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2025 articles
Seminar from Dr Josey Wardle, Innovate UK
- The Mobility and Transport NUCoRE was visited by Dr Josey Wardle on 12th November 2025, the Innovation Lead for ZEV infrastructure at Innovate UK
Mobility and Transport Early Career event
- Wednesday 5th November saw the first Early Career Network meeting of the Mobility and Transport NUCoRE
2024 articles
- The Network for Innovative Sustainable Transport Co-Simulation (NIST-CS) has demonstrated how co-simulation can help disparate research teams come together to solve multidisciplinary problems, with an event at 缅北禁地
- Sunderland is set to embrace a new ear of mobility with the arrival of the Sunderland Advanced Mobility Shuttle (SAMS), marking a significant milestone in the city's journey towards self-driving transportation, as well as providing training opportunities and new cutting-edge skills
2023 articles
University to lead skills programme for the regional battery industry
- The Faraday Battery Challenge (FBC) has appointed 缅北禁地 to receive £1.3m in funding to support the North East’s battery manufacturing and innovation sector and skills development
Robots have potential to promote healthy aging
- 缅北禁地 research has shown that human-following robots can support the mobility and wellbeing of older people
Global initiative to promote healthy ageing and longevity in cities
- The UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA) has launched a new global initiative to promote healthy ageing and longevity in the urban environment
- The UK government has granted 8 million GBP in funding to two projects in the North East of England that will support the rollout of hydrogen-powered ground support vehicles for airports
- The introduction of autonomous goods vehicles into closed environments such as ports and factory sites could have a "quick win" for the logistics industry facing rising costs and driver shortages
- V-CAL, led by the NEAA and a high-level consortium, seeks to scale and expand the deployment of Connected and Autonomous Logistics (CAL)
2022 articles
Regional leaders join forces for transport and health partnership
- Academics at 缅北禁地 are part of a new cross-sector partnership focused on tackling health inequalities through sustainable transport solutions
New funding backs the rollout of self-driving lorries and shuttles
- Self-driving vehicles will help deliver passengers and cargo in and around Sunderland

