Scenery from Guangzhou. Photo via Jiang-wen-jie/Wikimedia Millions of people visit Guangzhou in China each year for the Spring Festival, and have found it difficult to return home using public transportation in the past. The travel rush for the 2018 Spring Festival will be easier to navigate with the introduction of carsharing, Global Times reported. Already averaging… Continue reading Carsharing Initiative in China Eases Traffic for Spring Festival
Category: Automotive
Faraday Future promised $1.5 billion, says FF 91 will arrive by end of this year
Follow John Starting a car company is not only very, very hard—as Tesla, Fisker, and many others testify—but requires breathtaking sums of money. Now struggling Faraday Future, the electric-car startup firm whose entrepreneurial Chinese backer is facing legal action in his home country, appears to have found a well-heeled savior. The new investor is reportedly… Continue reading Faraday Future promised $1.5 billion, says FF 91 will arrive by end of this year
New Roads Ahead
Chariot’s Early Adopters Over the past several weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to look back on the four years since launching Chariot and how exciting, thrilling and rewarding it has been. What started as an answer to a personal frustration with my own daily commute has grown into a service improving the daily lives of… Continue reading New Roads Ahead
Liberty Was Built On Crowdfunding?
Imagine the sheer scale of thousands of people coming together to design, construct and transport the Statue of Liberty all the way from France on a ship called Isére, to New York. It’s quite an astonishing feat, even if it was a decade overdue. Now, imagine all of that work had been successfully completed, only… Continue reading Liberty Was Built On Crowdfunding?
London sets out safety-first plan for regulating ride-sharing
After London sent ripple’s of shock through Silicon Valley last year by denying Uber a renewal of its private hire vehicle license, the city’s transport regulator is doubling down on its scrutiny of the impact of app-based ride operators. Today it’s published a policy statement setting out its intentions for adopting transport regulations to fit the… Continue reading London sets out safety-first plan for regulating ride-sharing
London may force Uber to introduce women-only UberPool
Bloomberg via Getty Images Out of the blue, Transport for London (TfL) has issued a “policy statement” on ride-sharing services in the capital. Most of it isn’t new — the bulk of the six-page document recaps older policy announcements, such as the controversial English language test for Uber drivers — but there was one idea… Continue reading London may force Uber to introduce women-only UberPool
Mystro Lets Drivers Juggle Competing Uber and Lyft Rides
Angel Torres was driving down a major Los Angeles boulevard in late 2016 when it happened: Ride requests from Uber and Lyft arrived at the same second. As he looked away from the road to decide which trip was more worth his time, he nearly rear-ended the car ahead of him. “It scared the crap… Continue reading Mystro Lets Drivers Juggle Competing Uber and Lyft Rides
Maxus begins delivery of electric vans into Europe
15 February 2018 #CV Sector #News #SMMT News #TNB News #Van Maxus has commenced delivery of its zero-emissions EV80 vans into Europe. German operator Maske Fleet is one of the first leasing companies to offer the EV80 in Europe, with a recent fleet delivery to a Hamburg-based courier service. As well as deliveries in Germany… Continue reading Maxus begins delivery of electric vans into Europe
Uber’s CEO said that it could be profitable — it just doesn’t want to be right now
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that the business could be profitable if it stopped operating in new markets and its research divisions. Khosrowshahi said choosing to become profitable would sacrifice growth and innovation. Operating at a loss makes Uber’s CEO “intensely uncomfortable,” but he said it was the right thing to do. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said… Continue reading Uber’s CEO said that it could be profitable — it just doesn’t want to be right now
Volkswagen Group assumes pioneering role in rapid road safety improvement
News Press Release News Group Wolfsburg, 15 February 2018 Volkswagen Group assumes pioneering role in rapid road safety improvement From 2019 onwards, the brands of the Volkswagen Group are to use the WLANp standard, which has already been comprehensively tested, for communications among vehicles and between vehicles and their …more