi operations, starting in Germany. #ZagConnected Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/wa...
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Waymo partners with Allianz on insurance ahead of European robotaxi rollout
The partnership will cover insurance, claims handling and safety research as Waymo prepares to begin commercial autonomous ride-hailing in Germany.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 15/09/2026
Samson Sky secures an $80m investment from Dubai-based Matin Group to build its first production facility for the Switchblade, a hybrid-electric road-going aircraft. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/sams...
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Samson Sky raises $80m to fund flying car production
US flying car developer Samson Sky has secured investment from Dubai-based Matin Group but still needs another $20m before production can be fully funded.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 15/09/2026
Spain has authorised WeRide, Uber and fleet operator Avomo to prepare for a 20-vehicle robotaxi deployment in Greater Madrid, with commercial operations planned by the end of 2026. #ZagConnected #LondonAVtrials Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/we...
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WeRide and Uber secure Spain’s first national Level 4 permit
Spain has authorised WeRide, Uber and Avomo to prepare for a 20-vehicle robotaxi deployment in Madrid, giving WeRide’s GXR its first national approval in the EU.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 14/09/2026
Lyft riders in Nashville can now book a Waymo autonomous vehicle through the Lyft app, as its European subsidiary Freenow backs rival operator Baidu in London. #ZagConnected Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/ly...
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Lyft backs Waymo in Nashville as it partners with rival Baidu in London
Lyft riders in Nashville can now book a Waymo autonomous vehicle through the Lyft app, as its European subsidiary Freenow backs rival operator Baidu in London.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 14/09/2026
In today’s newsletter, Honda is the first organisation to achieve a five-star rating under the FIA’s expanded Road Safety Index. Plus, Lyft examines how e-bike demand is reshaping charging infrastructure and robotaxis start carrying passengers in Zagreb. Subscribe here: zagdaily.com/zag-weekly/
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 11/09/2026
Texas is becoming a focal point for US eVTOL development as a federal pilot programme brings aircraft testing, route planning and charging infrastructure together across the state. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/texa...
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Texas becomes testing ground for US eVTOL integration
Joby has begun flying its electric air taxi across North Texas under a US government pilot programme, as Archer and Beta Technologies prepare to build shared charging infrastructure for the same netwo...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 10/09/2026
Italian mobility startup Scuter has expanded its partnership with Italian supermarket group Esselunga so that users of its three-wheeled electric vehicles in Milan can now earn loyalty points from their journeys. Read more: zagdaily.com/featured/scu...
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Scuter expands Esselunga partnership to build wider UrbanTech platform
The Italian mobility startup’s expanded loyalty partnership gives an early example of its strategy to connect its own vehicle, software and operating infrastructure with other urban services.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 10/09/2026
Pony.ai and Verne begin carrying passengers without an onboard safety operator on public roads in Zagreb, five months after launching Europe’s first commercial robotaxi service. Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/za...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 09/09/2026
Estonian bike maker ILUS has won a tender to supply 65 electric bikes to the municipality of Gjøvik in Norway, as it targets growing demand for locally produced shared mobility hardware across Europe. Read more: zagdaily.com/micromobilit...
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ILUS wins Norwegian bike tender as European sourcing gains ground
Estonian shared mobility hardware maker ILUS bike has won a tender to supply 65 electric bikes to the municipality of Gjøvik in Norway from 2027.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 09/09/2026
Honda is the first organisation to achieve the highest rating under the FIA’s expanded Road Safety Index, which now assesses how companies plan, monitor and embed road safety across their operations. Read more: zagdaily.com/featured/hon...
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Honda first organisation to achieve FIA’s new five-star road safety rating
Honda is the first organisation to achieve the highest rating under the FIA’s expanded Road Safety Index, which now assesses how companies plan, monitor and embed road safety across their operations.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 08/09/2026
Dutch flying car developer PAL-V secures European Production Organisation Approval (POA) for the organisation that will manufacture its aircraft. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/pal-...
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PAL-V secures European approval to produce flying cars
Dutch flying car developer PAL-V has secured European approval for its production organisation, clearing a major manufacturing hurdle while the Liberty aircraft remains in the final stages of certific...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 07/09/2026
Tesla puts its first production vehicles without steering wheels or pedals onto public roads in Austin, Texas as US regulators investigate whether the model meets federal safety requirements. #ZagConnected Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/te...
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Tesla Cybercab launch faces federal scrutiny
Tesla has put its first production vehicles without steering wheels or pedals onto public roads in Texas as US regulators investigate whether the model meets federal safety requirements.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 07/09/2026
In today’s newsletter, Pakistan’s BusCaro reports profitability in less than four years of bus-hailing operations. Plus, Uber’s self-driving vehicles start carrying passengers in London and what can EV makers learn from Formula E? Subscribe here: zagdaily.com/zag-weekly/
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 04/09/2026
A rural car sharing pilot in Germany is rewarding customers to carry out day-to-day operational tasks while using local businesses to fund fleet expansion through mobile advertising. Read more: zagdaily.com/urban/youtax...
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YouTaxi turns customers into operators in rural car sharing pilot
A German car sharing pilot is using its customers and local businesses to handle some of the work normally carried out by operators.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 03/09/2026
Regent flies its Viceroy flying water vessel with people on board for the first time as it prepares to take the craft into commercial production. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/rege...
