Lyft has finally given us a glimpse of its forthcoming line of shareable bikes, which the ridesharing company says will be available to rent within its mobile app in select cities “soon.” The news comes as the $15 billion company announces the final close of its acquisition of Motivate, the New York City-based mobility startup that owns a number of bike-rental services...
Lyft’s pink-wheeled shareable bikes will be available to rent soon
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Lyft Expands Citi Bike in NYC, and Uber Is None too Happy
Now the owner of the continent's largest bike-share company, Lyft's moving further into NYC's outer boroughs, in a move that Uber and Lime consider a snub.
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In pouring rain, self-driving delivery vans show off autonomous skills
A little rain didn't dampen ThorDrive, a self-driving car platform based in Seoul, from launching its self-driving delivery service.
Starting Thursday, driverless vans will drop off purchases from a hardware store in Silicon Valley — no h...
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ZF’s ‘External Side Airbag’ Could Make Crashing Way Safer
Auto supplier ZF's "external side airbag" would deploy moments before impact, in a bid to better protect the car’s passengers.
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Shuttle business Via could add scooters to its lineup
Via, a shuttle-based carpooling service and platform that partners with cities in the U.S. and Europe, could soon add scooters to its business. Via CEO and co-founder Daniel Ramot said on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin that the company is experimenting with the idea of adding scooters as a complement to its shuttle business. “We’re also adding scooters […]
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GM’s Dan Ammann to Lead Cruise, Its Self-Driving Car Effort
The automaker's president is leaving his role in Detroit to head up Cruise, while founder and current CEO Kyle Vogt will become CTO.
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Jeep Unveils the Gladiator Pickup and More This Week in Cars
Americans love their trucks, and the auto industry answered this week with the Jeep Gladiator, Range Rover Evoque, Rivian's electric pickup, and more.
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Lime tries to back-peddle on VP’s line on why it hired Definers
Scooter startup Lime has sought to back peddle on an explanation given by its VP of global expansion late last week when asked why it had hired the controversial PR firm, Definers Public Affairs. The opposition research firm, which has ties to the Republican Party, has been at the center of a reputation storm for Facebook, […]
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Porsche Wants You to Use Maps for Exploration—Not Navigation
The automaker is teaming up with Mapbox to make in-car maps more than tools for getting from one place to another as efficiently as possible.
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Will Uber gobble up Lime or fly off with Bird?
Winter is coming. It’s time for scooter startups to find a cozy, protective blanket to get them through the chilly months. For Lime and Bird, that could be Uber . The pair of venture capital darlings, which both operate fleets of electric scooters around the world, are said to be in talks with the SoftBank-backed ride-hailing behemoth about a possible acquisition, as first reported by The...
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A Sleeping Tesla Driver Highlights Autopilot’s Biggest Flaw
California Highway Patrol officers used a clever trick to stop a Tesla going 70 mph with a sleeping man at the wheel.
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Audi to spend nearly $16 billion on self-driving car tech, electrification through 2023
Audi, the Germany luxury automaker under VW Group, said Tuesday it will invest 14 billion euros ($15.95 billion) over the next five years on future transportation technologies such as electric mobility, autonomous driving and digital services. These investments, made through 2023, will include spending on property, factories and equipment as well as research and development. […]
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Russian ride-hailing app comes to America with set-your-own-price scheme
A record-breaking cold night in Siberia back in 2012 spurred the creation of a more reliable ride-hailing service that spread through Russia and now that company is making its way to the U.S. First stop: New York City.
inDriver, a new Uber and Lyft r...
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May Mobility’s Not-So-Sexy Plan to Win at Self-Driving Cars
The Ann Arbor startup's path to success hinges on using robo-cars in simple scenarios, where they can work well and bring in revenue.
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Electric scooters are flimsy, so Superpedestrian is making more robust ones to sell to operators
If you’ve been on an electric scooter from Bird, Lime, Lyft, JUMP via Uber, Skip, Scoot or others, you’re probably familiar with that feeling of impending doom. Superpedestrian, makers of the Copenhagen Wheel, is today emerging with a sturdier, safer and smarter electric scooter. But instead of operating a shared electric scooter network, the plan […]
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China’s Didi restructures key units to improve safety following passenger deaths
China’s largest ride-hailing operator Didi Chuxing announced on Wednesday a major restructuring, which trails a series of tweaks to its core businesses following two separate passenger murders that happened in May and September. The reshuffle will see Didi — which owns Uber’s China business — knit three key platforms into a new overarching Ride-hailing Business Group […]
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Waymo’s So-Called Robo-Taxi Launch Reveals a Brutal Truth
The outfit that started as Google's self-driving car team still relies on human safety operators—indicating just how hard this problem really is.
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Waymo launches self-driving car service Waymo One
Waymo, the former Google self-driving project owned by parent company Alphabet, is launching a commercial robotaxi service in the Phoenix area dubbed Waymo One. This milestone, for the company and nascent self-driving technology industry, comes with caveats. The Waymo One self-driving car service, and accompanying app, won’t be available to just anyone. And for now, […]
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Waymo is duping us all with its new self-driving taxi service
Well, Waymo did it. It launched a self-driving taxi service before the end of 2018. This is, on the surface, exactly what it said it would do, and it didn't even come down to the wire — it's only Dec. 5.
But a closer examination shows thi...
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Congress Races to Pass a Self-Driving Car Law By Year’s End
With robo-cars on the road and a new Congress coming in, legislators are trying to finally finish up the AV Start Act.
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