Tonight the Missoula, MT city council will debate whether to allow e-bike and e-scooter rental services to operate in the city limits. Councilman Jordan Hess wants to set up rules for scooter companies like Lime, Bird before they arrive in Missoula. If approved, the ordinance would require bikes and scooters to be parked upright without […]
Uber Technologies unveiled its newest Volvo self-driving car in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. Uber said they XC90s will still have human controls such as steering wheels and brake pedals, while packing factory-installed steering and braking systems designed for computer control. In the past, Uber had purchased about 250 Volvo XC90s and retrofitted them for self-driving use. […]
San Francisco startup Scoot, one of two companies with permission to rent electric scooters on its hometown’s streets, has been acquired by Bird, a much larger Santa Monica rival, the companies said Wednesday. “We have pursued our mission of electric vehicles for everyone and showed cities that shared, electric mobility is a convenient, fun, and […]
Tesla in 2018 delivered more than 245,000 vehicles and a gigawatt hour of energy storage, with the latter number set to double next year. Half of all global electric-vehicle battery production, Musk said, came from Tesla factories. Twice in 2018, Tesla turned quarterly profits. The Model 3 outsold most of its competitors in the US—the […]
Mercedes-Benz’s first seven-seater compact crossover will arrive at U.S. dealerships in late 2019. The automaker on Monday introduced the new GLB in Salt Lake City, carving out yet another niche in the burgeoning crossover market. “It feels like a younger brother of a mix of the GLS and the G,” Daimler CEO Ola Källenius said. […]
Ford GoBike — the Bay Area bike sharing system run by Motivate, which was acquired by Lyft last year — is getting a revamp that will bring new ebikes to the Bay Area. The company, which is set to go by the new name Bay Wheels, will release an ebike model with new features on […]
General Motors is resurrecting the Chevrolet Trailblazer as a small crossover, padding the U.S. lineup at its biggest division with another crossover as more Americans abandon the traditional sedan. The 2021 Trailblazer will slot between the subcompact Chevrolet Trax and compact Chevrolet Equinox, the company said Wednesday. The vehicle, which was unveiled last month in […]
The San Antonio City Council approved several measures on Thursday as part of an overhaul of dockless vehicles on municipal streets. One of the immediate changes is a new limit on the volume of electric scooters and bikes from 16,100 to nearly half that amount. In addition, the city will soon launch a request for […]
BMW is joining the the E-scooter crazy. this September, the company will launch the BMW E-Scooter, The new scooter is a collaboration with scooter company Micro. The BMW scooter sports a matte black finish, has a range of 7.5 miles and can reach a top speed of 12 miles per hour. This power comes courtesy […]
Volkswagen Group is rethinking it battery-purchasing plan worth $56 billion due to concerns over it supply deal with Samsung may hit major road bumps per a report by the Automotive News Europe. VW has already announced a project to build a domestic battery-cell factory in Germany with Swedish startup Northvolt. VW’s electric vehicle plans will […]
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