Prive, a months-old, San Francisco-based startup founded by two former Uber product managers, just raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding to create what it describes as a far more customizable e-commerce subscriptions platform for D2C brands. The round was co-led by Patrick Chung and Brandon Farwell at XFund and Ben Ling from Bling Capital, with… Continue reading Prive has raised $1.7 million to build a more configurable e-commerce subscription platform
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Paragon Continues To Be A Committed Pioneer For Urban Air Taxi Movement In Brownsville
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Aug. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Paragon VTOL Aerospace, lead innovators in vertical takeoff and landing technology (VTOL), continue to make forward strides for intra-city transport, committing to 50 VTOLs for urban air taxi movement in Brownsville, Texas to begin in 2025. This commitment, momentous for the City of Brownsville, would enable the city to… Continue reading Paragon Continues To Be A Committed Pioneer For Urban Air Taxi Movement In Brownsville
Toyota resumes self-driving operations at Paralympic Games; CEO remains skeptical of autonomous progress
Toyota Motor Corporation has resumed operations of its self-driving e-Palette pods at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo after a halt last Thursday following a collision with a visually impaired athlete. Working alongside the Paralympic Committee, Toyota will make several safety improvements, both inside and out of its vehicles. Toyota self-drove itself into a PR… Continue reading Toyota resumes self-driving operations at Paralympic Games; CEO remains skeptical of autonomous progress
A note left on a Tesla Model 3 shows just how little people know about electric cars
A note that a “concerned resident” left on a Tesla Model 3 after unplugging it shows just how little people know about electric cars. Studies and polls about electric vehicle adoption have consistently shown that education is one of the most needed things to accelerate the transition to zero emission. Of course, reducing the cost… Continue reading A note left on a Tesla Model 3 shows just how little people know about electric cars
@VW Group: Audi on the road to climate-neutral mobility003739
Audi wants to be a net-zero carbon emissions company by no later than 2050. By 2025, the company plans to offer more than 20 fully electric, battery-driven cars. At the same time, Audi wants to reduce the ecological footprint of its fleet – specifically, by 30 percent as compared with 2015. One central goal is… Continue reading @VW Group: Audi on the road to climate-neutral mobility003739
Battery swapping specialist Ample raises $160 million in Series C funding
Battery swapping is an old idea with a troubled history. Better Place, an Israeli startup that was a promising early promoter of EVs, made battery swapping a centerpiece of its strategy—it went bust in 2013. Tesla demonstrated a swapping system for Model S in 2013, but dropped the technology in 2015. Chinese EV startup NIO… Continue reading Battery swapping specialist Ample raises $160 million in Series C funding
@Toyota: Team USA, Team Toyota’s Jessica Long Wins 25th Paralympic Medal at Tokyo 2020
TOKYO (August 30, 2021) – At 29 years old, Team Toyota athlete Jessica Long won her 25th Paralympic medal in Tokyo, winning a gold medal in the women’s 200m individual medley SM8 at the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Saturday, August 28. Long, one of the most decorated Paralympians in the United States, won her… Continue reading @Toyota: Team USA, Team Toyota’s Jessica Long Wins 25th Paralympic Medal at Tokyo 2020
@Toyota: Team USA, Team Toyota’s Brad Snyder Wins Eighth Paralympic Medal at Tokyo 2020
TOKYO (August 30, 2021) – At 37 years old, Team Toyota athlete Brad Snyder won his eighth Paralympic medal in Tokyo, taking first place in the men’s Paratriathlon PTVI race at the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Saturday, August 28. “It’s a big moment, obviously, because you spend so much time visualizing and hoping and… Continue reading @Toyota: Team USA, Team Toyota’s Brad Snyder Wins Eighth Paralympic Medal at Tokyo 2020
@Toyota: Resumption of Services of the Toyota e-Palette Vehicle and Additional Safety Measures at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Athletes’ Village
Having taken steps to ensure greater safety and security, Toyota today announces that The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has decided to resume operations of the e-Palette mobility vehicle within the Athletes’ Village. Go to Source
Change Suite · 7:18 PM UTCUber proposes industry-wide gig worker benefits model in CanadaUber Technologies Inc on Monday proposed a plan for a flexibl…
Aug 30 (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) on Monday proposed a plan for a flexible benefits fund for app-based ride-hail and food delivery drivers in Canada under which all gig industry players would share data on workers’ hours and earnings. Under the proposal outlined in a company blog post, the fund would provide gig… Continue reading Change Suite · 7:18 PM UTCUber proposes industry-wide gig worker benefits model in CanadaUber Technologies Inc on Monday proposed a plan for a flexibl…