Competition among new sustainable transportation companies is on the rise in cities across the country – with all signs pointing upward.
Firms provide daily mobility options to commuters in places like Washington, D.C. — for people who like to pedal to work.
Andy Slye is a videographer/filmmaker and Uber driver who lives in Louisville, Kentucky. He doesn’t drive a Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, or Ford Escape, though — his vehicle is a fully electric Tesla Model 3. As far as he knows, his Tesla is the only one of its kind being used as an Uber vehicle in his area. You can see how some of his passengers react to riding in it in a video he made, a video that actually got retweeted by Tesla and Elon Musk last week (after we interviewed Andy). Below are Andy’s answers to questions we asked about the Model 3 and his experience with it in Kentucky.
Uber is rolling out its new scooter sharing service in Santa Monica, California, today with a free trial to lure riders in and away from incumbents Lime and Bird.
Global 100% renewable electricity initiative RE100 announced this week at Climate Week NYC the addition of seven new members, bringing the total number of companies up to 152, and introducing the first companies from Latin America and Turkey.
New routes in the Tesla Shuttle network are opening up today as another Tesla Indie operator joins the network. The routes are focused on the NYC—Boston—Hartford metro areas.
Cities are finding ride hailing services like Uber and Lyft increase congestion rather than decrease it. New York City has placed a cap on new licenses while it studies the effect of ride hailing on the city and its residents.
Uber has added electric scooter sharing company Lime to its app-based portfolio as it seeks to become the “Amazon of transportation.” Lyft has countered by investing in bike sharing company Motivate. But the real issue is redesigning cities for the 21st century — before it ends.
The first three Jaguar I-PACE electric SUVs intended for Waymo’s self driving service has arrived in San Francisco, where they are being used to calibrate the autonomous driving systems and develop a knowledge base of maintenance information. Waymo expects to have 20,000 of them in revenue service by 2020.
Of course, we all remember that Uber halted its self-driving trial after one of its cars, sadly, killed a woman who was jaywalking. Additionally, Uber settled a lawsuit for $245,000,000 with Waymo after it was learnt that Uber had received 9 gigabytes of Waymo intellectual property from former Waymo employee Anthony Levandowski. Levandowski had previously left Waymo to start his own company, Otto, which was later acquired by Uber. As part of the settlement, Uber agreed not to use Waymo’s technology. After such a conflict, it is a pleasant surprise that the two may decide to partner in some fashion.
The city of Boston has given permission to nuTonomy to expand its autonomous car testing program to the entire city, following a short pause after the death of a pedestrian struck by an Uber test car earlier this year.
