The 4-month e-scooter pilot program in Portland OR is coming to an end, and next week, more than 2,000 scooters will be taken off the streets by their parent companies. The program began back in July and its last day will be Tuesday, Nov. 20. According to numbers from the Portland Bureau of Transportation, there […]
Ford Motor, Walmart, and delivery service Postmates Inc will collaborate to design a service for delivering groceries and other goods to Walmart customers that could someday use autonomous vehicles, the companies said on Wednesday. The project is the latest to grow out of Ford’s broader effort to develop businesses that could use automated delivery vehicles. […]
In highly congested cities, personal mobility company Voyager is looking to fill the need for advanced, fashionable options for enhancing your commute with their electric bikes, scooters and hoverboards. Electric Scooters are a great way to commute, but also a fun way to get around the park or ride down the boardwalk. Voyager’s line […]
Hyundai will unveil the Palisade crossover, a big-bodied, three-row rival to the Ford Explorer, Toyota Highlander, Chevrolet Traverse and Mazda CX-9, this month at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The large crossover will go on sale in the U.S. next summer, Hyundai said. The Palisade is one of two crossovers Hyundai will add next year […]
Lime is taking some of its electric scooters out of service after customers reported that they broke in half while in use. The decision comes several weeks after the company said the same model occasionally breaks apart “when subjected to repeated abuse,” The Washington Post reported. “Safety is Lime’s highest priority,” the company said in […]
Tesla’s found a new chair of its board to replace Elon Musk. The SEC filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk following an August tweet in which he said he was considering taking the company private. Robyn Denholm, Telstra’s chief financial officer and head of strategy, has been named to head the company’s board with immediate […]
Ford is buying scooter startup Spin as doubles down on its investments in the future of transportation. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but founder and CEO Euwyn Poon said Ford plans to invest about $200 million in the company as it eyes expanding to 100 markets over the next year and a half. […]
Dealership software king CDK Global Inc. has hired former Intel boss Brian Krzanich to take over as CEO, the company said Wednesday. Krzanich immediately replaces Brian MacDonald, CDK’s CEO since 2016. On top of the CEO post, Krzanich, 58, will serve as president of the software firm and will also take a seat on the […]
Lincoln and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra are bringing a new orchestral experience inside the all-new Lincoln Aviator by creating symphonic chimes to replace traditional alerts. The unique chimes recorded by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will provide musical alerts for drivers of the all-new Lincoln Aviator. The new chimes, selected from literally hundreds of musical combinations, […]
The U.S. electric scooter company Bird is launching a pilot sharing program in London, which still bans the devices from its streets and sidewalks. To get around the legal hurdle, the company is only making its e-scooters available in London’s Olympic Park, which is not owned by the city. Each scooter is equipped with a GPS monitor that […]