Sponsored Links Aston Martin For years, Aston Martin has been promising an all-electric Rapide E. After one false start, the automaker said it would begin making the EV in 2019. Now, a source close to the firm tells Autocar that the Rapide E will not go into production. Instead, it will become a research project.… Continue reading Aston Martin reportedly scraps plans for its all-electric Rapide E
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Tesla offers big cash prizes to car hackers in annual Pwn2Own contest
Sponsored Links Highly-connected cars like Teslas bring all sorts of advantages, like over-the-air updates that deliver new features. But they may also be open to digital attacks. In the past, reports have emerged of hackers remotely controlling cars, stealing vehicles by copying entry fobs and performing digital hot wires. To improve the security of it… Continue reading Tesla offers big cash prizes to car hackers in annual Pwn2Own contest
Lime exits 12 cities and lays off 100 employees in search of profit
Sponsored Links In its ongoing quest to become profitable, Lime says it will exit 12 markets across the globe. In the US, the company will shutter operations in four cities: Atlanta, Phoenix, San Diego and San Antonio. It will also leave Linz, Austria, as well as Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Lima, Puerto Vallarta, Rio de… Continue reading Lime exits 12 cities and lays off 100 employees in search of profit
Uber makes changes in California to brace for new gig worker law
Sponsored Links ASSOCIATED PRESS Late last month, Uber and Postmates sued California in an attempt to block AB5, the law that would reclassify many gig economy workers as employees. While that fight is not over, Uber is also preparing for the event that AB5 takes effect. The company sent an email to over 150,000 drivers… Continue reading Uber makes changes in California to brace for new gig worker law
Segway’s S-Pod is a ridiculous lounge chair on wheels
Sponsored Links Yes, the Segway S-Pod looks a lot like the floating chairs that future humans use in Wall-E. Ok, that’s out of the way. The Segway S-Pod is a vehicle designed for future smart cities, when cars are less common but folks still need to get around comfortably. The pod itself is suspended between… Continue reading Segway’s S-Pod is a ridiculous lounge chair on wheels
E-scooter injuries quadrupled in four years
Sponsored Links Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images It probably won’t shock you to hear that the rise of e-scooters and their matching services has led to more injuries, but researchers now have some more tangible proof. A UCSF study indicates that electric scooter-related injuries in the US jumped 222 percent between 2014 and 2018, with… Continue reading E-scooter injuries quadrupled in four years
Google Assistant will serve as translator for American Airlines lounge guests
Sponsored Links American Airlines Google Assistant’s interpreter mode is helping travelers feel more at home in select American Airlines lounges. The airline has started testing the feature, which we first saw at CES 2019, running on Google Nest Hubs at Los Angeles International Airport’s Admirals Club lounges in Terminals 4 and 5. Assistant’s interpreter mode… Continue reading Google Assistant will serve as translator for American Airlines lounge guests
A dispatch from inside Sony’s prototype electric car
Sponsored Links It’s a miracle Sony was able to keep its electric car concept under wraps ahead of CES. In an age of leaks (and given that over ten different companies collaborated with Sony), it’s an impressive feat. And the Vision-S prototype, up close, is more put-together than you might expect. I got to sit… Continue reading A dispatch from inside Sony’s prototype electric car
Uber’s latest safety solution is a PIN code for your ride
Sponsored Links Uber Uber is taking more steps to prevent riders from getting into the wrong car. As of this week, all passengers in the US and Canada will have the option of supplying a PIN code to their driver to verify that they’re in the right vehicle. Enable the feature in your settings and… Continue reading Uber’s latest safety solution is a PIN code for your ride
A $100 box is the cheapest way we’ve seen to add LiDAR to cars
Sponsored Links Velodyne Velodyne, one of the companies that helped invent modern LiDAR, says it has developed a component that will make adding laser-based radar to autonomous cars and other vehicles more affordable. At CES, the company showed off its new Velabit LiDAR system, which it plans to sell to manufacturers for about $100 per… Continue reading A $100 box is the cheapest way we’ve seen to add LiDAR to cars