Transportation News & Media
Self-serve machine offers duty-free products at Japanese airports
February 6, 2023
WAmazing Inc., a Japan based online platform that offers snacks and convenience products for foreign tourists, has deployed vending machines offering duty-free…
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Bird safety sidetracks Carvana vending machine in Chicago suburb
February 1, 2023
Carvana's plan to erect a car vending machine tower in Skokie, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, has been sidetracked out of concern for preventing birds from being…
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TravelCenters of America teams with Electrify America on EV charging stations
January 31, 2023
TravelCenters of America Inc., a publicly-traded full-service travel center network, has signed an agreement with Electrify America, the U.S. fast charging…
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New Mexico town to get solar-powered EV charging stations
January 30, 2023
The city of Carlsbad, New Mexico will have five solar-powered, covered EV charging stations under a proposed agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy…
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Portland, Oregon considers mandatory EV charging for multi-family buildings
January 27, 2023
Portland, Oregon lawmakers are considering requiring new multi-family housing with five or more condos or apartments to include electrical capacity and…
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New Zealand airport to expand self-serve check-in kiosks
January 25, 2023
Queenstown Airport in Queenstown, New Zealand plans to install additional bag drop and kiosk technology to allow passengers to check in faster, according to a…
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Illinois lifts Carvana’s business suspension
January 25, 2023
Carvana, an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars online that offers a car vending machine, will continue selling and buying vehicles at its…
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Blink Charging taps power conversion provider to facilitate EV charging infrastructure
January 25, 2023
Blink Charging Co., a provider of electric vehicle charging equipment and services, has teamed with EdgeEnergy, a provider of power conversion equipment, to…
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Bp launches EV truck charging stations in Germany
January 24, 2023
Bp has installed six public charging stations for trucks along a 600-kilometer stretch of Germany's Rhine-Alpine corridor, according to a press release.
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Shell to acquire Volta for $169M
January 20, 2023
Shell USA Inc. has agreed to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock of Volta Inc., an electric vehicle charging and advertising…
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Vancouver airport intros robotic smoothie machines
January 19, 2023
Travelers visiting Vancouver International Airport can buy smoothies 24/7 at five robotic smoothie machines provided by Burnaby, Canada-based TrendiTech Inc.…
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Carvana to continue layoffs as sales decline
January 13, 2023
Carvana, an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars online that offers a car vending machine, plans to lay off more workers and reduce work hours…
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Canada transit agency upgrades to accept contactless debit cards
January 12, 2023
TransLink customers can now pay for transit using Interac Debit on every bus and at every fare gate throughout Metro Vancouver, making TransLink the first…
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EV charging network insufficient to meet future demand
January 10, 2023
Supporters of vehicle electrification point to the more than 140,000 EV charging stations currently deployed across the U.S. — including Level 2 AC and Level …
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Moscow Metro to extend biometric payment to surface, river, air rail transport
January 9, 2023
The Moscow Metro, the city's mostly underground railway, has deployed its biometric payment service to 330 more turnstiles this month, with plans to launch the…
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Mercedes Benz to introduce global EV charging network
January 9, 2023
Mercedes Benz will launch a global branded charging network. Rollout starts this year in North America in partnership with MN8 Energy and ChargePoint…
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Australian airports install biometric ID kiosks
January 5, 2023
Idemia, a France-based provider of security services using biometric technology, has installed its self-serve passenger identification kiosk at eight Australia…
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Massachusetts allocates $225M for EV charging stations
January 3, 2023
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is organizing a division to kickstart the design and installation of EV charging stations, according to a…
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Renewable energy contractor to install EV charging stations
January 2, 2023
EnergyLink, a Denver, Colorado-based contractor that designs and builds renewable energy products, will begin installing EV charging stations in 2023 through…
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Carvana set to open customer center on Long Island
December 29, 2022
Carvana, which has experienced falling sales and layoffs this year, has nearly completed its first customer center on Long Island, New York, according to a…
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