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Regent flies first electric seaglider with crew on board
Rhode Island-based Regent has flown its Viceroy flying water vessel with people on board for the first time as it prepares to take the craft into commercial production.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 03/09/2026
Mobility advertising company admoai is forecasting up to $2 million in revenue in its first full year as it scales its network across Europe and Latin America. #ZagConnected Read more: zagdaily.com/featured/adm...
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Admoai forecasts up to $2m revenue in first full year as mobility media takes off
Admoai is betting that mobility will become the next major media channel as the company reports accelerated demand for advertising across ride-hailing, micromobility and parking platforms in Europe an...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 03/09/2026
Mobility tech startup Tyred launches its own insurance offering for UK cyclists which prices policies according to rider behaviour. Read more: zagdaily.com/micromobilit...
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Tyred launches behaviour-based insurance for UK cyclists
British mobility tech startup Tyred has launched its own insurance offering for personal cyclists and shared fleets.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 03/09/2026
Uber and Wayve launch the UK’s first autonomous ride-hailing service in London, letting passengers book a self-driving vehicle with a supervisor on board. #ZagConnected #LondonAVtrials Read more: zagdaily.com/featured/lon...
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London launches first autonomous Uber rides with supervisors
Uber and Wayve have launched the UK’s first autonomous ride-hailing service in London, letting passengers book a self-driving vehicle with a supervisor on board.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 02/09/2026
Lime records more than one million e-bike and e-scooter journeys in the UK West Midlands in its first five months of operations. Read more: zagdaily.com/micromobilit...
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Lime hits one million rides in UK West Midlands
Lime has reported more than one million e-bike and e-scooter journeys across the West Midlands in its first five months of operation in the area.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 02/09/2026
Uber Eats to pay motorcycle riders to ride safer in Japan. Honda and Uber are testing whether app-based safety scores and financial rewards can encourage better behaviour of motorcycle delivery riders in Japan. Read more: zagdaily.com/micromobilit...
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Uber Eats to pay motorcycle riders to ride safer in Japan
Honda and Uber are testing whether app-based safety scores and financial rewards can encourage safer behaviour from motorcycle delivery riders in Japan.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 01/09/2026
Belgium mandates helmets for e-scooters capable of exceeding 20km/h. Read more: zagdaily.com/micromobilit...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 01/09/2026
Exclusive: Pakistan-based bus-hailing service BusCaro reports profitability for the first time as it gears up for international expansion. Read more: zagdaily.com/urban/exclus...
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Exclusive: BusCaro reports profitability for the first time
Pakistan-based bus-hailing service BusCaro has reached a new milestone as it reports profitability for the first time.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 31/08/2026
What can EV makers take from Formula E? At the 2026 London E-Prix, Zag sits down with the FIA's Head of Championship for Formula E Pablo Martino to hear about the technologies and lessons moving between the track and the road. Read more: zagdaily.com/featured/fro...
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From track to road: What EV makers can take from Formula E
What can EV manufacturers take from motorsport? At the 2026 London E-Prix, Zag sits down with FIA Formula E Head of Championship Pablo Martino to hear about the technologies and lessons moving between...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 28/08/2026
Robotaxi services are unlikely to launch this year as Transport for London continues to work on guidance that will determine how operators can deploy autonomous passenger services in the capital. #ZagConnected #LondonAVtrials Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/lo...
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London robotaxi launch stalls as TfL guidance remains pending
Fully driverless services are unlikely to launch this year as Transport for London continues to work on guidance that will determine how operators can deploy autonomous passenger services in the capit...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 28/08/2026
Robotaxi services are unlikely to launch this year as Transport for London continues to work on guidance that will determine how operators can deploy autonomous passenger services in the capital. #ZagConnected #LondonAVtrials Read more: zagdaily.com/connected/lo...
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London robotaxi launch stalls as TfL guidance remains pending
Fully driverless services are unlikely to launch this year as Transport for London continues to work on guidance that will determine how operators can deploy autonomous passenger services in the capit...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 28/08/2026
Helsinki explores a passenger air taxi link that could cut travel time between the Finnish capital and Estonian capital of Tallinn to less than an hour door to door. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/hels...
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Helsinki explores air taxi link to Tallinn
The Finnish capital is assessing a new passenger air link to Tallinn that could cut door-to-door travel time to under an hour.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 27/08/2026
How hybrid parking can make bike share expansion go further. A simulation study by Toronto's York University and Lyft Urban Solutions finds that combining docked stations with out-of-station parking zones unlocks the greatest ridership potential. Read more: zagdaily.com/featured/how...
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How hybrid parking can make bike share expansion go further
A simulation study by Toronto's York University and Lyft Urban Solutions finds that hybrid bike share networks combining docked stations with out-of-station parking zones unlock the greatest ridership...
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 27/08/2026
Regent raises $240m to scale production of its Seagliders that fly above water. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/rege...
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Regent raises $240m to scale Seaglider production
Rhode Island-based Seaglider developer Regent has raised $240m as it prepares to fly its first crewed Viceroy prototype above water and begin manufacturing at a 255,000 sq ft facility.
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Zag Daily @zagdaily.com · 27/08/2026
Wisk Aero begins work on a 10,000 sqft vertiport in California for its passenger autonomous aircraft, weeks after rival air taxi developer Archer Aviation agreed to buy the business. #AAM #ZagAir Read more: zagdaily.com/zag-air/wisk...
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Wisk starts vertiport work in California as Archer acquisition takes shape
Wisk Aero is developing a new airport test site for its passenger autonomous aircraft weeks after agreeing to sell the business to rival air taxi developer Archer Aviation.
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