Lyft launched its rental car service in December 2019, more than a year after Uber shut down a similar program that provided rental cars and access to bike rides and public transportation. Lyft Rentals stood out for its low starting rate of $35 a day and lack of mileage limit that also allowed renters as… Continue reading Lyft Rentals shuts down as the ride-sharing company lays off about 60 people
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The USPS proposes a new mail delivery fleet that’s 40 percent electric
The United States Postal Service, or USPS, has another new proposal that raises the percentage of electric vehicles it plans on purchasing to modernize its fleet (via Electrek). In a press release on Wednesday, the service said that “at least 50 percent” of its initial order for 50,000 next-generation mail trucks will be battery electric… Continue reading The USPS proposes a new mail delivery fleet that’s 40 percent electric
Amazon’s electric Rivian delivery vans will be in 100 cities by the end of 2022
Rivian’s R1T electric trucks are becoming increasingly visible across the US, and now Amazon reveals the electric delivery vans it’s buying from Rivian are ready for a nationwide rollout. Amazon says these new trucks have 360-degree visibility with exterior cameras that link to a large internal display as well as safety features like sensor detection,… Continue reading Amazon’s electric Rivian delivery vans will be in 100 cities by the end of 2022
Shell apparently makes e-scooters, battery banks, and other non-gas stuff
Shell, the company known for selling gasoline to fill your car, is trying to diversify with other forms of transit, like making electric scooters. That’s right, instead of driving to the red and yellow mollusk in one of the corners of your town for a fossil fuel fill-up, you can just ride with it on… Continue reading Shell apparently makes e-scooters, battery banks, and other non-gas stuff
Amazon is buying ‘membership-based’ healthcare provider One Medical for $3.9 billion
Amazon’s two biggest acquisitions in its history have been Whole Foods ($13.7 billion) and the recently closed purchase of MGM ($8.45 billion), but now, if the deal closes, the third entry on that list will be a $3.9 billion buyout of One Medical. One Verge staffer who has been considering signing up for the company’s… Continue reading Amazon is buying ‘membership-based’ healthcare provider One Medical for $3.9 billion
Ford will add iron phosphate battery options for Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning
Just a few months after announcing a “radical” split structure placing its electric vehicle future in a new segment called Model E, Ford is discussing more details about sourcing battery production capacity and the basic raw materials to power all of those EVs. Its run rate by late 2023 will need to support the production… Continue reading Ford will add iron phosphate battery options for Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning
We have good and bad news about that video of the robot dog firing a gun
Have you seen the tank of nightmare fuel currently circulating around the internet — the video where a robot dog fires an assault rifle? I’ve got good and bad news. The good news: It’s probably just a dangerous toy cobbled together by a Russian hoverbike startup guy. Vice traced the video back to a Russian… Continue reading We have good and bad news about that video of the robot dog firing a gun
Tesla sold 75 percent of its Bitcoin
Tesla already reported vehicle shipment numbers for the second quarter, and now its full Q2 2022 financial report (pdf) reveals it’s dealing with inflation and the overall economic downturn, as well as the “crypto winter” that has sent prices of Bitcoin plunging. In the letter to investors, Tesla execs reveal the company has sold 75… Continue reading Tesla sold 75 percent of its Bitcoin
TIL that WordPerfect is still around, getting updates, and is currently on sale
Recently my colleagues and I were discussing the history of word processors (that’s just the kind of thing we do here), and a few of them reminisced about using one called WordPerfect many, many years ago. Given that its heyday was in the eighties, I hadn’t heard much about it, so I Googled it for… Continue reading TIL that WordPerfect is still around, getting updates, and is currently on sale
The new Google Wallet is now available to all users
The new Google Wallet app is available to all customers shortly after people in 39 countries started seeing it available on their phones Monday. Google Wallet official rollout is the latest step in the long history of Google payment app variations. The company combined Google Wallet and Android Pay in 2018 to create Google Pay,… Continue reading The new Google Wallet is now available to all users