Genesis marked a new milestone with the global unveiling of its first crossover, the GV80. At an event in Seoul, Genesis provided the first official pictures in full color and announced the base engine for the home market — a six-cylinder diesel that won’t be heading to the U.S. when the crossover goes on sale […]
Lime has exiting or has exited markets recently. In a blog post Brad Bao, the CEO and co-founder of Lime, announced the company would be leaving 12 cities around the world in order to shift “our primary focus to profitability.” Those cities include: Atlanta; Phoenix, Ariz.; San Diego, Calif.; San Antonio, Texas; Linz, Austria; Bogota, […]
Lime now enforces speed limits on its Tel Aviv scooters. Starting earlier this week, the company’s scooters—which have a maximum speed of 25 kilometers per hour—automatically slow down when reaching certain areas. On the city’s central Ibn Gabirol Street, the speed limit is 14.5 km per hour, while in areas where riding e-scooters is forbidden, […]
Tesla has shipped out the first 15 Model 3 sedans assembled at its new multibillion-dollar plant near Shanghai — its first outside the U.S. — to company employees at the facility. Tesla did the same when it started production of the sedan in California in July 2017, delivering its first Model 3s to staff. The […]
Jeep is putting its electrification efforts on display next week at the Consumer Technology Association’s annual CES trade show in Las Vegas as the brand prepares to offer electrification options for all of its models by 2022. The showcase will feature three plug-in hybrid vehicles that mark the first step in Jeep’s plan to meet […]
Portland Bureau of Transportation Portland’s announced Friday the electric scooter pilot program will extend until the end of 2020. PBOT said the program extension will provide the city more time to study the impacts of e-scooters on Portland’s transportation system. “We think that there is potential for shared e-scooters to be one of our solutions […]
General Motors and LG Chem will jointly build and develop batteries for electric vehicles that will go on sale in 2023 and beyond, including Chevy’s confirmed electric pickup, the companies announced Thursday. GM CEO Mary Barra announced the $2.3 billion deal and said the plant would begin construction next year, near Lordstown, Ohio, where GM […]
Uber received 235 reports of a rape occurring during a ride in the United States last year — an average of four a week, according to a company review released Thursday. The ride-hailing company has come under increasing scrutiny amid a flood of lawsuits from riders alleging they were sexually assaulted by drivers. In the […]
Ford executive Marion Harris, until recently a vice president in the company’s Mobility Business Group, will speak at the Deutsche Bank 2019 AutoTech Conference in San Francisco, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 10. Harris, who last month was named CEO of Ford Motor Credit Company, will describe how Ford is leveraging the benefits of vehicle connectivity […]
Users of e-scooters and electric bikes, in Singapore will soon need to pass a theory test prior to riding in public, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) announced. The ministry has also expanded a code of conduct that currently focuses on personal mobility device (PMD) users to include guidelines for pedestrians. In a move follow the […]
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