Interview with Frank Meyer, senior vice president B2C/B2SME solution management, e-mobility and innovation at E.ON, who discusses his presentation titled Energybility – combined energy and mobility solutions are the key to a sustainable future, made at The Future of Transportation World Conference in Cologne, Germany.
Interview with Alan Haigh, head of department, Horizon 2020 Energy and Transport, INEA Executive Agency, European Commission, who discusses his presentation titled The role of INEA in supporting transport research, innovation and deployment including infrastructure, smart grids and smart cities, made at The Future of Transportation World Conference in Cologne, Germany.
Interview with Alvaro Urech, innovation manager at Alstom, who discusses his presentation titled Real-time demand-based operation for urban rail, made at The Future of Transportation World Conference in Cologne, Germany.
Interview with Scott Drennan, head of innovation at Bell, who discusses his presentation titled On-demand mobility – above and beyond flight, made at The Future of Transportation World Conference in Cologne, Germany.
Interview with Andreas Thellmann, project executive, economics of urban air mobility at Airbus, who discusses his presentation titled The value chain of urban air mobility, made on the opening day of The Future of Transportation World Conference in Cologne, Germany.
Interview with Rainer Daude, project director mobility concepts at BMW, who discusses his presentation titled BMW Vision E³ Way – an innovative urban mobility concept, made on the opening day of The Future of Transportation World Conference in Cologne, Germany.
Video interview with Alexei Korn, senior strategy manager, Swiss Federal Railways, who discusses his presentation titled Quantum shifts in mobility – impact on business models and society, made at The Future of Transportation World Conference in Cologne, Germany.
"Bell is at the forefront of on-demand mobility – ushering in a new era of flight where the benefits of aviation are accessible to more people in more places," said Scott Drennan, Bell's director of Innovation, while speaking at the Transportation Conference. "This announcement is another proof point of our commitment to providing transportation of people and logistics in new, innovative and more efficient ways; our work with Safran is a historical milestone for future transport solutions."
For several years, Safran innovation teams have been actively exploring the potential of hybrid solutions for future propulsion systems. Bell and Safran's shared vision for electric and hybrid electric aircraft is to strive for the successful deployment of Bell Air Taxis and new on-demand mobility systems in the future.
"Thanks to the long and sustained technology development strategy conducted within Safran, we can now offer Bell our hybrid electric power solutions for their next-generation products that result in improved performance giving more value to our customers," said Stéphane Cueille, Safran senior executive vice president, R&T and Innovation.
In this collaboration, Bell will lead the design, development and production of VTOL systems, and Safran will bring its technical expertise to bear in the development of a disruptive propulsion system.
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