Uber’s top lawyer announced in a news conference (H/T NYTimes) that Uber will not treat its drivers, who are independent contractors, as employees under the newly passed California bill. Tony West, Uber chief legal officer, pledged that its drivers will remain independent contractors. Mr. West said Uber’s business is not providing rides but “serving as […]
New York state lawmakers in June 2019 voted to legalize e-scooters and e-bikes in New York state and allow cities to decide on how to regulate e-scooter sharing programs. The legislation is still pending Gov. Cuomo’s approval, and as written, the bill won’t allow e-scooter sharing programs in Manhattan. Now A study by INRIX Research analyzed […]
Sadly the Honda E is not coming to the United States, we’ve been eagerly anticipating more details about the car, as well as official pricing from the automaker. During the 2019 Frankfort Motor Show, the Honda E was finally officially revealed in production form. Honda has revealed the car many times, but only as a […]
Ride-hailing giant Uber gave layoff notices to over 400 employees Tuesday Uber axed 435 people from its product and engineering teams, representing about 8% of its workforce, as reported by TechCrunch. But ahead of that announcement, hiring at the company — and specifically in the divisions affected by layoffs — saw a layoffs are often […]
e-scooters should be banned in Germany due to the increased number of accidents involving such vehicles, Andreas Gassen, head of the association of German statutory health insurance physicians (KBV), said on Monday. “E-scooters should be completely banned. Only that would help avoid injuries,” Gassen told the German newspaper Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung. “From a medical point […]
Ionity, the European electric vehicle charging joint venture of Volkswagen Group, BMW, Daimler and Ford, announced today that South Korea’s Hyundai Motor had joined as a shareholder. Ionity plans to install 400 high-speed charging stations across Europe by the end of next year. To date, the venture has installed 140 stations in 14 European countries, […]
The new Mercedes-AMG GLB 35 is the updated entry in the compact SUV segment. It’s essentially the GLC-Class’s baby brother A spirited drive is guaranteed thanks to the turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine developing 302 hp, in addition to the AMG Speedshift DCT 8-speed transmission and the variable AMG Performance 4MATIC all-wheel drive. Acceleration from 0-60 […]
New-vehicle owners are willing to adopt some driving assistance technologies, but are hesitant about other systems or alerts, according to J.D. Power’s annual technology experience study. Lane-keeping and centering systems, as well as other alerts, can be so bothersome that new-vehicle owners will often disable them or avoid them on future purchases, according to the […]
Bird Canada says it is planning to launch a pilot project in the city in the coming weeks. “Bird Canada is working to firm up the exact date to kick off a two-week pilot project for its Bird shared e-scooters in the Distillery District in early September,” said Stewart Lyons, CEO of Bird Canada, in […]
Hyundai says its latest i10 minicar will come with one of the best safety packages in its segment. The third-generation i10 will debut at the Frankfurt auto show in September. Its safety equipment will include forward collision avoidance that uses a radar sensor to detect cars and pedestrians in front of the vehicle and a […]
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