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Vancouver, Canada – PayByPhone, a global leader in mobile parking payments, has signed a strategic global partnership agreement with Designa, a global leader in fully automated parking systems for more than 70 years. The agreement aims to provide PayByPhone users a frictionless entry and exit at off-street gated garages – including airports, hotels, shopping centers and hospitals – thanks to integration with Designa‘s intelligent parking management solutions delivered through PayByPhone’s AutoPay function. Anthony Cashel, Chief Operating Officer, PayByPhone, says, “This strategic partnership with a global market leader like Designa further cements not only our commitment to simplify our users’ journeys but also continues to expand significantly our global influence and scope in gated off-street parking. Today we are delivering a truly frictionless, integrated experience for our drivers that is backed by intelligent, connected solutions.” Christian Grzona, Chief Digital Officer, Designa, says, “"This partnership reflects Designa's commitment to delivering integrated solutions that simplify everyday life for parking operators. With the connection of PayByPhone's parking use-cases to Designa PARKETPLACE® we enable our customer base to unlock the massive potential from the PayByPhone user base for their parking asset and digitalize more parking transactions." The first city to benefit from the partnership between PayByPhone and Designa is Nuremberg, Germany. Other locations across Germany, Austria and then North America, France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom will follow. To use AutoPay, drivers simply opt-in in the PayByPhone app before starting their journey. Once activated, they can enter and exit participating garages without taking a ticket, visiting pay stations, or even opening the app.  To learn more about PayByPhone, visit www.paybyphone.com. Follow PayByPhone on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. ABOUT PAYBYPHONE PayByPhone is a global leader in mobile parking payments. We simplify the journeys for millions of people through our smart, intuitive mobile payment technology and exciting features. We work with over 1,300 cities and operators across the UK, North America, France, Germany, and Switzerland. More than 110 million drivers worldwide have downloaded the PayByPhone app to simplify their parking and vehicle payments to date. To discover how our products and services can elevate your driving experience, please visit www.paybyphone.com PayByPhone. We simplify your journey, so you can focus on what matters most. ABOUT DESIGNA Designa has been a global leader in fully automated parking systems for more than 70 years. With over 600 employees in more than 60 countries, we develop intelligent parking management solutions that meet the highest standards every day. Our tailor‑made systems adapt flexibly and precisely to individual requirements — whether for airports, hotels, shopping centers, hospitals, or entire cities. For further details on how our solutions can enhance your parking operations and how we are shaping the future of parking, please visit designa.com. Press contact: Celine Borsberry Communications Consultant Indaba celine@weareindaba.com  (+44) 207 692 4964

Cincinnati, OH — Parking Base Edge, the applied research and innovation initiative of Parking Base, announced the launch of its first partnership with the University of Cincinnati’s Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS) program. The collaboration merges UC’s academic rigor with Parking Base’s deep parking industry expertise to explore the next generation of AI-powered mobility and automation systems. This partnership combines academic rigor and research depth with Parking Base’s real-world expertise and technology platform. Under the guidance of UC faculty and Parking Base engineers, graduate students are helping research: AI-powered business intelligence dashboards that reveal operational trends and performance indicators. Predictive models to support smarter planning and decision-making. Dynamic pricing models will allow operators to test scenarios and forecast how rate changes impact demand and revenue. This partnership creates a unique collaboration between academia and the parking industry, focused on helping operators apply AI to make smarter, data-driven management decisions. “AI is already transforming mobility, and its use in parking and mobility is still in its infancy,” said (?) University of Cincinnati representative. “Through this collaboration with Parking Base, we’re helping the next generation of parking and mobility leaders not just understand the extraordinary power of AI-powered systems, but to harness that knowledge to create new systems to improve parking and mobility.” The Parking Base Edge initiative is designed to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence, automation, and smart mobility technologies across the parking sector. By combining Parking Base’s real-world operational data and platform capabilities with UC’s research depth and analytical expertise, the partnership enables real-time experimentation and rapid prototyping of advanced digital mobility tools. “This collaboration tools to clients…reflects Parking Base Edge’s mission of pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in parking and mobility through research, innovation, and partnership,” said Ebby Zachariah, CEO of Parking Base. “We believe that by working with leading academic programs like UC’s MSIS, we can shape the intelligent mobility networks of the future.” Parking Base and UC are currently focusing on building scalable models that can adapt to real-world conditions, from airport and university campuses to downtown districts and mixed-use developments. The goal is to redefine how parking systems interact with vehicles, people, and city infrastructure in the era of intelligent mobility. About the University of Cincinnati MSIS Program The University of Cincinnati’s Master of Science in Information Systems program combines deep technical expertise with applied innovation in AI, automation, and smart systems. The program prepares students to partner with leading organizations to develop transformative digital solutions for tomorrow’s connected world. About Parking Base Parking Base is the leading company offering cloud-based parking management solutions to handle all aspects of parking operations. Its comprehensive suite of products includes Permit Manager, Valet Manager, Destination Manager, and Access Manager, and it delivers a seamless and customizable digital, cloud-based solution in a single platform. Parking Base’s tools are designed to optimize efficiencies for parking owners and operators, while enhancing the customer experience. For more information about Parking Base, please visit www.parkingbase.com.

