Japan startup aims to tackle Asia's traffic jams with EV sky trams

Zip Infrastructure seeks 2029 global entry, eyes Philippines' urban rail limitations

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Zip Infrastructure is pitching a plan to solve traffic jams in Asia with new monorail technology. (Courtesy of Zip Infrastructure)

RYOHTAROH SATOH, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- A Japanese startup aims to tackle traffic jams in Asia by making self-driving aerial tramways that it says can be built at less than one-sixth the cost of conventional counterparts.

Zip Infrastructure, founded in 2018, plans to submit a bid for its first commercial project in Japan by March 2025 and aims to enter the global market as early as 2029.

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