by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 7, 2019
At first glance, the Byton M-Byte looks a lot like other new battery-electric vehicles coming to market these days. It’s when you slip inside the SUV that you notice the big difference. Really big, as in a 48-inch videoscreen atop the instrument panel that stretches...
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 20, 2018
The BMW Group and Daimler AG have gotten the green light from anti-trust authorities in the U.S. to operate a joint venture offering a range of mobility services that are expected to grow in the future such as car sharing, charging, ride hailing and even parking. The...
by Michael Strong | Dec 18, 2018
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will no longer need to determine if a petition complete to issue summary for public comment, hoping to accelerate the process for getting autonomous vehicles on the road. The agency cut the requirement wanting to...
by Michael Strong | Dec 5, 2018
Self-driving ride-sharing service is here. Well, it’s in Arizona, technically, but the day that Uber, Lyft and others have waiting for has arrived with the debut of Waymo One, Waymo’s autonomous taxi and ride-sharing service. The service operates in a 100-square-mile...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 29, 2018
General Motors President Dan Ammann is changing jobs again, now serving as the full time as the Chief Executive Officer of GM Cruise, GM’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary. Ammann had worked closely with Cruise since GM acquired the self-driving vehicle start up...
by Michael Strong | Nov 13, 2018
Maven, General Motors’ private ride-sharing service, is undergoing an expansion early next year. Before gig-based entrepreneurs around the country begin salivating, the expansion is product-based not geographic. The company is going to allow non-GM brand products to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 9, 2018
Daimler AG, the parent of Mercedes-Benz, has announced plans to launch an autonomous ride-sharing pilot program in San Jose, California starting late next year. The carmaker, along with one of its lead technology suppliers, becomes the latest to enter a space that is...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 5, 2018
Uber plans to relaunch the autonomous vehicle testing program it suspended following a fatal crash in Arizona last March, but it has advised regulators in Pennsylvania that it will take additional steps to ensure the safety of its vehicles. The San Francisco-based...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 2, 2018
The word, “mobility” is showing up in transportation circles a lot these days, and expectations are that the public will have plenty of alternative ways to get around in the years ahead, everything from electric scooters to ride-sharing services. That’s led General...
by Joseph Szczesny | Oct 18, 2018
Uber could raise as much as much as $120 billion, dwarfing the market capitalization of General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler, when it launches an initial public offering next summer, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Uber is already in discussions...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Oct 4, 2018
Only the French could have gone to market with vehicles like the DS9 and the 2CV – the deux chevaux, as it was better known. And only the French could have rolled out some of the wild and crazy concepts that populated this year’s Paris Motor Show. As the media days...
by Joseph Szczesny | Oct 2, 2018
A Dutch company called Pal-V said it had started taking orders for its Liberty model, a three-wheeled car which sprouts a tail-plane, a propeller and helicopter-like rotor blades when the driver wants to fly. Before it takes off, the wings and propellers are folded...