This on-demand webinar course offers information on three different ways to charge EV’s with a focus on adaptable charging.  Behavioral incentives are presented to change charging behavior.  This includes extensive research and the results on a case study completed at the University of California, San Diego.

Parking, transportation and mobility is an exciting profession that touches nearly everyone’s lives daily. This course is a foundation level course that will introduce topics such as customer service, communication, planning, parking regulations, enforcement and compliance, maintenance, sustainability and technology. This course is a perfect way to acquaint newly-hired parking and mobility professionals to the industry. Once all the modules are completed the end of course assessment appears. Those who score 70 percent or better on the assessment receive completion certificates.

London, UK / Santa Clara, USA - Parkopedia, the world’s leading connected car services provider, announced an expanded partnership with SoundHound AI, a global leader in voice and conversational AI, to introduce an in-vehicle voice AI parking agent as part of SoundHound’s in-car voice commerce platform. The collaboration integrates Parkopedia’s extensive global parking database, covering more than 90 million spaces in over 20,000 cities, with SoundHound’s in-car voice commerce platform. Drivers can now simply ask their vehicle to find parking, compare real-time prices and availability and complete payments on the spot, all within seconds and all by voice. The new Parkopedia AI Agent provides proactive, intelligent recommendations, such as suggesting parking near a destination, surfacing special offers like ‘first hour free’ and presenting real-time availability and pricing options, adding both convenience and value to the driving experience. Example scenario: DRIVER: “Navigate me to Grand Central Market, ” AI VOICE AGENT: “Navigating to Grand Central Market. Parking looks busy at Grand Central Market. Would you like me to find you available parking near your destination?” DRIVER: “Yes, ” AI VOICE AGENT: “There are five parking locations near Grand Central Market. The closest is Nevada Boulevard with availability and a pre-paid payment I’ve shown the associated costs on screen, would you like to reserve a spot?” DRIVER: “Yes, please reserve ” AI VOICE AGENT: “Your parking is confirmed and paid, the first hour is Navigation is set.” “At Parkopedia, our goal has always been to remove friction from parking, a traditionally challenging element that detracts from the driving experience,” said Duncan Licence, Chief Product Officer at Parkopedia. “By integrating our global parking database with SoundHound’s advanced voice AI, we’re making it possible for drivers to seamlessly find, reserve and pay for parking using nothing more than their voice in a major step forward in convenience and safety on the road.” “Agentic voice commerce is redefining how drivers interact with their vehicles, allowing them to make hands-free purchases and complete transactions on the go. Parking is a natural next application,” said Michael Zagorsek, COO at SoundHound AI. “Together with Parkopedia, we’re giving drivers a fully conversational, hands-free way to find and pay for parking on the go. It's part of our broader vision to make everyday in-car tasks effortless, intelligent and connected.” Voice commerce first debuted at CES 2025 with in-vehicle food ordering. With Parkopedia, SoundHound is expanding the platform to essential driving-related services by enabling frictionless, voice-powered parking transactions, demonstrating how conversational AI can make everyday tasks faster, simpler and safer. The partnership between Parkopedia and SoundHound will be showcased at SoundHound’s CES 2026 booth in the Las Vegas Convention Center (West Hall, Booth #5867). SoundHound plans to enable new, hands-free voice commerce capabilities across multiple industries, including restaurant reservations, ticket purchases, appointment making and more, bringing the same convenience to a variety of services accessible from the vehicle. SoundHound’s conversational AI technology is already used by hundreds of large enterprise brands and is deployed in millions of cars and devices globally. About Parkopedia Parkopedia, acquired by Arrive in 2025, is the leading connected car services provider used by automakers, organisations and millions of drivers around the world. Parkopedia helps drivers find and pay for parking, EV charging, fuel and tolls across 90 countries. Parkopedia is also developing highly detailed indoor maps and corresponding algorithms to help drivers and self-driving vehicles navigate to available parking spaces and EV chargers. Visit business.parkopedia.com for more information. About SoundHound AI SoundHound AI (Nasdaq: SOUN), a global leader in voice and conversational AI, delivers solutions that allow businesses to offer superior experiences to their customers. Built on proprietary technology, SoundHound’s voice AI delivers best-in-class speed and accuracy in numerous languages to product creators and service providers across retail, financial services, healthcare, automotive, smart devices and restaurants. The company’s various groundbreaking AI-driven products include Smart Answering, Smart Ordering, Dynamic Drive-Thru and the Amelia Platform, which powers AI Agents for enterprise. In addition, SoundHound Chat AI, a powerful voice assistant with integrated Generative AI, and Autonomics, a category-leading operations platform that automates IT processes, have enabled SoundHound to power millions of products and services, and process billions of interactions each year for world-class businesses. Parkopedia Global Media Contact Christofer Lloyd PR and Communications Manager T: +44(0)7762300016 E: christofer.lloyd@parkopedia.com SoundHound Media Contact Gianna Arantes Senior Manager, Corporate Communications T: +1 201-815-9852 E: PR@SoundHound.com

