P3GM Newsletter Week August 14, 2018
August 14, 2018
NEWS & INTERESTING ARTICLE
Mobility
Lime expands equity program to entire vehicle fleet nationwide
Taxi and Uber Drivers Are United in Backing a Cap on Ride-Hail Vehicles
New York City is the perfect scooter market, but it’s also the most impossible
Connectivity & Sustainability
Apple launches a $300 million fund to bring clean energy to China
Virginia spends $14 million of Volkswagen settlement on electric vehicle charging stations
Developers building first 5G-ready community in Dallas suburbs
Rural and tribal communities across 11 states receive $97 million in federal funds to grow broadband access
P3s & the Smart City
Intelligent transportation: The most important pillar of a smart city?
Illinois rounds up local governments for smart street lighting workshop
It's pretty easy to hack a smart city, cybersecurity researchers find
Purchasing Public Benefits Through Public-Private Partnerships
Public-private partnerships to boost economic development in Gulf
NOTABLE INVESTMENTS
Autonomous trucking developer Kodiak raised $40 million in Series A funding
EV battery swapping startup Ample raised $31 million in funding
France-based autonomous shuttle developer Navya raised €30 million
AV training data-as-a-service startup Scale API raised $18 million in Series B funding
Transportation data analytics company Streetlight Data raised $10 million in Series C funding
UK-based car repair marketplace WhoCanFixMyCar raised £4 million in funding
