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A fleet of full-size autonomous buses is now serving passengers along a 15-mile route in Scotland in what is the first service of its kind in the U.K. Five of the buses are running between Edinburgh to a destination that takes it across Scotland’s famous Forth Road Bridge. A Sky News reporter who took the inaugural ride commented: “This is a strange experience. Usually you’d be sitting down and relaxing, not having to think about anything, but you can’t help but look at every twist and turn this bus is making.”…

The New York state comptroller says board members haven’t fully addressed safety concerns and legal risks. The New York state comptroller says board members haven’t fully addressed safety concerns and legal risks. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you…

Confession: Despite loving both bikes and gadgets, e-bikes never excited me. Compared to my bicycle, e-bikes seemed unfair. Compared to my motorcycle, they seemed slow. Compared to my car, they seemed impractical. But with $1,500 federal e-bike rebates potentially on the horizon at part of E-Bike Act, I decided it was past time to reconsider. Not just because 30% off would make them way more accessible, but because the entire idea that e-bikes could be worthy of a rebate changed the way I looked at them: less as…

Waymo is expanding the service area for its robotaxi service in Phoenix, Arizona, and San Francisco, California, paving the way for longer trips across more communities. In a blog post on Thursday, May 4, Alphabet-owned Waymo said it’s doubling its service area in Phoenix and as a result now serves 180 square miles of The Valley, an expansion that it clams makes it “the largest fully autonomous service area in the world.” It’s also nearly four times the size of the initial service area when its robotaxi service…

Continued demand for Uber Technologies ’ ride-share and delivery services boosted its revenue and adjusted earnings in the first quarter, despite concerns that high inflation and a potential recession could douse spending.  The San Francisco-based company said Tuesday that revenue for the three months through March rose 29% from a year earlier to $8.82 billion. It also increased the number of consumers and trips, and the value of transactions, on its platform. The sales expansion was in line with Wall…

Amid a spike in carjackings, New York City is trying out a novel strategy for tackling theft: Apple Airtags. Mayor Eric Adams and the police department announced that officials would be distributing 500 of the trackers to vehicle owners in the city during a press conference Sunday morning.Cops Pull Over Self-Driving CarThe police department in NYC’s 43 precinct, which has been particularly hard-hit by risingcar thefts, will be giving out the donated devices. The NYPD is also encouraging city residents to acquire and…

Apple Inc., Marriott International Inc. and Starbucks Corp. are among the companies that will report quarterly results in coming days, offering a closer look at consumer spending habits in a slowing economy. Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc., auto maker Ford Motor Co. and pharmacy chain CVS Health Corp. are also scheduled to report, as consumers face steady price increases and inflation shows few signs of retreating. Apple Inc., Marriott International Inc. and…

Lyft Inc. said Thursday that it is cutting over 1,000 additional jobs, days after a new chief executive took over and following a round of layoffs of 700 people in November.  The latest cuts impact 26% of the company’s employees. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported on the planned cuts.  Lyft Inc. said Thursday that it is cutting over 1,000 additional jobs, days after a new chief executive took over and following a round of layoffs of 700 people in November.  The latest…

Norfolk Southern Corp. said the train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in a small Ohio town earlier this year has cost the company almost $400 million so far. The Atlanta-based railroad operator said Wednesday that it was taking a $387 million initial charge associated with the accident. The charge doesn’t reflect money that the company could potentially recover through its insurance policies. Norfolk Southern Corp. said the train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in a…

Lyft Inc. plans to cut 1,200 or more jobs in a new round of layoffs as the ride-sharing company aims to reduce costs, according to people familiar with its plans. The latest cuts could impact 30% or more of Lyft’s more than 4,000 employees, the people said, and the company had planned to announce the move after a board meeting next week. The cuts could help Lyft slash 50% of its costs, some of the people said. Lyft doesn’t count its drivers as employees. Lyft Inc. plans to cut 1,200…