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NEXT Future Transportation Appoints Former Siemens Mobility President Oliver Hauck to Board of Advisors

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- NEXT Future Transportation, Inc. today announced the appointment of Oliver Hauck to its Board of Advisors. NEXT is commercializing the world's first patented autonomous mass-transportation and goods-movement solution based on swarms of modular self-driving vehicles.

Mr. Hauck is a globally recognized transportation industry leader, having held various executive management positions at Siemens (SI) around the world for more than three decades. He was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Transportation Systems in 2001. In 2009, Mr. Hauck was named President of Siemens Mobility, bringing together the US Transportation, Logistics and Traffic Control Businesses to form one integrated organization. Mr. Hauck led Siemens to the market leadership position for light-rail-vehicle production in North America with half the market share.

Mr. Hauck brings deep vehicle manufacturing and transportation business expertise to NEXT's Board of Advisors, coupled with an acute awareness of the importance of e-mobility in the future of transportation. Mr. Hauck is recognized for applying a "complete mobility" approach, with a focus on networking various modes of transportation to maximize the most efficient transport of people and goods.

"Oliver brings decades of expertise from the industrial vehicle manufacturing business to NEXT's Board of Advisors, having led one of the world's largest transportation companies in North America," said Emmanuele Spera, CEO, NEXT Future Transportation, Inc. "He has accumulated a deep level of industry experience overseeing the development of some of the most innovative transportation and automation products. This, along with his knowledge of large, complex manufacturing ecosystems, makes him a valuable asset to NEXT's team as we continue our mission to deliver exponential transformation to municipal mass transportation and goods movement."

"The time for intelligent electric mobility has finally arrived, and I am excited to support NEXT as the company continues to develop its innovative transportation and logistics solutions," said Hauck. "NEXT is uniquely positioned to leverage advanced manufacturing, distributed manufacturing, digitization of manufacturing operations and material science."

Mr. Hauck earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Erlangen/Nuremberg, Germany.

About - NEXT Future Transportation:

NEXT is a patented advanced smart transportation and artificial intelligence system based on swarms of modular self-driving vehicles. Each module can join and detach with other modules on roads and highways. The company has created a proprietary open, bus-like environment among modules, allowing passengers to stand and walk from one module to another while in motion. To learn more, please visit: http://www.get-next.com/.

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NEXT Future Transportation Inc. Achieves Major Milestone – Exhibits Fully Autonomous Modular Vehicle Prototype

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- NEXT Future Transportation Inc. ("NEXT"), a startup that is commercializing an autonomous mass-transportation and goods-movement solution, today announced that it has reached an important milestone in its vehicle prototype development. NEXT has made important progress over the past 18 months in developing its patented innovation that is based on swarms of modular self-driving vehicles, which can join and detach with other modules in full motion, allowing passengers to stand and walk from one module to another.

A YouTube video of NEXT vehicle prototype can be accessed via: https://youtu.be/erRJNtpns00.

"NEXT's development milestone success is significant as it demonstrates our commercialization readiness, regardless of the state of the overall autonomous vehicle market," said Tommaso Gecchelin, Co-Founder & CTO of NEXT.

"We will deploy a first generation of driver-operated vehicles, which will immediately allow NEXT fleets to operate on public roadways," said Gecchelin.

NEXT's development since its inception in 2015 has been incredibly rapid, and the mostly self-funded startup has met every milestone. NEXT initially developed and manufactured two 1:10 scale working prototypes to demonstrate docking and undocking in motion capabilities, collective vehicle steering and its own self-driving system. It subsequently manufactured two full-scale units to demonstrate NEXT's superior design, as well as material quality and vehicle strength.

"Today's completion of NEXT's first fully-functional driverless vehicle prototype exemplifies our ability to innovate at rapid speed at a very low cost," said Emmanuele Spera, Co-Founder & CEO of NEXT.

Earlier this year, NEXT signed a contract for a pilot project in Dubai with the RTA (Road Transportation Authority). The pilot project is supported by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

"The NEXT team, which consists of engineers and technicians, has made tremendous progress since late 2015. Building on this work, we are looking forward to providing the Dubai government and other customers with a highly scalable and cost effective municipal transportation solution that will integrate into Dubai's existing infrastructure and emerging modalities like Hyperloop," said Spera.

About - NEXT Future Transportation:

NEXT is an advanced smart transportation system based on swarms of modular self-driving vehicles. Each module can join and detach with other modules on roads and highways. The company has created a proprietary open, bus-like environment among modules, allowing passengers to stand and walk from one module to another while in motion. To learn more, please visit: http://www.get-next.com/.

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