by dankeelan | Dec 21, 2023 | Featured, Rideshare, Space
Space start-up Privateer, co-founded by the famed Apple technologist Steve Wozniak, will begin orbital tests of its ride-sharing orbital module Pono in January. The module, which launched on Dec. 1 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, was developed to...
by dankeelan | Dec 14, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Rideshare, Safety
A quest for lower costs and efficiently moving goods and groups of people is pushing demand for driverless technology in trucks and shuttles, even as robotaxis battle renewed doubts after an October accident involving a General Motors Cruise car. Pittsburgh,...
by dankeelan | Jun 15, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Rideshare
Waymo, a software company owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc., has been testing out self-driving rideshare cars in Phoenix and San Francisco. The results have been promising so far, but many Americans are still wary of driverless vehicles and the tech may not expand...
by dankeelan | Oct 6, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Rideshare
Uber has signed a 10-year agreement to use autonomous Ioniq 5 EVs from Hyundai’s Motional for ride-hailing and deliveries, the companies announced. The vehicles will be “strategically deployed” in cities around the US and start offering passenger...
by dankeelan | Feb 3, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Investment, Rideshare
Interest in self-driving vehicle technologies has grown during the pandemic, particularly as surges in infections make deliveries and taxi rides riskier. Markets and Markets optimistically predicts that autonomous car sales will reach 62.4 million units by...
by dankeelan | Oct 28, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Rideshare
Transport for NSW has announced it will be taking the next steps in its autonomous vehicle trial by working with driverless technology firm Motional to investigate and develop a plan for using driverless rideshare services. Transport for NSW customer strategy and...
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