New electric tramway in Rio de Janeiro
Series Technologies of the future

Series Technologies of the future

Mobility of tomorrow

The way in which we will travel from A to B in the future is more than just a question of drive systems or transport routes. It is also about how modes of transportation will adapt to people’s changing needs and to our ecological responsibility. Technical innovation plays a key role in the mobility of tomorrow. This is demonstrated by the examples in the fourth part of our “Technologies of the future” series.

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Recharging at the nearest street lamp

Electricity is everywhere

Recharging at the nearest street lamp. The Berlin-based company Ubitricity offers an efficient solution for charging electric vehicles.

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Traffic in Rio

Software for the traffic of tomorrow

Wunder Mobility is driving the issue of shared mobility worldwide with a broad range of technologies. The smart software of the Hamburg start-up is the backbone of many providers of car sharing, car rental or shuttle services.

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A group of e-cyclists in a street

Solar-powered mobility

The first 100 AfricroozE e-bikes are now on the roads in Uganda. The project, financed by KfW subsidiary DEG, contributes to the expansion of green mobility in Africa.

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High-tech gearbox for bicycles from Pinion

High-tech gearbox for bicycles

The Swabian company Pinion is revolutionising the bicycle market with an innovative, high-tech bottom-bracket gearing system. The young company financed the investments in the tools they needed for market launch with KfW's help.

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The founding team of Buses4Future in front of a hydrogen filling station

Clean in every respect

In Germany, local public transport moves some ten billion passengers a year from point A to B. Noisy diesel buses are operated in many places, emitting harmful nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and carbon dioxide. Buses4Future shows that there is another way: the start-up has developed hydrogen buses that can bring about a change in the transport sector.

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Man driving a scooter on a asphalt road

The perfect sidekick

Retro on the outside, high-tech on the inside – the e-scooters made by the start-up e-bility use portable lithium-ion batteries that can be charged from a conventional socket. Customers love the stylish design and help protect the environment at the same time.

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Portrait of the three founders wearing hoodies with Circunomics logo

What to do with electric vehicle batteries?

Circunomics has developed a system that can put the batteries from electric vehicles back in circulation. The Mainz based start-up was crowned the federal winner 2021 of KfW Entrepreneurs’ Award for its concept.

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a cable is being connected to the battery

Electricity to go

Jürgen Zinecker has developed a mobile power pack: ARVEY supplies and stores electricity on the go – with the power of the sun.

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Start-up founders from Munich are developing 3D ultrasound sensors

When cars navigate like bats

The start-up founders of MEYSENS from Munich are developing 3D ultrasound sensors to give machines and robots the power of echolocation. This technology will also be important for autonomous driving.

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New electric tramway in Rio de Janeiro

18 million fewer car journeys

A new electric-powered tram system in Rio de Janeiro links various forms of transport and significantly reducing carbon dioxide levels in the Brazilian city. Construction is almost complete; the KfW project is on the home straight.

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Jhanja Tripathy committed to sustainable transport policy in India

Fighting chaos on the roads

In many developing countries, large cities are struggling to cope with the increase in private transport. Jhanja Tripathy from India has been committed to sustainable urban transport policy in her country for many years.

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