COOL HUNTING - Mobility

Our Exclusive Interview With the Design Team Behind the Fiat Centoventi All-Electric Concept

From a bumper that displays messages to interchangeable seats, the concept has something for everyone

8 March 20198 March 2019

Celebrating the brand’s 120th anniversary and its first concept car in 16 years, Fiat unveiled the electric Concept Centoventi (Concept 120) at the Geneva International Motor Show this week. The vehicle, the next-generation Panda, could arrive as early as 2021. Klaus Busse, the head of design for Europe brands at FCA, says, “It is Italian design”—democratic, accessible, stylish and functional. The car will be delivered with a very …

Mercedes-Benz EQ Fellows: Michael Lim

Working to update the ways cities' roadways function

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22 February 201921 February 2019

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Presented in partnership with Mercedes-Benz EQ

Co-founder of LA-based Xtelligent, Michael Lim is working to connect tomorrow’s smart cars with existing city infrastructure—streetlights, pre-existing transportation options, and more. With some 99% of US roadway intersections still functioning with ’70s-era regulation, Lim is hoping to help cities develop strategies for current-day and future mobility using tech-forward, updated approaches. As one of the Mercedes-Benz EQ Fellows at Summit LA, Lim represents a broader role …

Mercedes-Benz EQ Fellows: Alisyn Malek

May Mobility uses autonomous technology and a community-driven approach

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13 February 201912 February 2019

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COO and co-founder of May Mobility, Alisyn Malek is another of the 10 inventive and optimistic Mercedes-Benz EQ Fellows at Summit LA. Currently based in Detroit, Malek is working with autonomous technology—an industry in which she has a rich history in—to tackle mobility issues facing communities. An engineer by trade, she is using a community-driven approach to broaden the accessibility of new technologies and to make lives better …