BRUSSELS (Reuters) – German luxury carmakers Daimler (DAIGn.DE) and BMW (BMWG.DE) have offered concessions to address EU antitrust concerns about their plan to combine their car-sharing businesses, the European Commission said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: The BMW logo is seen on the second press day of the Paris auto show, in Paris, France, October 3,… Continue reading Daimler, BMW offer concessions to ease EU concerns on car-sharing deal
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Uber Wants To Deliver Groceries, But There Is A Much Bigger Opportunity
Uber has announced its intentions to expand into delivering groceries. Uber may choose to expand its already successful Uber Eats to be the service for grocery delivery or the company may choose to manage grocery delivery through another service. Photo: Getty Like Amazon, Uber is a company that thinks big. Uber and Amazon also share… Continue reading Uber Wants To Deliver Groceries, But There Is A Much Bigger Opportunity
Electric scooter startup Grin raises ~$45 million
Grin, an electric scooter startup backed by Y Combinator, has raised a $45.7 million Series A to operate shared, electric scooters in Latin America. Grin, which is based in Mexico City, had previously raised funding from Sinai Ventures, Liquid2 Ventures, 500 Startups, Monashees, Base10 Partners and others. Currently, Grin only operates in Mexico City but… Continue reading Electric scooter startup Grin raises ~$45 million
Judge rejects Lime request to block e-scooter rivals in San Francisco
AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Lime just lost a last-minute bid to delay the launch of San Francisco’s electric scooter pilot program. A judge has denied the company’s request for a temporary restraining order that would have blocked Skip and Scoot from launching their services in the city on October 15th. The company had wanted the San… Continue reading Judge rejects Lime request to block e-scooter rivals in San Francisco
Uber-funded research project pushes new ways to measure safety of driverless cars
October 11 at 12:01 AM A typical driving test considers basic skills: Can you parallel park? Do you merge safely? Do you know to yield to pedestrians? No such government exam is required for cars driven by a computer. The idea has been dismissed by federal officials who oppose regulation and industry leaders who say… Continue reading Uber-funded research project pushes new ways to measure safety of driverless cars
Why you have (probably) already bought your last car
I’m guessing you are scoffing in disbelief at the very suggestion of this article, but bear with me. A growing number of tech analysts are predicting that in less than 20 years we’ll all have stopped owning cars, and, what’s more, the internal combustion engine will have been consigned to the dustbin of history. Yes,… Continue reading Why you have (probably) already bought your last car
Daimler and Geely discuss ride sharing JV – report
Zhejiang Geely Holding – which owns Volvo Cars, is in talks with Daimler, in which billionaire owner billionaire Li Shufu took an almost 10% stake earlier this year, to set up ride-hailing and car-sharing services in China, sources told Bloomberg. A 50-50 venture that would take on market leader Didi Chuxing was under discussion, one source… Continue reading Daimler and Geely discuss ride sharing JV – report
Uber deploys JUMP scooters and bikes in Santa Monica
Following approval from the city of Santa Monica, Uber is deploying bikes and its first set of scooters via JUMP, the bike-share startup it acquired earlier this year. Although these are Xiaomi Ninebot scooters, Uber says it’s branding them with JUMP for the sake of consistency when it comes to its personal electric vehicle services. “JUMP… Continue reading Uber deploys JUMP scooters and bikes in Santa Monica
UK Uber drivers to stage 24 hour strike over pay and conditions
A UK union that represents the interests of Uber drivers has called a 24 hour strike for tomorrow. Ride-hailing giant Uber may not be comfortable thinking of the people who do the driving on its platform as workers but, in 2016, a UK employment tribunal ruled against its classification of a group of then current… Continue reading UK Uber drivers to stage 24 hour strike over pay and conditions
The game of alliances is set up in the autonomous car
Who will win the race for the autonomous car? The car manufacturers multiply in any case the alliances, to give themselves the best chance of one day reaching the finish line. Thursday, Toyota unveiled the creation of a joint venture with SoftBank to develop his “e-pallet”, a sort of wagon capable of making deliveries without… Continue reading The game of alliances is set up in the autonomous car