LIDAR point clouds including velocity from Doppler shift Blackmore/Aurora Aurora, the high-flying robocar startup founded by Chris Urmson of Waymo/Google, Sterling Anderson of Tesla and Drew Bagnell of Uber has used its super-high valuation money to purchase Blackmore, an FMCW LIDAR company based in Bozeman, Montana. That’s a strong expression of support for the value… Continue reading Aurora Buys High Performance LIDAR Firm Blackmore, A Vote For LIDAR, Almost In Rebuke To Elon Musk – Forbes
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Uber launches a Jump e-bike pilot in London, one year on from winning taxi license appeal
After admitting it had to modify some of its Jump electric bikes to fix braking issues — the same problem that had halted Lyft’s e-bike business — Uber is getting back on its bike, so to speak. Almost one year after nearly getting driven off London’s streets completely by losing its taxi operating license, Uber… Continue reading Uber launches a Jump e-bike pilot in London, one year on from winning taxi license appeal
Nigeria’s Gokada raises $5.3M round for its motorcycle ride-hail biz
In many large cities across Africa, motorcycle taxies are as common as yellow-cabs in New York. That includes Lagos, Nigeria, where ride-hail startup Gokada has raised a $5.3 million Series A round to grow its two-wheel transit business. Gokada has trained and on-boarded over 1000 motorcycles and their pilots on its app that connects commuters… Continue reading Nigeria’s Gokada raises $5.3M round for its motorcycle ride-hail biz
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Says He Is ‘Very Excited’ About The Auto Industry
Just don’t expect a Kindle FIre EV anytime soon. At a recent all-hands meeting, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his excitement about the coming changes to the auto industry. “It’s going to be something very interesting to watch and participate in, and I’m very excited about that whole industry.” Said Bezos in a recording shared with… Continue reading Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Says He Is ‘Very Excited’ About The Auto Industry
Automakers have a choice: Become data companies or become irrelevant
Jeff Peters Contributor Jeff Peters, PhD is a principal at Autotech Ventures, investing in transportation startups. He has published academic and media articles on transportation, optimization, autonomous driving and AI. More posts by this contributor Will self-driving cars kill parking? The AI in your non-autonomous car While Bezos amassed billions, Apple took over our culture,… Continue reading Automakers have a choice: Become data companies or become irrelevant
Uber brings electric bike service JUMP to London
FILE PHOTO: Uber “JUMP” bikes are shown along a sidewalk in downtown San Diego, California, U.S., April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Taxi app Uber will pilot its electric bicycle service JUMP in London from Friday as it makes 350 bikes available to rent in a part of Britain’s capital city, a… Continue reading Uber brings electric bike service JUMP to London
DoorDash, now valued at $12.6B, shoots for the moon
More than five years ago, Sequoia partner Alfred Lin called Tony Xu, the founder of a small on-demand delivery startup called DoorDash, to say he was passing on the company’s seed round. This was, of course, before venture capital funding in food delivery startups had taken off. DoorDash, launched out of Xu’s Stanford graduate school… Continue reading DoorDash, now valued at $12.6B, shoots for the moon
“I will not buy any shares from Uber”
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Reach Now acquires Validated, a Seattle startup providing transportation incentives
Validated CEO Tov Arneson pitches at Techstars Seattle Demo Day. (GeekWire Photo) Reach Now is bringing Seattle startup Validated under its roof as the joint mobility venture between BMW and Daimler continues to expand its offerings. Validated allows businesses and employers subsidize transportation costs for people traveling to their locations. To provide those incentives, Validated… Continue reading Reach Now acquires Validated, a Seattle startup providing transportation incentives
BMW CEO’s future in doubt as tensions erupt on tackling shift to EVs
BMW AG chief executive officer Harald Krueger’s job is hanging in the balance as the luxury carmaker steers towards a future of electric and autonomous vehicles and navigates weakening markets.BMW – like other carmakers – is making a costly transition to electric cars and new business models, and is confronting deep-pocketed tech competitors encroaching with new mobility options including ride hailing.Daimler, Toyota Motor Corp and Volvo Cars, meanwhile, have forged partnerships with Uber Technologies Inc, while Jaguar Land Rover is teaming up on self-driving electric cars with Alphabet Inc’s autonomous vehicle unit Waymo.