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URB-E

@GetURBE

Efficient green delivery. Coming to a city near you! #DitchTheTruck.

 Pasadena, CA
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Joined January 2014
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Another batch of patents issued this week! URB-E can carry more than twice the cargo of most of e-cargo systems. It's the secret to achieving the efficiency to replace a truck, but takes a lot of invention as well.
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ICYMI. Bloomberg explains why URB-E dropped everything to pursue e-cargo. Part of our continued mission to bring low-carbon, low-congestion delivery to every neighborhood in the world. bloom.bg/3MaNwRr
To Reduce Traffic, This Company Wants Cargo E-Bikes to Replace Delivery Vans

To Reduce Traffic, This Company Wants Cargo E-Bikes to Replace Delivery Vans

URB-E is betting that a lot of city trucks can be swapped with its less energy-intensive e-bikes that can haul 800 pounds.

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Today the @latimes also explains how URB-E e-cargo will solve traffic problems caused by delivery trucks and vans clogging up our neighborhoods. latimes.com/business/technol…

This L.A. startup is using cargo e-bikes to solve urban traffic

Los Angeles-based URB-E aims to solve urban congestion and the emissions that come with it by swapping out delivery trucks with cargo e-bikes.

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Why did URB-E drop everything to pursue e-cargo? Bloomberg @economics tells the whole story!
Bloomberg Economics (@economics) profile pictureBloomberg Economics
@economics28 May 2022
URB-E is betting that a lot of city trucks can be swapped with its less energy-intensive e-bikes that can haul 800 pounds trib.al/2MeNaPP
To Reduce Traffic, This Company Wants Cargo E-Bikes to Replace Delivery Vans

To Reduce Traffic, This Company Wants Cargo E-Bikes to Replace Delivery Vans

URB-E is betting that a lot of city trucks can be swapped with its less energy-intensive e-bikes that can haul 800 pounds.

bloomberg.com
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Really enjoyed showing URB-E to @MayorofLondon Sadiq Kahn, @MayorOfLA Eric Garcetti, and @danielwaynelee0, Mayor of Culver City. Thanks to @laincubator for setting it up!
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We're honored to be among those selected for @FastCompany's World Changing Ideas in 2022. Freeing our streets of trucks and vans with small, clean, electric vehicles. #FCWorldChangingIdeas
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We've moved into a new neighborhood. Where should we go next?
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Another week, another new neighborhood for URB-E! Where is it?
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As we build the greener cities of tomorrow, that means providing locally-grown produce smarter delivery vehicles. Today, we're kicking off our partnership with @squarerootsgrow to make #sustainableliving easier than ever in NYC. @producenews has more: bit.ly/3wwuYGP
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Oh look, @FastCompany covered our launch in LA! fastcompany.com/90716639/e-b…
E-bike package delivery is coming to L.A.

E-bike package delivery is coming to L.A.

E-bikes will leave hubs around the city carrying packages—and skipping getting stuck in traffic.

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Live interview featured our CEO Charles Jolley on today's Fox Business channel. Check out the link below for the full interview. bit.ly/3mK3Dvd

URB-E expands to LA to ease delivery crunch amid supply chain issues | Fox Business Video

URB-E CEO Charles Jolley says his company 'replaces' big trucks and vans that 'clog up' city streets with small electric vehicles, which can pull 800 pounds of cargo. 

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Read more about our Los Angeles launch in @marketwatch by @jswartz : "every 3,000 packages delivered through URB-E can take 10 large delivery trucks off the road, leading to a carbon-dioxide savings of 79 metric tons per year." #DitchTheTruck on.mktw.net/3euDXyf
E-cargo company URB-E expands to L.A. area to ease last-mile delivery crunch

E-cargo company URB-E expands to L.A. area to ease last-mile delivery crunch

The eight-year-old company, based in Pasadena, Calif., makes electric bikes that can be hitched to small trailers that carry foldable storage containers with up to 800 pounds of goods. The delivery...

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URB-E launched this week in California! Excited to be partnered with @AxleHire in Long Beach, with more neighborhoods on the way. Start expecting your goodies delivered by URB-E. – at Long Beach, CA
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Hello LA! #cargobikes #UrbanMobility #DitchTheTruck
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More on the way! Coming to a city near you soon (if you're in the US or Canada, at least). #DitchTheTruck
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What a beautiful sight! #DitchTheTruck
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Hard to believe but one of these replaces one of those. Imagine what it will be like I’ve we’ve replaced them all!
URB-E vehicle in front of a large UPS truck

ALT URB-E vehicle in front of a large UPS truck

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Excited to join @UW Urban Freight Lab to help explore the future of clean, human-friendly e-cargo delivery in cities.linkedin.com/pulse/urb-e-joi…
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Excited to be working with @PenguinPickUp!
We were happy to get @ModernShipper editor Brian Straight @truckingtalk on an URB-E test ride at @HDW_event - check out his review of how it works: bit.ly/3BxHOUA
URB-E, Tortoise to partner with AxleHire on zero-emission delivery pilots

URB-E, Tortoise to partner with AxleHire on zero-emission delivery pilots

Last-mile delivery firm AxleHire has tapped URB-E and Tortoise for nationwide pilots of zero-emission delivery programs.

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