Croatian e-bike startup Greyp partners with blockchain groups slock.it, Energy Web Foundation

Greyp, a Croatian electric bike manufacturer and mobility tech startup, has joined forces with two blockchain groups, slock.it and the Energy Web Foundation (EWF), to develop an automatic payment system for IoT vehicles, portal tech.eu has reported. Greyp is a sister company of Rimac Automobili. Such payments will begin as machine-to-machine transactions, such as tolls, […]

Mobility November 11, 2019

Ford to invest USD 500 million in electric vehicle startup Rivian

Ford Motor Company will invest USD 500 million in electric vehicle (EV) startup Rivian, the company said on its website. In addition to the investment, the companies have agreed to work together to develop an all-new, next-generation battery EV for Ford’s growing EV portfolio using Rivian’s skateboard platform. According to Ford, Rivian already has developed […]

Mobility April 29, 2019

Startup SmartCat tops PowerUp! competition in Serbia

Startup SmartCat from Novi Sad has won the second PowerUp! competition in Serbia with its innovative software Optimus Power for optimization and control of electricity consumption. The startup made up of Sanja Hajduković, Nina Marjanović, Nenad Božić, Dušan Ranđelović, and Stanko Kuveljić secured the opportunity to compete in the regional final in Krakow on May […]