transport

The market is primed for growth, writes CBBC’s Mark Xu, Sector Lead for Advanced Manufacturing and Transport The development of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) has picked up speed following the announcement from a number of countries that the sale of traditional ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) vehicles will be phased out over the next couple of decades. The UK and France announced in July 2017 that the sale of new diesel …

The Chinese bike-sharing company Mobike launches in the UK I spent seven years working at the London Cycle Hire Scheme or the Boris bike as people know it as. First as the service improvement manager, then solutions manager. I started working with them in 2010 before it was launched and continued up until earlier this year. I was bitten by the bike share bug as I could see the massive …

Heavy investment in high-speed rail has been well publicised but autonomous rail transit will be the future of urban railways, writes Mark Xu Over the past decade, China has been investing heavily in its high-speed rail industry. The CBBC has followed this sector closely, both within China, as well as the ever-growing international market – including countries across Africa. Rail is one of the 10 priority sectors under China’s Made …