Features
15 Jan 18

First PlanetM Awards presented in Detroit

At the 2018 Detroit Auto Show, the first ever PlanetM Awards have been awarded. These awards are a partnership between PlanetM, a Michigan Economic Development Programme, AutoMobili-D and NAIAS to honour enterprises developing mobility-focused platforms and technologies.

Each PlanetM Awards category winner will go into a final selection round for the PlanetM Best in Show award, presented at Automobili-D at NAIAS.

The jury of experts awarded prizes in a number of categories:

Autonomous driving: Carmera, Carmera Autonomous Map

CARMERA is a real-time, street-level intelligence platform for autonomous vehicles and the built environment. It offers real-time 3D maps and navigation-critical data for autonomous vehicles to verify, localize and path-plan.

Connected car: Voxx Automotive, EVO Rear Seat Entertainment

EVO brings a smart home television experience into the car, requiring only power/ground connections. EVO includes media inputs such as USB and SD, HDMI for all digital devices, gaming consoles, and streaming sticks.

eMobility: URB-E, URB-E

URB-E is the world's most compact foldable electric vehicle. But it's so much more. It's the end of paying for parking, parking tickets, sweaty commutes, sitting in traffic, and wasting money on your commute.

Photo: Urb-E

Mobility services: Parkofon, Parkofon

Parkofon develops and promotes an all-in-one device for urban commuting, to make everyday driving efficient and enjoyable and help people avoid the usual frustrations of big cities. Starting with parking, it provides a contactless payment method so that you can stop where you need in no time and get going as soon as you park your vehicle.

Smart Cities: Immotor, Immotor GO II

The Immotor GO II is a transformative electric scooter with a discreet, ultraportable design and unique three-wheel stability.

Authored by: Benjamin Uyttebroeck