Transportation & Mobility

Nashville, Tenn. – September 24, 2026 -- The Bridgestone-supported BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team clinched the 2026 FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC) title on Sept. 20 at the Bol d'Or season finale at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France, marking the sixth consecutive year a Bridgestone-equipped team has won the series and the seventh title overall for the tire maker.

Bridgestone-equipped teams claim all five top spots in final standings

All five top-ranked teams in the 2026 EWC final standings competed on Bridgestone BATTLAX tires, reinforcing the supplier's dominance in the world's premier endurance motorcycle racing series. Bridgestone served as the exclusive tire supplier for 19 EWC teams in the 2026 season.

Mukilteo, Wash. – September 24, 2026 -- The Inner Circle has named Derreck D. Travers a Lifetime member, citing his management of $3.18 billion in cumulative supply chain budgets and $576 million in documented year-over-year cost savings and revenue growth across a career spanning Amazon, Saks and SmartKargo.

Travers led AMZL rollout across seven countries with 346 personnel

Travers oversaw the global deployment of Amazon's in-house last-mile delivery network, AMZL, across seven countries. His logistics oversight extended to 18 countries and 38 states, coordinating more than 346 personnel and supporting services for airlines including Delta Air Lines.

Auburn, Ala. – September 24, 2026 -- NICHOLAS AIR, the largest independently owned Part 135 operator, is sponsoring Auburn University's Business Aviation Days, deploying pilots and a static aircraft display to recruit aspiring aviators and maintenance technicians directly from the school's aviation program.

NICHOLAS AIR ties recruitment to a fast-track jet pilot pipeline

The company's STEEL JET Pathway Program moves low-time pilots from the Cessna Caravan to jet cockpits within two to four years, positioning the sponsorship as a direct talent pipeline rather than a branding exercise.

Longevity incentives include luxury watches and jet cards

NICHOLAS AIR offers a Rolex or Bell & Ross watch to pilots reaching a five-year anniversary and a personal Jet Card at the ten-year mark, part of a home-based pilot model the company says drives retention in a tight aviation labor market.

Hannover – September 24, 2026 -- Giti Tire's GitiSynergyH2 tyres carried a Volkswagen ID.Buzz across 99,800km and through 92 countries, setting a new world record for the longest continuous global tour by a battery-powered electric vehicle.

Rainer Zietlow completes 16-month, 92-country EV expedition on Giti tyres

Professional globetrotter Rainer Zietlow drove the record route in partnership with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, departing Hannover on July 1, 2025 and crossing Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Americas and the Middle East before finishing at IAA Transportation in Hannover on September 14, 2026, where he received an official world-record certificate.

Changzhou – September 24, 2026 -- Segway gathered more than 160 guests, including representatives from over 60 shared mobility operators, at its Changzhou facility this month to unveil new hardware and a fleet-economics framework aimed at shifting the shared micromobility industry from fleet-size growth toward profitability.

Segway launches third-generation R1 e-scooter and C Series e-bikes

The company introduced the R1, its third-generation shared e-scooter, alongside new C Series shared e-bikes including the C100 and C200. The R1 features a modular architecture, integrated IoT, improved positioning and rider-assistance technologies, while the C Series applies a comparable platform approach with greater component commonality and maintenance-focused design. Segway also presented the F100, an e-bike built for delivery applications as it expands into first- and last-mile logistics use cases.

Södertälje – – September 24, 2026 -- The Scania Irizar i6S Efficient PHEV has won the Sustainable Bus Award 2027 in the Coach category, with the jury citing fuel consumption cuts of up to 47 percent and emissions reductions of up to 94 percent in long-distance coach operations.

Plug-in hybrid platform cuts fuel use by nearly half in favourable conditions

The coach pairs a 338 kW Scania Super 13-litre engine with two 145 kW electric machines and an 89 kWh lithium-ion battery. In operations with en-route charging and effective use of the electric powertrain, fuel consumption drops by 47 percent versus a conventional powertrain, according to Scania.

Toronto – September 24, 2026 -- Quarterhill Inc. (TSX: QTRH) (OTCQX: QTRHF) has secured TOPAS 2505B registration for its TMB-13X multilane intersection radar, clearing the mandatory hurdle for deploying traffic signal detection technology in the United Kingdom.

TOPAS registration opens UK traffic signal market to Quarterhill's radar system

The approval allows Quarterhill to sell the TMB-13X to UK traffic signal controller manufacturers, system integrators and transport authorities. The product is now available for order.

Tokyo – September 24, 2026 -- TIER IV, the developer of the open-source Autoware autonomous driving platform, has released a reference design for autonomous racing kart systems on a public GitHub repository, providing a common technical foundation used by 240 teams and roughly 600 participants in Japan's Autonomous Driving AI Challenge.

240 teams built on a shared open-source foundation during the JSAE-organized competition

The Autonomous Driving AI Challenge, organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE), ran from July to September 2026, with qualifying and final rounds using TIER IV's reference design as the baseline development platform. Final rounds took place September 19-20, 2026, combining simulation-based and real-world vehicle challenges with racing karts.

Singapore – September 24, 2026 -- Reconova (07656.HK) unveiled its embodied AI airport robotics lineup at PTE Asia 2026 in Singapore on September 23-24, targeting a projected US$240 billion airport infrastructure investment cycle across Asia and the Middle East over the next decade, according to ACI data.

Reconova showcases baggage transfer robot and passenger processing tech to Asian airport operators

The company presented its AntOne baggage transfer robot alongside intelligent passenger processing solutions, drawing interest from airport operators and aviation stakeholders attending the inaugural Asian edition of Passenger Terminal Expo. The exhibits demonstrated Reconova's full-stack embodied intelligence architecture, spanning visual perception, cognition, reasoning, and execution, with vision foundation models and visual agents as core capabilities.

New York – September 24, 2026 -- The Appeal of Conscience Foundation presented Raj Subramaniam, President and CEO of FedEx Corporation, with the Appeal of Conscience Award at its 61st Annual Gala at The Pierre Hotel in New York City.

Rabbi Arthur Schneier honors FedEx CEO for global trade leadership

Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Founder and President of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, cited Subramaniam's international leadership and his role in connecting people worldwide through logistics innovation. Schneier, who founded the interfaith coalition in 1965, also received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the same gala for his decades-long work on religious freedom and interfaith cooperation.