Idom, a leading Spanish multi-national group providing consulting, engineering and architecture services, said it has been awarded a key contract by NEOM, the developer of a mega futuristic city in Saudi Arabia, for a new water mobility paradigm.  As per the deal, Idom will collaborate with NEOM on the design of a waterborne transport network featuring a zero-emission fleet.

According to Idom, the upcoming project NEOM is the sustainable regional development in Northwest Saudi Arabia and an accelerator of human progress and a vision of what a New Future might look like.

NEOM has established core principles to deliver this, such as on-demand and connected services, active and micro mobility, the use of electric and zero-emission vehicles, which will be fueled by a solar-powered grid, as well as autonomous shared mobility and public transit, said a company spokesman.

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