Mission
Give cities on-demand, autonomous electric transit gliding above congestion on a light elevated network.
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Whoosh
Transit that glides over the traffic.
Christchurch, New Zealand (first pilot deployment in Queenstown) · robotics · climate · deep tech · Small dedicated team built within engineering partner Holmes Solutions (51-200 staff; parent Holmes Group 500+ globally) · founded 2019whoosh.solutions
The people behind it
Dr. Chris Allington — founder & leader of Whoosh (via Holmes Solutions)
Chris led New Zealand engineering firm Holmes Solutions as it took on Google's spun-out transit concept and spent five years developing it in Christchurch.
Beginnings
Born as a Google/X moonshot, spun out and developed for five years by Christchurch's Holmes Solutions before a 2024 reveal.
Why people join
A Google-born moonshot proving itself first in Queenstown, with global press and US cities lining up feasibility studies.
The bigger picture
A cheaper, low-carbon way for congested cities to add transit capacity — pioneered on Kiwi soil, not Silicon Valley.
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