Elon Musk prepares for lean times, news from CES and the Detroit Auto Show, and more in the future of cars.
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Elon Musk prepares for lean times, news from CES and the Detroit Auto Show, and more in the future of cars.
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Did you blow enough money on Uber to get Diamond status? A lot of users are finding out tonight as Uber rolls out its rider loyalty Rewards program to San Francisco and a slew of other cities. The feature calculates how much you’ve spent on Uber and Uber Eats in the last six months awards […]
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Way more men than women are taking LA's Expo line, and new research helps explain why.
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Wag founders Jonathan and Joshua Viner are leaving dogs behind for bikes. Wheels, the Viner brothers’ new electric bike-share startup, is announcing $37 million in funding from Tenaya Capital, Bullpen Capital, Naval Ravikant and others. The Viner brothers departed dog-walking startup Wag last year to start a fund focused on consumer startups. The departures came […]
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Despite its “unsexy” reputation, the logistics industry is attracting massive investment from venture capitalists. With a fresh $97 million in Series C funding, NEXT joins a fleet of heavily funded logistics platforms, including Flexport, Huochebang and Convoy. The company, which connects shippers and carriers through an online marketplace, raised the capital from Brookfield Ventures...
The company is one of the partners in Uber's bid to fly the skies.
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They’d be difficult to engineer, and expensive to boot. But they’re part of the company’s master plan.
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What if instead of just accepting Uber rides, gig workers could pick from higher paying skilled tasks around town like stocking shelves, checking inventory, or driving a forklift at a local grocer? When they work quickly and accurately or learn new trades, they get to choose between more complex jobs. That’s the idea that’s racked […]
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The number of EVs on American roads is likely to triple in the next few years. Some places have more prep work to do than others.
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Another day, another tangible impact of the government shutdown on the American people. On Friday morning, the FAA began delaying flights into major East Coast airports — LaGuardia, Newark, Reagan (D.C.), and Philadelphia — due to air traffic control staff shortages in centers in Washington and Florida. The ground delay program and ground stop for @LGAairport confirms that there are...
The shutdown will have longterm effects, likely pushing aging air traffic controllers to retire and slowing the training of their replacements.
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This year's Crystal Cabin nominees offer new ways to make the most of precious space.
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Donald Trump's record-setting partial shutdown of the U.S. government — which kept roughly 800,000 federal workers unpaid for more than a month — is finally over. Don't forget to thank your flight attendants.
In the end, no one person or ...
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Fremont, Calif., in the San Francisco Bay Area is home to electric car company Tesla's massive vehicle factory and it'll soon be the home to what's believed to be the first U.S. police department with a Tesla in its fleet.
Fremont police bought a use...
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Electrify America has electric car charging stations around the country, but on Friday many of the plugs were pulled offline.
A notice went out Friday that the Volkswagen-backed charging network was shutting down most of its high-powered chargers acr...
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Plus: Making public transit work better for women, the government shutdown messes with air traffic control, and more.
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The city and ride-share company are trialling a new service meant to get more people onto public transit.
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Los Angeles is partnering with on-demand shuttle-based service Via as part of a pilot program that will give people rides to three busy public transit stations. The pilot program, which launched Monday, aims to solve the first- and last-mile problem that makes it challenging for people to get to and from public transit stations. Under […]
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The many companies racing to launch air taxis face the gnarliness of building aircraft from the lightweight but finicky material.
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