Ford Targets Fully Autonomous Vehicle for Ride Sharing in 2021
The company is investing in or collaborating with four startups to enhance its autonomous vehicle development, doubling its Silicon Valley team and more than doubling its Palo Alto campus.
California Becomes First State to Regulate Environmental Impact of Ridesharing Companies
California recently became the first state in the nation to regulate the transportation pollution produced by the surge in popularity of ridesharing after Gov. Brown signed Senate Bill 1014, a bill requiring transportation network companies (TNCs) to account for, and reduce, the greenhouse gas emissions of their operations.
Ridesharing Used to Supplement, not Replace, Personal Vehicles, Finds Strategy Analytics
A new report from the Automotive Connected Mobility (ACM) service at Strategy Analytics has found that ridesharing usage may not negatively impact the future vehicle purchase intention of current vehicle owners.
Report Finds Ridesharing Drivers Are Safer Than Average American Drivers
The Aite Group has found that 30 percent of trips taken by ridesharing drivers involve speeding, compared to 41 percent for average drivers.
Kendrick Paint & Body Shop, GEICO Donate Recycled Ride
The recipient was Sandra Black, a healthcare worker whose hours were cut and income greatly reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BASF to Supply Paint Products to Chinese Rideshare Company
BASF and DiDi have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, where Xiaoju Autocare, a subsidiary of DiDi, is headquartered.
Car-Sharing App Now Available to GM Vehicle Owners
GM car owners can now offer up their rides for money on Maven’s new peer-to-peer car sharing platform.
Ride-Hailing Services to Reach $1.2 Trillion in Revenue by 2026
Global revenue generated by ride-hailing services is expected to reach nearly $1.2 trillion in 2026, according to a new report from Navigant Research.
New AAA Survey Indicates Americans Feel Unsafe Sharing the Road with Fully Self-Driving Cars
In 2016, a AAA survey found that three-quarters of Americans reported feeling afraid to ride in a self-driving car, and one year later, a new AAA survey found that fear is unchanged.
Mobileye Equips 4,500 New York City Rideshare Vehicles with Collision-Avoidance Technology
The system uses a high-resolution vision sensor to analyze potentially dangerous scenarios in real time, alerting drivers to impending collisions and giving them enough time to react.
