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Waymo Getting Ready for Big Growth Spurt

October 29, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Uber, waymo, waymo driver, waymo one

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:51:21 +0000

Waymo continues to be out in front as a clear robotaxi leader. Today, the news from the company is that it has raised another $5.6 billion. That will carry the company quite far. Furthermore, the latest financing round was oversubscribed. The investment round was led by Alphabet, and included participation … [continued]

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Uber & Waymo Expand Partnership to Bring Autonomous Ride-Hailing to Austin & Atlanta

September 18, 2024 admin ATLANTA, AUSTIN, autonomous vehicles, clean transport, consumer technology, Electric vehicles, Georgia, robotaxis, texas, Uber, waymo

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:20:29 +0000

Regular crashes, injuries, and even fatalities plague the traffic sector, highlighting the potential benefits of self-driving cars. When my daughters and I decided to take a Waymo to get to the museum across the city from us in San Francisco, we had no idea how safe we would or wouldn’t … [continued]

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The Self-Driving Startup Everyone Forgot About: “We’ve actually dramatically accelerated our autonomy progress.”

August 14, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, nuro, Uber, uber eats

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 02:43:51 +0000

Waymo, Cruise, Tesla, Baidu, Zoox — there are a handful of companies that get quite a big bulk of the attention when it comes to self-driving vehicle development. However, there’s another company that has been progressing nicely and often goes under the radar (no pun intended). That would be Nuro. … [continued]

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Uber & BYD Plan To Put 100,000 Electric Cars On The Road — But Not In The US

August 6, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, byd, clean transport, electric ride share car, Electric vehicles, Uber

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 14:50:23 +0000

Uber and BYD say they will add 100,000 electric cars to the Uber ride-hailing fleet in countries around the world — but not in the US.

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130 Wendy’s Get Community Solar, Electric Trucks for McDonald’s, Specs of New ID. Buzz GTX & ID. Buzz LWB, & More Cleantech News

July 4, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, fiat, fiat 500e, green economy, investment, levc, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, McDonalds, polestar, press releases, rivian, Solar energy, Uber, uk, Volkswagen, volkswagen id buzz, volvo, volvo trucks, wind energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 20:47:36 +0000

It’s encouraging to learn that established brands, like McDonald’s, are investing in electric trucks and solar power. This week’s headlines also include Wendy’s 130 solar-enabled restaurants, new electric vehicles in the UK, a huge distributed solar initiative in New York, and much more. Read on for the news. Electric Vehicles … [continued]

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Former Uber Boss: Robotaxis Too Expensive, Not Replacing Human Drivers Anytime Soon — Is That True?

June 29, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, robotaxis, Uber, waymo

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:50:53 +0000

To be fair, this is not a new take on the potential “robotaxi revolution.” Robotaxi tech has been expensive for as long as robotaxis have been in development. That is one of the reasons robotaxis aren’t all over the place already. But I was curious to run some numbers after … [continued]

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Ride-Share Competitors Revel & Uber Ink Deal for EV Fast Charging Infrastructure Expansion

March 18, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging infrastructure, ev charging stations, ev rideshare, revel, Uber, uber evs, US

Credit to Author: Chris Boylan| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:40:27 +0000

100% electric ride-share startup Revel recently announced a partnership with rideshare giant (and competitor) Uber to help accelerate EV infrastructure expansion in the United States. While Revel continues to grow its own fleet of EVs for ride-sharing in New York City, the company is also building out a network of … [continued]

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Kia & Hyundai: Customizable EV Platform for Uber and eVTOL Aircraft | CES 2024

January 13, 2024 admin Aviation, clean transport, electric air taxis, electric aircraft, electric cars, Electric vehicles, evtol, Hyundai, Kia, Uber, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 03:39:41 +0000

Kia came to CES 2024 with the goal of making a splash. Rather than just rolling out a new electric … [continued]

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Uber Can Connect To Tesla App, Offer Drivers Rides That Fit In EV’s Range

May 28, 2023 admin cars, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, smartphone apps, tesla, Uber

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 14:12:39 +0000

Working as an Uber or Lyft (or both) driver in an EV can be challenging. How do I know? I did it for about 50,000 miles in a 2018 Nissan LEAF. Trying to do that in an EV that lacks liquid cooling in a hot city like Phoenix didn’t turn out to be a great […]

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Waymo + Uber — Will This Combo Blow Up Robotaxi Use?

May 27, 2023 admin autonomous vehicles, cars, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, robotaxis, smartphone apps, Uber, waymo

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 04:59:21 +0000

Waymo’s been expanding, and usage of the company’s robotaxis has been growing steadily, but, honestly, it’s all been happening a bit slowly. That’s been the investment/financial critique of the company, that it can’t scale up quickly, easily, or profitably. An investment case is hard to make if there’s no clear way a company or technology […]

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