transport
Volkswagen’s new all-electric concept wagon could be coming to the US by 2022
Volkswagen revealed Tuesday evening a new concept vehicle called the ID. Space Vizzion, and despite the crazy Frank Zappaesque name, this one might actually make it into production in Europe…
Vulog will power Hyundai’s new LA car-sharing service
The technology behind Hyundai’s new car-sharing service in Los Angeles is provided by a company that is largely unknown despite its ubiquity. Vulog announced Tuesday during Automobility LA that Hyundai…
Featured Article
The Mustang Mach-E is the exciting shape of the electric future
Ford just unveiled its first EV, and it’s stunning. Called the Mustang Mach-E, it appears to get a lot of things right. From the branding to little surprises, the Mustang Mach-E looks to be a hit. “We knew we had to do something different and something exciting and something only Ford could do,” Kumar Galhotra,…
Bolt Bikes launches e-bike subscription platform for gig delivery workers in US, UK
Bolt Bikes, the Sydney, Australia-based startup founded in 2017, is taking to the U.S. and U.K. its electric bike platform designed for gig economy delivery workers. The company is expanding…
Lyft deploys 200 long-range EVs for its rideshare rental fleet in Colorado
Lyft is making 200 new long-range EVs available to rideshare drivers as part of its Express Drive program, the company revealed today. Express Drive is a program that Lyft offers…
Volkswagen’s $800M Tennessee factory expansion to include battery pack plant
Volkswagen said Wednesday it will build a battery pack assembly facility as part of an $800 million expansion project that will turn the Chattanooga, Tenn. factory into its North American…
UCLA now has the first zero-emission, all-electric mobile surgical instrument lab
Electrification in the automotive industry isn’t just about consumer cars: There are plenty of commercial and specialist vehicles that are prime candidates for EVs, including in the healthcare industry. Take…
Uber CEO stokes #boycottuber fire with ‘mistakes happen’ comment
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s comments during an interview with Axios — and his subsequent apology — have done more than hand the company’s critics more ammunition in the renewed #boycottUber…
Lyft is adding Chrysler Pacificas to its AV fleet and opening a new dedicated self-driving test facility
Lyft has another year of building out its autonomous driving program under its belt, and the ride-hailing company has been expanding its testing steadily throughout 2019. The company says that…
Ghost wants to retrofit your car so it can drive itself on highways in 2020
A new autonomous vehicle company is on the streets — and unbeknownst to most, has been since 2017. Unlike the majority in this burgeoning industry, this new entrant isn’t trying…
Elon Musk will reveal Tesla’s ‘Cybertruck’ all-electric pickup on Nov. 21
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that the company will unveil its all-electric “cybertruck” November 21 in Los Angeles near the serial entrepreneur’s other company, SpaceX. The date just so…
Senegal’s NIMA Codes to launch address app in 15 African countries
Senegalese startup NIMA Codes — a digital mapping service for locations without formal addresses — has upgraded its app and plans to go live in 15 African countries in 2020.…
Nio, Intel’s Mobileye partner, to build self-driving electric cars for consumers
Mobileye, the Israeli-based automotive sensor company acquired by Intel in 2017 for $15.3 billion, is partnering with Chinese electric car startup Nio to develop autonomous vehicles that consumers can buy.…
Segway-Ninebot introduced Tuesday an electric dirt bike that marks the company’s expansion into the powersports market. The Chinese scooter company launched two versions of its new “Dirt eBike” at the…
In this week’s newsletter: Fintech’s banner year, subscription rental furniture and Particle’s Series C.
Omio buys Rome2rio to build out its global travel aggregator business
Omio (née GoEuro) has acquired multimodal travel veteran Rome2rio as it works on building out a global travel aggregator business, having taken the decision to zoom out from its home…
Uber Freight, the Uber business unit that helps truck drivers connect with shipping companies, said Wednesday it’s launching the app in Canada as part of its global expansion plan. The…
Waymo expands self-driving services to include B2B car parts delivery trial
Self-driving vehicle technology company Waymo has expanded its business relationship with automotive retail company AutoNation, the companies announced today. The new extension builds on the existing partnership between Waymo and…
Porsche pilots online vehicle sales in the US and Germany
Porsche will begin selling its vehicles online in the U.S. for the first time, the company announced on Monday. To begin with, the company is proceeding with a pilot program…
All-electric Mini Cooper SE priced starting at $29,900 in the US
The new all-electric Mini Cooper SE, the first Mini designed from the ground up as an electric car, is going to retail in the U.S. starting at $29,900 (plus an…
Hyundai is launching BotRide, a robotaxi service in California with Pony.ai and Via
A fleet of electric, autonomous Hyundai Kona crossovers — equipped with a self-driving system from Chinese autonomous startup Pony.ai and Via’s ride-hailing platform, will start shuttling customers on public roads…
Ford’s electric Mustang-inspired SUV will finally get its debut
Ford provided its first peek of a Mustang-inspired electric crossover nearly 14 months ago. Now, it’s ready to show the world what “Mustang-inspired” means. The automaker said Thursday it will…
Tesla third-quarter earnings: What to expect and what we’re watching for
Tesla is scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings after the market closes today. The earnings report comes at a critical time for Tesla as it prepares to begin production of…
Penske is getting into the car-sharing business, starting with Washington, DC
Transportation services giant Penske Corp. is backing a new car-sharing service called Penske Dash that launched Tuesday in Washington, D.C. and Arlington, Va. The service is debuting at an awkward…
The Station: Volvo evolves, Skip trips and touchscreen tech
The Station is back for another week of news and analysis on all the ways people and goods move from Point A to Point B — today and in the…
Every angle of Volvo’s first electric vehicle, the XC40 Recharge
Volvo Cars introduced Wednesday the XC40 Recharge, an all-electric vehicle that CTO Henrik Green described as “a car of firsts and a car of the future.” The XC40 Recharge is…
Volvo unveils its first electric car, the XC40 Recharge
Volvo Cars introduced Wednesday the XC40 Recharge, its first electric car under a new EV-focused brand that kicks off a company-wide shift toward electrification. “It’s a car of firsts and…
The Station: A new self-driving car startup, Inside Tesla’s V10 software, Lilium’s big round
If you haven’t heard, TechCrunch has officially launched a weekly newsletter dedicated to all the ways people and goods move from Point A to Point B — today and in…
Porsche and Boeing are partnering to develop ‘premium’ electric flying cars
The electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) industry is heating up, with a lot of companies finding dance partners for what looks like could be a boom industry — provided…
Sources: Lilium is looking to raise up to $500M for its electric flying taxis
“Flying cars” — airborne vehicles designed for urban and other short-distance commutes to replace conventional private automobiles — are (at best) still years away from being a reality, with significant…
