Tag: Mobility

California Airport Offers Free Lyft Rides to Train Stations

Air travelers are eligible for the free Lyft ride to ONT by entering GOSBCTA into their mobile app or state the code when calling into the concierge. Photo via Lyft. Ontario International Airport officials are now providing free Lyft rides between Ontario International Airport (ONT) and four Metrolink train stations, giving airport customers another cost-effective option to… Continue reading California Airport Offers Free Lyft Rides to Train Stations

BorgWarner Presents Innovative Technology for the Mobility of Tomorrow at EV Japan 2020

Advanced, electrified solutions presented in Hall Aomi A3, Booth 54 Propulsion systems for numerous levels of e-mobility Compact battery packs for electric vehicles showcased for the first time in Japan Auburn Hills, Michigan, December 12, 2019 – BorgWarner will unveil its latest portfolio of cutting-edge technologies for highly efficient electrified vehicles at 11th EV Japan… Continue reading BorgWarner Presents Innovative Technology for the Mobility of Tomorrow at EV Japan 2020

Lyft debuts car rentals in Los Angeles and the SF Bay Area

Lyft’s car rental service now exists as more than just an experiment. Rentals are now available for “select users” in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, giving you an option when you’d rather drive yourself. As expected, the service relies on both tie-ins with Lyft’s usual ridesharing and the elimination of a few… Continue reading Lyft debuts car rentals in Los Angeles and the SF Bay Area

New documents reveal details of Seattle scooter-share pilot, including ban on sidewalk riding

A Lime scooter and Lime bikes in Seattle (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Seattle’s plan for a free-floating scooter-share pilot program is coming into focus with a newly released environmental impact statement and other filings that reveal key details of the proposal. The motorized scooters will be allowed in bicycle lanes and multi-use trails but… Continue reading New documents reveal details of Seattle scooter-share pilot, including ban on sidewalk riding

Lyft: Introducing Lyft Rentals

We’re building the future of transportation into one app to minimize the need for personal car ownership. You shouldn’t have to own a car to get around (or to get out of) your city. But sometimes you need a car to go longer distances. That’s why we’ve launched Lyft Rentals in select cities. Last year… Continue reading Lyft: Introducing Lyft Rentals

@Daimler: Mercedes-Benz Untertürkheim plant to produce electric powertrain in the future

Stuttgart/Germany. In the transformation process towards electric mobility, Mercedes-Benz Cars is taking another important step into the future. After intensive negotiations, the management and works council of the Mercedes-Benz Untertürkheim plant in Germany have reached an agreement: In the future, the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim will manufacture and assemble parts of the electric powertrain (eATS).… Continue reading @Daimler: Mercedes-Benz Untertürkheim plant to produce electric powertrain in the future

@VW Group: The sound of e-mobility:||ID.3 attracts attention with its own driving sound

As of July 2019 all newly registered electric vehicles must produce an artificial driving sound. Yesterday, the ID.3’s sound design was presented at the DRIVE. Forum in Berlin as part of the Future Sounds event. The almost silent, electric drive offers great potential for brand-specific sound design that not only draws attention to the car,… Continue reading @VW Group: The sound of e-mobility:||ID.3 attracts attention with its own driving sound

Lyft: Self-Driving Research in Review: CoRL 2019

By: Peter Ondruska, Head of AV Research; and Guido Zuidhof, Software Engineer Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) is a relatively new conference focused on the intersection of robotics and modern machine learning. Its 3rd edition was held in Osaka, Japan at the beginning of November. Read on for a summary of the most relevant papers to… Continue reading Lyft: Self-Driving Research in Review: CoRL 2019