COOL HUNTING - Mobility

Mercedes-Benz EQ Fellows: Alisyn Malek

May Mobility uses autonomous technology and a community-driven approach

13 February 201912 February 2019

Presented in partnership with Mercedes-Benz EQ

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 …

Electric Mobility Innovation at CES 2019

Beyond cars, some of our favorite one- and two-wheel vehicles

Evan Malachosky and Josh Rubin

16 January 201916 January 2019

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At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the attendees were hovering, around many major car brands’ electric vehicles and the numerous future-fantasy aircrafts on show. Audi and Mercedes-Benz unveiled theirs, while Nissan debuted a revision of an earlier debut, and Bell collaborated with Uber. But, some of the most practical innovations on exhibition this year plan to solve the mobility issues plaguing cities and drivers in closer quarters—with …

Test Drive: 2019 Audi e-tron

Why it matters that their first production electric vehicle looks and feels like the car you're used to driving

Josh Rubin

7 December 20187 December 2018

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The idea that the near-future will be radically different from the present might be false. Yes, we’ll see progress and innovation, however broad acceptance of new technologies only really occurs when they’re delivered in a familiar format, and only when these semi-cloaked new technologies are widely distributed is there the true opportunity for paradigm change. Whether it was the first TV programs offering the ability …