Rebecca Bellan
Things I learned on TikTok: The hole in a pasta spoon is one serving of spaghetti. What to do when a debt collector comes knocking. How to hot wire a Kia using a USB cord and a screwdriver.
Oh yes, you read that right.
A trending TikTok challenge publicizing a...
Eco-conscious vehicle renters can soon expect to see EVs from GM brands Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and even commercial delivery unit BrightDrop at Hertz rental locations.
The car rental giant said Tuesday it plans to order up to 175,000 electric vehicles from General Motors over the next five years,...
Nvidia is gearing up to deliver Drive Thor, its next-generation automotive-grade chip that the company claims will be able to unify a wide-range of in-car technology from automated driving features and driver monitoring systems to streaming Netflix in the back for the kiddos.
Thor, which goes into production in 2025,...
Xpeng, a Chinese smart electric vehicle startup, has launched its anticipated advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) that automates some driving functions in urban environments.
City Navigation Guided Pilot (City NGP), an expanded version of Xpeng’s NGP, which performed tasks like assisted driving on highways based on the navigation route...
Another day, another lawsuit against Tesla and its advanced driver assistance system.
A lawsuit was filed Wednesday in the California Northern District Court alleging that Tesla’s ADAS system causes vehicles to run red lights, miss turns and veer into traffic, all the while costing Tesla owners thousands of dollars.
Tesla...
The municipal council of Grünheide in the district of Brandenburg, Germany, has indefinitely delayed the vote on the planned expansion of Tesla’s Berlin gigafactory, according to a report from local broadcaster RBB.
Tesla wants to expand its nearly 750-acre factory site by another 250 acres to build a freight...
Magna International, a Canadian mobility technology company that builds sensor-based systems for cars like driver monitoring systems and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), is entering the micromobility market. The company invested $77 million in Yulu, an Indian shared micromobility operator, and plans to jointly launch a battery swapping...
As shared micromobility continues to take over cities, operators have found themselves implementing different forms of scooter “advanced rider assistance systems” or scooter ARAS, that can detect when a rider is doing the thing cities hate most — riding on the sidewalk.
Drover AI, a startup that had the...
Drones, sidewalk robots and autonomous vehicles are being touted as some of the next big movers in the last-mile delivery space, but what of the humble bicycle?
Global logistics and delivery companies like UPS, FedEx and Amazon have all begun trialing some form of electric bike or cargo bike...
Populus, the San Francisco-based transportation data startup, got its start as shared scooter mania took hold and cities tried to make sense of how infrastructure was being used by fleets of tiny vehicles.
Now, Populus co-founder and CEO Regina Clewlow is positioning the company, which collects data on transportation...
