Low speed electric vehicles startup Labyrinth Smart Mobility landed a $199,290 Phase I SBIR grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The grant abstract describes a “virtual community train” — an on-demand electric solution with a single driver that can pair with existing public transit to enhance options as well as being able to stand alone as a transit solution… involving “multiple virtually connected vehicles” that “does not require any infrastructure cost as compared to a light rail solution.” Phase I covers data acquisition and analysis to produce a system of design requirements that can be used to create a preliminary prototype. “In Phase II the virtual community train prototype is developed and tested and then deployed in Phase III and fully commercialized.”
Thomas Cy Wong, Labyrinth Smart Mobility CEO
CEO Thomas Cy Wong did not respond to requests for comment. The small firm, headquartered in the North St. Louis County suburb of Hazelwood was founded in March, 2020 to operate “intelligent electric vehicles connecting mobility to smart infrastructure providing a platform for operational enhancements and data collection.”
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