Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Since 2011, the Smart City Expo World Congress has stood as ...

Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) will host its largest edition yet with over 1,000 exhibitors and 25,000 attendees. This year’s theme, ‘the time for cities’, will focus on strategies to ...

2025 has brought abrupt changes in federal priorities and policies that have implications for local governments. The Trump administration has worked to freeze or rescind federal funds across a wide ...

The Smart #2 is a planned two-seat minicar, to be introduced in 2026. It is designed by Mercedes-Benz, but will be made in China. It will be available in China and Europe, plus some unspecified ...

The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DE Ministry) is intensifying efforts to promote smart cities, with a strategic national goal of establishing 105 smart cities by 2027. Prasert ...

LUSAKA, (CAJ New) – IN its quest to become a smart city nation, Zambia is drawing inspiration from the Chinese city of Guangzhou. A delegation of the ruling United Party for National Development (UPND ...

The Smart brand is very different now from what it was just a few years ago. Its diminutive cars like the ForTwo and ForFour are no more, and instead, the brand is now only building electric SUVs in ...

Milad Haghani receives funding from The Australian Research Council & The Australian Government. Abbas Rajabifard receives funding from Victorian Government via Land Use Department. Benny Chen does ...

If a smart city is defined as a civilization that uses technology to support the community, then the origins of this concept date back at least to the Neanderthals. While the concept has, of course, ...

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