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping every aspect of parking and mobility. From improving customer experience to optimizing operations and curb management, AI is powering technologies that keep our communities moving efficiently.

New York, NY  — Bendheim, a global leader in specialty and sustainable architectural glass solutions, announced the introduction of  GripGlaze™, a groundbreaking low-profile glass compression clip system that expedites and simplifies the canopy installation process. Specifically engineered to elevate aesthetics and simplify canopy installations, the innovative new clip system requires no special tools to lock in large, expansive glass panels. Without any need for notches or holes, Bendheim’s no-drill canopy glass system is non-penetrating, with clips mounting directly to the steel structure. “This technology is perfect for parking facilities and other mobility infrastructure,” said Said Elieh, Bendheim’s Vice President of Innovation. “Canopies are important design features for parking structures, ride share waiting areas, and pick-up and drop-off areas at airports, transit, and other transportation hubs where users often need protection from the elements. This groundbreaking technology dramatically lowers the cost of building protective canopies, while also reducing the amount of time required to build them.” A breakthrough in design and performance, GripGlaze™ is precise, secure, and fully tested — and installs in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost compared to traditional glazing methods. Up until now, when working on canopy projects, glaziers often have to operate with incomplete or missing specifications. In order to fulfill the job, they have to develop their own approaches, which leads to confusion and inconsistency, and affects a project’s aesthetics and pricing. Drastically reducing installation efforts and expenses, GripGlaze™  is set to replace traditional canopy installation methods, such as spider fittings, glass stand-offs, and point-supported systems. For more information about GripGlaze™, please visit https://bendheim.com/system_product/gripglaze-canopy-system/ About Bendheim Bendheim is one of the world’s foremost resources for specialty architectural glass. Founded in New York City in 1927, the family-owned company offers a virtually unlimited range of customizable glass solutions for interior and exterior building applications. Through its commitment to Building a Clear Future, Bendheim is actively engaged in promoting sustainable practices in architecture and design. Bendheim develops, fabricates, and distributes its products worldwide. The company maintains production facilities in New Jersey and a design lab in New York City. For additional information, please visit Bendheim.com. PRESS CONTACT: Bill Smith Smith Phillips Strategic Communications (603) 491-4280 bsmith@smith-phillips.com

