The world’s largest automaker is getting into the ride-sharing business as it prepares for a world with fewer cars.
Top 25 inventions of 2017: Selfie drones, 3d printed tires and more
Drones that put selfie sticks to shame, pollution zapping air filters, 3D printable airless tires and a malware detecting router for your smart home.
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Redesigning the ( automobile) industry
Bob Lutz: Kiss the good times goodbye
‘Everyone will have 5 years to get their car off the road or sell it for scrap’
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Toyota just announced a deadline for the phasing out of gas engines
Toyota Just Announced a Deadline for the Phasing out of Gas Engines
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Using only Uber or Lyft is cheaper than owning a car for 25% of Americans — here’s how to know if you apply
Ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft free up millions of Americans from having to own a car to get around. An analysis of the all-in costs of car ownership show that ridesharing alone could be more cost-effective in the long run.
The future will most likely be a mix of both ridesharing and ownership, since people still derive great value from having their own car.
Volvo prepares to take on Tesla with a revamped Polestar
VOLVO is in the midst of a reincarnation. The Swedish automaker is leaving behind its former life as the maker of super safe, super boxy wagons, and embracing an existence dedicated to technological prowess, electric propulsion, and svelte design.
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VC activity revs up as electric vehicles prepare to go mainstream
Recent weeks have seen an acceleration—pardon the pun—of news and developments related to electric vehicles.
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Taxi medallions, once a safe investment, now drag owners into debt
Owning a yellow cab has left Issa Isac in deep debt and facing a precarious future.
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Who’s in the lead in developing self-driving car technologies? Hint, it’s not Google
When it comes to the race to develop autonomous vehicles, Google and its fellow tech companies have gotten a lot of publicity. But the tech giants may have a tough time beating out the traditional car makers and parts suppliers, if a new study is any indication.
Hackers are the real obstacles for self driving vehicles
Out-of-work truckers armed with “adversarial machine learning” could dazzle autonomous vehicles into crashing.
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India says no to driverless cars to protect jobs
India is resisting the push towards driverless cars in order to protect jobs, its transport minister has said.
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Lyft is determined to become a player in self-driving cars — and is opening its own autonomous vehicle center to show it
Lyft is starting to get serious about self-driving cars.