Mobility
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GM's Maven unit was many different things in a rapidly evolving sharing landscape and gig economy—which might be why it didn't succeed.
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Car2Go leaving Portland, Denver, other US cities due to "highly volatile" marketWhat's left of Car2Go, now called Share Now, is leaving several North American cities it formerly called its strongest markets.
Bengt Halvorson -
Porsche and Boeing developing "premium urban air mobility vehicle"
Not all VTOL aircraft will be part of shared mobility; Porsche and Boeing are targeting the personal portion of drone-like electric personal transportation.
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Survey: Brand won't matter for many self-driving car adopters in the future
A report from IBM finds that early self-driving car adopters may care more about digital threats and privacy than brand.
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Toyota will use "full line-up of electrified vehicles" at 2020 Olympics
Toyota is planning to show off its use of electrified technology in the 2020 Olympics—although that includes few if any EVs.
Bengt Halvorson -
GM creates a global e-bike, looks for branding help with contest
General Motors is already shaping up to be second only to Tesla in blasting past the 200,000-vehicle ceiling for the federal EV tax credit; and it has plans to produce 20 new fully electric vehicles by 2023. Part of that EV-savvy strategy, apparently—or a parallel one, perhaps—involves...
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There are cars and trucks, and then there are trains and buses. While multi-seat vans and wagons can serve the purpose of buses carrying multiple unrelated people, a California company has come up with an entirely new concept. The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority announced yesterday it would test what maker Next Future Corporation calls the world's first autonomous electric transport pods. DON'T MISS: Electric-car incentives added in, remarkably, oil-rich Dubai Running in dedicated lanes, the NX1 pods are intended for short- and medium-distance trips. Pods can couple themselves together...
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California mobility company Ridecell wants to revolutionize self-driving electric shuttles on private property
One California company has a different idea to ensure self-driving cars earn their "training wheels," so to speak. Instead of deploying self-driving cars on public roads, California-based mobility company Ridecell wants to tackle private properties with electric self-driving shuttles. DON'T MISS...
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We visited NYC's Ford Hub; we still don't know what it was
Those who've lived in New York City since 2001 sometimes choose to avoid the World Trade Center site when possible. The area has largely been rebuilt into a combination of offices, shopping, and the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, with construction on some very tall towers still ongoing. A lunch date...
John Voelcker
