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August 21, 2019

A new tech hub joins the fray in mobility-mad Berlin

Berlin may not have the big car companies, but it is becoming a centre for innovation in mobility. Just look at the giant new Drivery hub.


Jill Petzinger

6 min read

In the 1985 film Back to the Future, Doc Brown’s retrofitted gull-winged DeLorean car was powered by a “Mr Fusion” unit and could time-travel. Today, in Berlin’s vast new Drivery mobility hub, the team are working on making their own DeLorean car — one of only 6,000 still around — into an autonomous, electric E-Lorean.

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The E-Lorian car
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Opening The Drivery, Berlin-Tempelhof at Ullstein-Gebäude
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Some notable mobility startups in Berlin - source Dealroom.co
Some notable mobility startups in Berlin - source Dealroom.co
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