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Open Call
Billions of tons of cargo are transported around the world each year by trucks, planes, ships, and trains. This transportation makes up 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and as much as 11% if warehouses and ports are included.
Mercado Libre and Newlab are collaborating to apply emerging technologies to tackle critical challenges and advance on aggressive decarbonization goals through the creation of a multimodal EV logistic network in Latin America.
The first year of the studio is working towards a future vision in the last mile mobility ecosystem in which different types of low carbon form factors, supporting infrastructure and systems optimization will be key areas in order to identify opportunities for high-impact, innovative products and services to advance through real-world pilot projects.
Mercado Libre and Newlab are collaborating to apply emerging technologies to tackle critical challenges and advance on aggressive decarbonization goals through the creation of a multimodal EV logistic network in Latin America.
The first year of the studio is working towards a future vision in the last mile mobility ecosystem in which different types of low carbon form factors, supporting infrastructure and systems optimization will be key areas in order to identify opportunities for high-impact, innovative products and services to advance through real-world pilot projects.
Using light electric vehicles (LEVs) for efficient urban delivery and navigation, emissions reduction, and sustainable logistics, leveraging technologies such as efficient load out and battery swap.
Converting existing internal combustion engine (ICE) delivery vans into cost-effective, high-performance electric mobility solutions.
Installing turnkey solutions for EV fleet charging in shared parking lots at convenient urban locations.
Providing portable, reliable, smart chargers for EV charging, promoting adoption in a cost-efficient way.
Optimizing EV form factors and infrastructure, routes, and live fleet management for efficient operations and cost optimization.
Leveraging drones and UAVs across different use cases for fast and cost-effective deliveries.
Mercado Libre hosts the largest online commerce and payments ecosystem in Latin America. Their efforts are centered on enabling e-commerce and digital and mobile payments on behalf of their customers by delivering a suite of technology solutions across the complete value chain of commerce. They are present in 18 countries including: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela and Peru. Based on unique visitors and page views they are market leaders in each of the major countries where they are present.
