The Most Widely Adopted Electric Vehicle Interoperability Platform Opens Santa Monica Headquarters and Expands Its Executive Team LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – June 14, 2018 – Hubject, the globally-recognized leader in electric vehicle (EV) interoperability, officially launched its U.S. operations from the company’s new U.S. headquarters in Santa Monica, Calif. Founded in 2012 to enable seamless… Continue reading HUBJECT OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF U.S. OPERATIONS
Category: Mobility Companies
Lyft’s New App Creates Positive Change for Passengers and Cities
We believe cities should be built around people, not cars, and we’re constantly working to make our vision a reality. Today, we’re announcing a new version of the Lyft app that improves shared rides, integrates directly with cities and transit agencies, and simplifies our passengers’ overall experience. Combining product design with local-government-led city planning is… Continue reading Lyft’s New App Creates Positive Change for Passengers and Cities
Grab Launches Grab Ventures To Boost Southeast Asia’s Tech Ecosystem
Singapore, 5 June 2018 – Grab Inc., Southeast Asia’s leading online-to-offline (O2O) mobile platform, today announced the launch of Grab Ventures, the company’s innovation arm aimed at discovering and growing Southeast Asia’s next generation of technology leaders, to promote innovation and digitisation in the region. Grab Ventures will work with private sector firms and government… Continue reading Grab Launches Grab Ventures To Boost Southeast Asia’s Tech Ecosystem
Zipcar and the City of New York Announce Two Major Initiatives to Reduce Personal Car Ownership and Increase Access to Car Sharing
Through separate partnerships with the DOT and NYCHA, Zipcar will add 127 new locations throughout the city and for the first time introduce Zipcar at housing authority properties NEW YORK CITY, May 31, 2018 – Zipcar, the world’s leading car-sharing network, and the City of New York, today announced two major initiatives that will soon… Continue reading Zipcar and the City of New York Announce Two Major Initiatives to Reduce Personal Car Ownership and Increase Access to Car Sharing
Grab Launches GrabFood Beta And Unveils Vision To Be An Everyday App
Singapore, 28 May 2018 – Grab today launched an islandwide beta of GrabFood in Singapore, and unveiled its vision of an everyday app for Southeast Asian consumers’ most essential daily services: transport, food, delivery, and payments. This move enables Grab to bring more Southeast Asians online, providing consumers, driver-partners, delivery-partners, and merchant-partners with better convenience… Continue reading Grab Launches GrabFood Beta And Unveils Vision To Be An Everyday App
Taxify Hits 10M Users Globally
Taxify Hits 10M Users Globally More than 10 million riders and 500 thousand drivers are now using Taxify’s platform. Our team’s annual Winter Summit in Cape Town this year. Since our launch less than five years ago, more than 10 million people across the world have used Taxify to move around in their cities. This marks an… Continue reading Taxify Hits 10M Users Globally
Developing Machine Intelligence for Urban Mobility
Developing Machine Intelligence for Urban Mobility Andre Karpištšenko, Data Science Lead at Taxify In Taxify’s Engineering and Data Science teams, we aim to keep the user experience smooth and simple for both our riders and drivers. Our goal is to provide convenient and reasonably priced rides for anyone in need within 3 minutes in all the 40+… Continue reading Developing Machine Intelligence for Urban Mobility
Lyft Introduces Ridesharing as a Transportation Solution and Economic Empowerment Opportunity to Camp Pendleton and Fort Meade
This blog post is not an endorsement by the DoD Creating innovative transportation solutions with the DoD May is Military Appreciation Month! We’re excited to make a couple of announcements and share the work we’ve been doing behind-the-scenes with military bases and veteran organizations across the country. Together, we’ve been able to introduce ridesharing as… Continue reading Lyft Introduces Ridesharing as a Transportation Solution and Economic Empowerment Opportunity to Camp Pendleton and Fort Meade
Via launches city-sponsored rideshare service across West Sacramento
Via is revolutionizing public transportation in West Sacramento, California, by partnering with the city to offer on-demand shared rides. Starting on May 14, residents can book a ride in real time through the Via app and get picked up in a shared Mercedes-Benz van – all as part of the city’s transit offering. West Sacramento… Continue reading Via launches city-sponsored rideshare service across West Sacramento
Taxify launches machine learning competition to optimize traffic in future cities
Europe’s leading ridesharing platform Taxify and Robotex International 2018 are announcing an open machine learning competition focusing on solving problems for future cities. The contestants will need to build an intelligent fleet management algorithm for a fleet of self-driving cars. The competition challenges teams to build an optimal dispatching system for a self-driving car fleet… Continue reading Taxify launches machine learning competition to optimize traffic in future cities