German automaker Volkswagen has invested $300m in Israeli ride hailing provider, Gett, which competes with Uber, Lyft, and Didi Chuxing. Volkswagen's investment comes months after General Motors injected $500m into privately held American ...
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Automakers Ford, Volvo along with technology giant Google and taxi-hailing firms Uber and Lyft have joined forces to push US regulators to draft regulations that support self-driving cars deployment. The coalition, dubbed the Self-Driving ...
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Google has expanded the availability of the new taxi app tab within Google Maps, so iOS users can now join in on the fun. Just last week the feature, which enables users to summon locally available rides and receive time and fare ...
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According to several reports, Uber is planning to buy or has already placed a huge order to buy Mercedes-Benz S-class cars. Reports suggest that the ride-hailing company is planning to have fleet of self-driving cars by 2020. With this ...
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Uber has apparently been on an epic shopping spree in Germany, with self-driving cars and high-end Mercedes-Benz vehicles at the top of the list. A report from Reuters have revealed the ride-sharing firm was seeking to place a large order ...
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BMW has announced a new strategy under which it would focus on electric vehicle technology, autonomous driving technology and invest in new technology to complete against companies like Google and Uber. It will focus on broadening its ...
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GM and its business partner Lyft announced the launch of a short-term car rental program, known as Express Drive. This rental program is exclusively for the Lyft platform, which will make automobiles available for Lyft users at cheaper ...
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Uber is helping to reduce the number of drink-driving incidents in cities, a new report claims. According to research by a US driving school, Uber’s entry into Seattle is estimated to have resulted in a 10% decrease in the instances ...
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General Motors has bought the assets and technology of ride-sharing provider Sidecar as the company gears up to address competition from companies like Uber. The company had recently invested $500m in Lyft, a ride-sharing provider. For ...
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Uber has announced a partnership with a major Chinese auto maker. The San Francisco-based company says it will work with Guangzhou Automobile Group in areas including investment, sales, marketing and promoting new energy vehicles. Terms ...
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The development of self-driving car technology may have received a major blow after California outlined proposals for tough new legislation. Under the proposed regulations, any automated cars on the road in the US state would have to have ...
A participant writes Chinese character "biang" during a Writing "Biang" event held in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, April 13, 2014. Voting for The Chinese Character and Chinese Word of the Year 2015 launched on Nov ...
Today, PolarPro, a manufacturer of professional-grade action camera accessories for the action sports, outdoor and consumer markets, announced the launch of its latest Kickstarter campaign for the PowerGrip H2O, the world’s first ...
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China-based internet entrepreneurs and financial investors, including the likes of Tencent and Hillhouse Capital, are supporting NextEV to create a competitor to US electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors. In that direction, the promoters ...
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Indian innerwear and outwear marketer Dollar Industries has launched a premium men's undergarment brand, Force NXT. Milind Soman, brand envoy for Force NXT unveiled the logo of Force NXT in the presence of Vinod Gupta, managing director ...
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