London, UK / Seoul, South Korea - Parkopedia and Hyundai AutoEver are pleased to have successfully demonstrated Europe’s first end-to-end in-car navigation and mapping service, which provides a streamlined, stress-free parking process for drivers completing their journeys in indoor locations. The Indoor Maps service seamlessly directs drivers to specific parking spaces, EV chargers or zones, helping them to navigate indoor or underground locations without the need for traditional GPS localisation. Once in production, Indoor Maps is set to become a key differentiator for automakers as drivers place ever more value in seamless in-car technology. This service delivers value across parking, mobility and autonomous driving, helping drivers to easily navigate indoors as well as outdoors. Unlike current user journeys that finish at the car park entrance, seamless end-to-end navigation completes the journey by guiding drivers all the way to their exact parking space or zone, for use cases such as EV charging or for more efficient onward mobility. Helping to make the service invaluable for drivers, Parkopedia has improved 3D visualisation and linked Indoor Maps to Parkopedia’s EV product for a seamless parking and charging experience, whether drivers are parking indoors or outdoors. This is an increasingly important consideration as EVs continue to make up a growing proportion of the global car fleet and drivers increasingly want to be able to conveniently charge while parked away from home. Parkopedia, in partnership with Hyundai AutoEver, will be the first company to offer full high-definition indoor maps at scale across Europe, with North American mapping already underway. In contrast to relying on low-fidelity map data, Parkopedia utilises rich 3D point cloud data to create fully high-definition maps, capturing precise real-world details to deliver a safer, smoother, and more intuitive navigation experience. This means better contextual awareness, with map data including walking routes, EV chargers, accessible spaces and payment zones for a frictionless end-to-end experience. Parkopedia already has a market-ready inventory of car parks across Europe and continues to add new data and locations daily. In addition, we are currently expanding the service into North America due to customer demand, starting with the San Francisco Bay Area, with active deployments underway to map new locations. Parkopedia has prioritised indoor maps of key mobility hubs, including airports, train station car parks and large shopping centres to make parking and navigation simpler in the locations that drivers are most likely to encounter. The company has already mapped 18 of the busiest 25 airports in Europe, with individual car parks up to 6,000 spaces included, helping to take the stress out of airport navigation and parking. Parkopedia has invested significant resources into new tooling and AI optimisation to improve the speed and efficiency of creating new indoor maps. This involves automating repeatable tasks and taking advantage of computer vision and machine learning technology, including developing unique algorithms that can recognise and log features such as entrances, staircases and elevators. Highlighting the value of this new service, Duncan Licence, Chief Product Officer at Parkopedia, said: “We are pleased that Hyundai AutoEver has proven that our Indoor Maps service can be successfully integrated into its vehicles and highly valued by its users. We are committed to making cities more livable, with this technology contributing immensely to end-to-end multi-modal travel and seamless mobility across a variety of everyday use cases.” About Parkopedia Parkopedia, acquired by Arrive in 2025, is the leading connected car services provider used by automakers, organisations and millions of drivers around the world. Parkopedia helps drivers find and pay for parking, EV charging, fuel and tolls across 90 countries. Parkopedia is also developing highly detailed indoor maps and corresponding algorithms to help drivers and self-driving vehicles navigate to available parking spaces and EV chargers. Visit business.parkopedia.com for more information. About Hyundai AutoEver Hyundai AutoEver is a leader in mobility innovation providing specialised products for diverse environments from vehicle software to smart factories. The company is developing a standard software platform for future mobility, with its navigation software used in more than 70 countries. Hyundai AutoEver provides customers with a richer mobility experience and innovative value through high-tech navigation software with various contents and services. The company realises customer-first value that enables customers around the world to drive quickly and safely to their destination through various navigation software, including a HD map, which contains information on lanes and various road facilities and is an essential condition for enabling safe autonomous driving. Parkopedia Global Media Contact: Christofer Lloyd PR and Communications Manager T: +44(0)7762300016 E: christofer.lloyd@parkopedia.com Hyundai AutoEver Media Contact: Junwon Kwon Team Manager, PR Team T: +82(0)10-8181-0911 E: junwon@hyundai-autoever.com

San Diego, CA - IPS Group, Inc., announced the launch of its newly redesigned website, ipsgroup.com, marking another major milestone in the company’s ongoing transformation. The new site showcases IPS’s refreshed brand identity and its commitment to advancing smart parking and mobility through innovation, trusted partnerships, and purpose-built technology. The launch follows a year of meaningful process for IPS, including the debut of Elevate™, a next-generation software platform that unifies parking data across systems and vendors, and the acquisition of Populus Technologies, Inc., a global leader in mobility and curb management solutions. Together, these developments highlight IPS’s growth from an industry-leading hardware manufacturer to a provider of a fully integrated ecosystem of smart parking and mobility solutions – all rooted in the mission to deliver exceptional customer experiences and solve operational challenges with future-proof technology. A renewed digital experience for clients and partners Built with usability and clarity at the forefront, the new IPS website offers a clean, intuitive interface that makes it easier than ever for visitors to explore the company’s solutions, technology, and services. “Our new website is more than a visual update - it’s a continuation of our brand evolution and renewed purpose,” said Chad Randall, CEO of IPS Group. “We’re elevating how we communicate our value to clients. Just as our technology brings parking operations together, our new site brings the IPS story together - one centered on  people, partnership, and possibility.” Rethink what’s possible. Rethink IPS. Visit the new site at ipsgroup.com to explore how IPS is shaping the future of parking. About IPS Group, Inc. IPS Group, Inc. (ipsgroup.com) is headquartered in San Diego, CA, with offices in Canada and Europe. From pioneering the first smart parking meter to developing integrated parking ecosystems, IPS continues to transform how cities, universities, and private operators manage parking and mobility. Learn more at ipsgroup.com.