Boosted has scored some serious cash as it looks to move beyond the world of electric skateboards to conquer new forms of personal transportation. The startup announced today that it has closed a $60 million round of Series B funding co-led by Khosla Ventures and iNovia Capital. Stanford’s StartX and Bay Meadows also participated in the round. […]
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Lyft today announced the hiring of John Maddox, founder of the American Center for Mobility and previous associate administrator of vehicle safety research at the US Department of Transportation, to lead its autonomous vehicle safety and compliance efforts. At Lyft, Maddox will be the company’s first senior director of autonomous safety and compliance. “I’ve dedicated […]
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Call it juvenile or genius, but Tesla added a few more Easter eggs with its latest software update. They include a new driving game and "romance mode" with a crackling fire on the screen and seat warmers on full blast. And there's the "emissions testing mode," which, um, is basically a fart mode. Tesla CEO Elon Musk hinted at the gassy update before it arrived. Basically, it makes the car sound...
The mapping startup wants to pay a volunteer mapping army in cryptocurrency to carry out its data missions.
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Kangaroos being hit by cars is one big, very Australian problem.
With autonomous vehicles set to operate in Australia in the next few years, a trial in the state of New South Wales aims to figure out how to handle the pesky marsupial on roads.
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The battery-powered ride may not revolutionize how we get around, but it could make life on the road a lot more enjoyable.
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While more than 60 companies have received permits to test their driverless vehicles in California, Zoox has become the first permitted to actually transport people in those vehicles. The California Public Utilities Commission today granted Zoox a permit to participate in the state’s Autonomous Vehicle Passenger Service pilot. During the testing period, Zoox must have […]
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They'll use AI and millimeter wave technology to speed you through the lines and even monitor crowds from afar.
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Uber is reportedly on track to go public in the first quarter next year, and in the lead up to that, it’s sewing up some loose ends. TechCrunch has learned that Uber has offered a tentative settlement to pay out 11 cents for every mile driven for Uber (including adjacent services like Uber Eats) to […]
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The helmet that collapses to half its size is easy to stash in a backpack—and have ready for any way and time you ride.
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2018's biggest transportation stories include mathematicians willing to chat airplane peeing, clock-watching RAF pilots, and, of course, Mr. Musk.
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This was was undoubtedly the year of the electric scooter. Between massive fundraising rounds, lofty valuations and both Uber and Lyft’s entrance into the space, it’s clear these scooters are here for the long haul. But just because investors have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into these companies in the past year, the electric scooter […]
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Look past the CEO's antics, and it's clear the automaker spent the year clearing major, long-standing hurdles.
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Autonomous vehicles are already on the road. Whether they're "here" depends on where you are.
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The dealers didn’t get it, neither did most of the public. But people who loved them, really loved them.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is making some audacious promises again for the company’s network of electric fast chargers, known as Superchargers. This time, he’s aiming for 100 percent Tesla Supercharger coverage in Europe by next year. In response to a question on Twitter, Musk said Tesla’s Supercharger coverage will extend to 100 percent of Europe […]
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It runs on an endless shockwave, but, sadly, it’s still in the prototype stage.
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Elon Musk has filed a motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against him by the British cave rescuer who sued the billionaire entrepreneur for calling him a pedophile. Musk’s motion presents numerous reasons to dismiss the defamation lawsuit, all of which come back to a two main points: Twitter is “infamous for invective and […]
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Look past the CEO's antics, and it's clear the automaker spent the year clearing major, long-standing hurdles.
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This year, our readers remained obsessed with self-driving and electric cars—and one of the most famous men making them.
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