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TripShift - automated emissions tracking to help us all move better.
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th May 2022
TripShift is a London-based SaaS startup enabling users to accurately record how much carbon their business or personal journey creates.
The transportation sector produces billions of tonnes of carbon every year, representing 25% of all carbon emissions worldwide. We are told that if these numbers aren’t reduced by 2030, there will be no returning from the climate catastrophe that follow...
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RideTandem - the affordable and sustainable shared transport solution
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th May 2022
Next gen mobility beyond the big cities - RideTandem is a startup aiming to turn local transport providers into smart shuttles for work, education and more.
As well as the environmental impact of commuting to work via car, there is the issue of the lowest-earning 20% of the UK population not owning a car at all. While this might be fine if they work within the town or city in which they live, i...
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The Tyre Collective - mitigating tyre emissions by capturing them at the source
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th October 2021
The Tyre Collective is a London-based cleantech startup that's building innovative solutions to save our air from the pollution caused by tyre wear
We all know that cars and other road traffic are highly pollutant. After all, the UK has banned all new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030 on, in a move towards electric-only. However, emissions from the engine are only 50% of the issue - a vehicl...
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32 climate tech companies participating in Tech Nation Net Zero 2.0
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th September 2021
The lowdown on the innovative companies that have been accepted into Net Zero 2.0, the programme dedicated to supporting the UK’s most promising climate tech companies
An impressive cohort of 32 climate tech companies have just been accepted into the second iteration of Tech Nation’s Net Zero programme, the government-backed programme that aims to support the most promising climate...
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Immense - making transport simulation accessible
by: Startacus Admin ~ 3rd September 2021
The lowdown on Immense, the London-based startup that uses AI and digital simulations to help fleet managers, infrastructure operators and transportation planners make the best decisions
The smart cities of the very near future will be unable to run without a flood of data insights coming in from all over the city, and simulations will need to be run on that data in the background all the time,...
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Aerospace Xelerated opens call for autonomy and AI focused startups
by: Startacus Admin ~ 24th August 2021
Tech startups with innovative solutions for the aerospace sector sought for upcoming Aerospace Xelerated programme...
Startup at the forefront of autonomy and AI? This is for you! The Aerospace Xelerated programme has opened its call for applications for innovative startups to solve key challenges for the aerospace sector - from the way aircraft are built right through to the passenger journey....
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Teebike - the startup that's reinventing the wheel
by: Startacus Admin ~ 17th May 2021
The innovative French startup Teebike has created a front bike wheel that enables you to convert your regular bike to an ebike
Within cities, mainly, the push for switching to bicycles instead of cars and public transport has been ongoing for some time. They reduce congestion, they cut carbon emissions, they’re cheaper, and they’re healthier.
In more recent times, this has ch...
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Frequency - airline communications made easier
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th August 2020The lowdown on Frequency, the Dublin-based startup that's on a mission to innovate internet based communication systems for the aviation industry...
Delays cost airlines around $25 billion every year - just over $1 million per aircraft. This is the problem that 3 Aer Lingus pilots founded Dublin-based Frequency to combine their 40 years of flight experience in order to solve.
They say ...
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Hyper Poland secures further investment to develop magnetic railway technology
by: Startacus Admin ~ 23rd April 2020Further development of magnetic rail system thanks to investment raised by innovative Polish company Hyper PolandOne of Poland's most innovative companies, Hyper Poland, has just secured over half a million euros investment. The money raised will enable the business to extend its research on passive magnetic levitation technology, adapting it to existing railway infrastructure and building a ...
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Tech revolutionising Travel and Tourism in 2020
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th January 2020Ivana Dobrilovic from LuggageHero shares her thoughts on the tech trends that will impact the travel and tourism industry in 2020Although Bleisure (Business + Leisure) was a trend of the past decade, it’s definitely something we’ll see rolling into the 2020s where working to live and living to work is a way of life. We’re repeatedly told that all you need is a good laptop and a g...
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