Kristen Hall-Geisler

Kristen Hall-Geisler

Automotive Journalist

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Run your startup the Toyota way

Toyota is known for its manufacturing efficiency. We've probably all heard that if a worker on the Camry line sees a problem, they have the authority to stop the line and address it. At the end of the

Roborace DevBot learns during laps in NYC

The sleek, low-slung driverless Roborace car was on display in New York City for the Formula E races this weekend, but it was the workhorse DevBot that took to the track. You can recognize DevBot by i

Cortica teaches autonomous vehicles with unsupervised learning

Cortica is moving into mobility by opening an automotive branch for its AI technology. The key, according to the company, is in the use of unsupervised learning that allows an autonomous system to pro

Bye-bye, Firefly: Waymo retires its autonomous prototype vehicle

If you were holding out for one of those super-cute autonomous pods from Google's early days of researching self-driving vehicles, I have bad news. The autonomous division of the company (Waymo) annou

Taxis get Square in DC

Washington, D.C. has taken a step to help the city's taxis remain relevant and compete with ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft. As of August 31, 2017, all taxi drivers in the city will have to make

Cabin secures $3.3M for its ‘moving hotel’

Cabin recently announced it had secured $3.3 million in seed financing for its sleeper-car buses. That's right, a full-size travel bus has been outfitted with sleeping berths lining a narrow walkway,

ChargePoint takes over GE charging stations

ChargePoint announced that it will become the exclusive operator of all of GE‘s electric charging stations, which means nearly 10,000 places to plug in will be transferred to the new company&#82

Autotalks brings motorcycles into the conversation

Autotalks has been developing technologies that allow vehicles to talk to anything -- V2X, to the nerds in the know. It's one of the technologies that will enable fully autonomous vehicles to roam our

Honda Clarity grows from one-shot to series

For years, the Honda Clarity has been one thing: a hydrogen fuel-cell-powered sedan available for lease to a vetted group of early adopters in California. Now in its third generation, the Honda Clarit

Qualcomm demonstrates driving while charging

Qualcomm Technologies has been working on a wireless charging system for electric vehicles called Halo. Now it’s taken the idea a step further — a Halo on the go, if you will. The dynamic

LISNR and PILOT join Jaguar Land Rover incubator

Jaguar Land Rover has brought two new startups into its Portland Tech Incubator: LISNR and PILOT Automotive Labs. Previous cohorts at the incubator have ranged from parking apps to drones; these two c

Autonomous cars are “infants,” but they’re growing up fast

A panel at the MovinOn conference in Montreal, Quebec, tackled the questions that always get tackled: What’s the state of autonomous cars and when will they be fully ready to take over the world

Cognata receives $5M to speed up autonomous testing

Rand Corporation reported in 2016 that autonomous cars would need to be tested over 11 billion miles in order to prove they're better drivers than humans. With a fleet of 100 cars running 24 hours a d

US Route 33 to test V2I tech

When you think of central Ohio, you might not think "hotbed of innovation." But you're going to want to rethink that. This summer, a 35-mile stretch of U.S. Route 33 outside of Marysville, Ohio, will

Audi is the first to test autonomous vehicles in New York

In May of this year, the state of New York opened up an application process for companies that wanted to test autonomous vehicles there. Audi snagged the first license and will begin testing near Alba

Top Ten Automotive Startups competition open for submissions

For the past few years, the Los Angeles Auto Show has hosted the Top Ten Automotive Startups competition. The event is now open for submissions through July 15, so if you've got an automotive app, ser

Roborace autonomous car takes a lap in Paris

At the Formula E Paris ePrix over the weekend, the driverless Roborace navigated a lap of the 1.9 km course all by itself -- all 14 turns.

New Smart Fortwo EV: fewer dollars, more miles

Mercedes-Benz announced the price of its new electric 2017 Smart Fortwo: $23,800 for the hard-top coupe and $28,000 for the cabrio with a sliding canvas roof. The new coupe's price is $1,200 less than

Parking Kitty makes parking in Portland adorable

Portland, Oregon, continued to keep it weird (and cute) this week when it rolled out Parking Kitty, a new app that lets you pay for metered parking. The app is based on Passport, one of the largest pa

Mercedes home storage batteries coming to the US

Mercedes-Benz Energy announced that it’s teamed up with Vivint Solar to provide batteries for storing energy at home in the United States, starting in California this spring. Last year, Mercede
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