Transportation
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Electric scooters are flimsy, so Superpedestrian is making more robust ones to sell to operators
If you’ve been on an electric scooter from Bird, Lime, Lyft, JUMP via Uber, Skip, Scoot or others, you’re probably…
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New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission approves minimum wage rules for app-based drivers
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has approved new rules designed to provide a minimum hourly wage of…
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Vehicle telematics data could unlock $1.5 trillion in future revenue for automakers
Vehicle telematics, the method of monitoring a moving asset like a car, truck, heavy equipment, or ship, with GPS and…
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Will Uber gobble up Lime or fly off with Bird?
Winter is coming. It’s time for scooter startups to find a cozy, protective blanket to get them through the chilly months.…
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Autonomous vehicles will completely change how we shop
Since 2015, there have been at least 57 major retail bankruptcies. And after more than 5,000 store closures in 2017,…
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Lime tries to back-peddle on VP’s line on why it hired Definers
Scooter startup Lime has sought to back peddle on an explanation given by its VP of global expansion late last week…
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Shuttle business Via could add scooters to its lineup
Via, a shuttle-based carpooling service and platform that partners with cities in the U.S. and Europe, could soon add scooters…
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Watch Audi, Italdesign and Airbus design and test an autonomous flying taxi
Germany automaker Audi, Airbus and Italdesign presented Tuesday a scaled-down version of its vision of the future: a drone that…
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Turo’s new dongle will let customers instantly find and unlock cars
Turo, the peer-to-peer car-sharing company described as the “Airbnb of cars,” is rolling out a new product that will let…
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For a small fee, entrepreneurs can now manage their own fleet of Bird e-scooters
Bird announced today that it will sell its electric scooters to entrepreneurs and small business owners, who can then rent…
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