Tag: transportation
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Berlins Blacklane raises $40-45M for its high-end transport on demand service
Transportation-on-demand startups betting on growth by homing in on specific market segments continue to play strong with both investors and customers looking for alternatives to traditional taxis and Uber. Today, Blacklane, a Berlin-based business that offers limousines and other high-end cars for airport and other medium-length journeys, is announcing that it has raised a significant…
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Brilliant New Headlights Use a Million Pixels to Talk to the World
For the most part, digital technology is all about dumping things that move. Complex engines are giving way to simpler computer-controlled electric motors. Mirrorless cameras no longer have to flip mirrors out of the way to take photos, the way DSLR’s do. In the burgeoning lidar laser-sensor business, developers are embracing solid state systems that…
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What Lyft’s self-driving car gets right: driving style
Lyft's self-driving BMW 5 Series sedan.Image: Pete Pachal/Mashable Riding in a self-driving Lyft car is way more boring than you’d expect. But that’s really the point. The ride, which I took on the streets of Las Vegas at the outset of CES 2018, was only remarkable in how mundane it was. Turns, lane changes, braking…
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Hauling a Christmas Tree in a Ferrari Is Totally Normal
Don’t ever let anyone tell you the GTC4Lusso isn’t a “real” Ferrari. The Ferrari GTC4Lusso is a special car. The four-seat hatchback combines sophisticated all-wheel-drive systems with spacious seating for four, plus a large trunk and 680-horsepower performance on a par with anything from Lamborghini and McLaren. This odd-ball hatchback can do zero to 62…
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To See the Future of Cities, Watch the Curb. Yes, the Curb
When Greg Rogers left his gig as a Washington, DC, lobbyist in 2015, he did what any savvy, mid-20s kid with a car and a light wallet might: He signed up to drive for a couple of ridehailing services. “Living the millennial dream means quitting your job, driving for Uber and Lyft, and trying to…
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Self-Driving Trucks Are Now Delivering Refrigerators
If you live in Southern California and you’ve ordered one of those fancy new smart refrigerators in the past few weeks, it may have hitched a ride to you on a robotruck. Since early October, autonomous trucks built and operated by the startup Embark have been hauling Frigidaire refrigerators 650 miles along the I-10 freeway,…
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Logging Truck Makes Impossibly Tight Right Turn
Another day, another truck driver making a seemingly impossible turn look easy. This one’s from France and the secret is rear tires that can rotate independently. In case you missed it, check out our previous vid of a 200 Ft Long Truck Making a Perfect Right-Hand Turn! Read more: http://twistedsifter.com/videos/logging-truck-makes-impossibly-tight-right-turn/
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Nissan’s new concept car is unbelievable
The e-Evolution concept burning out with the help of its AI assistant.Image: mitsubishi Mitsubishi’s new crossover concept doesn’t want to drive for you. It wants to make you a better driver. Most automakers are building up AI systems to run their future self-driving cars. But Mitsubishi recently unveiled its slightly different tack at the Tokyo…
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Smartphones Are Killing Americans, But Nobodys Counting
Jennifer Smith doesn’t like the term “accident.” It implies too much chance and too little culpability. A “crash” killed her mother in 2008, she insists, when her car was broadsided by another vehicle while on her way to pick up cat food. The other driver, a 20-year-old college student, ran a red light while talking…
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