In order to keep up with increasing demand for goods movement while mitigating the negative impacts of freight activity in dense urban areas, some businesses are rethinking their delivery operations. This report focuses on two emerging operating models that are being integrated into the goods movement network in North American and European cities to improve […]

An increasing proportion of the population in major urban centres reside in multi-unit residential condominium and apartment buildings or dwellings without access to a driveway or garage (also known as garage orphans). In some large metropolitan centres, multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) are more common than single-detached homes. MURB residents and garage orphans are potential mainstream […]

This document provides an overview of incentive strategies in 13 leading plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) markets. The document looks at incentives for both battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). The authors do not comment on the effectiveness of each incentive, but provide an overview of the different ways in which PEV […]

The Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index (AVRI) is a tool to help measure 25 countries’ level of preparedness for autonomous vehicles. It is a composite index that combines 25 individual measures from a range of sources into a single score. Four of the variables are scored for this index by KPMG International and ESI ThoughtLab; one […]

According to these exclusive polls by Abacus Data and Clean Energy Canada, Canadians believe the future of consumer vehicle market will be defined by electric vehicles, and they hope it happens rather quickly. This article outlines the results to the poll’s questions on public support for EVs and government EV policies, public outlook for them, […]