Interview

January 30, 2020

Is this the future of urban parcel deliveries?

Berlin-based e-mobility startup ONO has developed a new type of electric, cargo-carrying vehicle to improve the messy state of urban logistics.


The way we move in cities makes no sense, according to the cofounder and chief executive of e-mobility startup ONO.

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Cofounder and chief executive Beres Seelbach (fifth from left) stands with the growing ONO team. Credit: ONO
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The PAT's detachable cargo hold can fit parcels and other goods. Credit: ONO
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