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Coppell Smart City Board recommends microgrid, autonomous-vehicle integration and urban air mobility exploration
Summary
The Smart City Board presented three portfolio priorities — a microgrid, autonomous-vehicle infrastructure integration, and urban air mobility (eVTOL) — and recommended establishing a liaison with DFW Airport innovation staff to pursue pilots and collaboration.
Coppell — The City of Coppell Smart City Board on March 25 recommended the council explore three technology areas — a local microgrid, integration of autonomous vehicles with city infrastructure, and urban air mobility — and asked the city to establish a liaison to the DFW Airport innovation center to accelerate implementation.
Sam Gautam Vemuganti, chair of the Smart City Board, presented the board’s 2024 work and framed the “reverse globalization” portfolio that seeks to offset potential tax revenue losses in the warehouse district by attracting new technology and business uses.
Board members highlighted three priorities. Kaneshka Choudhury…
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