Lyft: Lyft Announces Third Quarter Results

Results reflect ongoing recovery, with third quarter revenue up 47% quarter-over-quarterEnded quarter with $2.5 billion of unrestricted cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lyft, Inc. (Nasdaq:LYFT) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2020. “Lyft’s third quarter results reflect our focused execution and… Continue reading Lyft: Lyft Announces Third Quarter Results

November 4, 2020 Chino City and Via announce partnership to launch the City’s first on-demand public transit service Chino City will use tec…

November 4, 2020 Chino City and Via announce partnership to launch the City’s first on-demand public transit service Chino City will use technology from Via to expand access to public transit November 5, 2020 (CHINO CITY, Japan)– Chino City, with support from Mayor Imai-san, and Via, the leading TransitTech provider for public mobility solutions, are… Continue reading November 4, 2020 Chino City and Via announce partnership to launch the City’s first on-demand public transit service Chino City will use tec…

Uber: Uber Announces Results for Third Quarter 2020

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2020. Financial Highlights for Third Quarter 2020 Gross Bookings declined to $14.7 billion, down 10% year-over-year, or 8% on a constant currency basis, with Mobility Gross Bookings declining 50% and Delivery Gross Bookings growing 135% year-over-year, respectively, on… Continue reading Uber: Uber Announces Results for Third Quarter 2020

October 27, 2020 Motional and Via partner to launch a platform for public, on-demand shared robotaxi rides The partnership’s first service i…

October 27, 2020 Motional and Via partner to launch a platform for public, on-demand shared robotaxi rides The partnership’s first service is scheduled to launch in the first half of 2021 BOSTON, MA: October 27, 2020 — Motional, a global driverless technology leader, and Via, the leader in public mobility solutions, announce today a first-of-its-kind partnership… Continue reading October 27, 2020 Motional and Via partner to launch a platform for public, on-demand shared robotaxi rides The partnership’s first service i…

Sharing our safety framework for fully autonomous operations

to the general public in Phoenix. Right now members of the public are hailing vehicles with no human driver controlling the car – either in the vehicle or remotely – to help them get to where they’re going as part of their everyday lives. This milestone is not just the output of many years’ experience… Continue reading Sharing our safety framework for fully autonomous operations

Safer Control of Steering

I’ve seen several very sketchy experiments around lately where people are controlling the steering of cars in unsafe ways. Let me break down a few of these ways, and discuss concerns. This is not safety advice, this is educational background info. If you do not understand what you are doing, don’t do it. Certainly don’t… Continue reading Safer Control of Steering

Lyft: Virtual Validation: A Scalable Solution to Test & Navigate the Autonomous Road Ahead

By: Robert Morgan, Engineering Director and Mason Lee, Technical Program Manager To build an autonomous vehicle (AV), we need to be able to safely and efficiently modify and test its software and hardware stacks. While on-road testing may seem like an effective way to do this, it’s simply unrealistic. It’s estimated that it would take more… Continue reading Lyft: Virtual Validation: A Scalable Solution to Test & Navigate the Autonomous Road Ahead

Waymo and Daimler Trucks partner on the development of fully autonomous trucks

Autonomous trucking is poised to improve road safety and offer greater efficiency across the logistics industry. As we configure the Waymo Driver to operate Class 8 trucks and unlock these benefits, we’re pleased to share that Waymo has entered a broad, global, strategic partnership with Daimler Trucks, the global market leader in large commercial vehicles.… Continue reading Waymo and Daimler Trucks partner on the development of fully autonomous trucks

Migrating from Terraform to Terragrunt

Co-authored with Marius Milea Introduction At Bestmile, we are using Terraform to represent our AWS infrastructure as code. As our infrastructure evolved, our Terraform code became more and more tangled in order to cope with the growth. The maintainability of our Terraform code was becoming an issue and so was its efficiency. Terraform is great, but it… Continue reading Migrating from Terraform to Terragrunt

NEXT-E’s 252 fast and ultra-fast chargers in 6 countries will be available on one platform

Berlin, 5 October 2020 – The members of the NEXT-E charging infrastructure project for electric vehicles and e-mobility digital specialist Hubject have joined forces to make their combined fast and ultra-fast chargers available on one EV-charging application across six bordering countries: Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Romania. 222 multistandard fast chargers (50 kW)… Continue reading NEXT-E’s 252 fast and ultra-fast chargers in 6 countries will be available on one platform