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Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company backed by General Motors, is now officially a commercial service. The company began charging for rides in its self-driving taxis in San Francisco this week, marking an important milestone for the company’s plans to expand its service. The company said that fared driverless rides are currently taking place with “most riders” in the Northwest section of San Francisco. Cruise will continue “expanding our paid service in alignment with the smoothest customer experience possible,” a…

Uber suspended its shared rides service — Uber Pool — in the early months of the pandemic as a safety measure. But the company has now relaunched the feature under a new name, UberX Share, which is available starting today in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Phoenix, San Diego, Portland, Oregon, Indianapolis and Pittsburgh. This formal launch follows a quieter debut back in November, when it was available only in Miami as part of a pilot test. The new shared rides feature is similar to Uber’s…

Actor Johnny Depp loves sailing – be it in his movies or on the road. The Pirates of the Caribbean star owns a swanky car collection that includes new-gen sports cars, SUVs, and a few vintage rides. The actor is reported to be owning at least 45 luxury cars. And the swanky collection is not just limited to cars. Depp also owns a luxury yacht among many other expensive items. Here's a look at Johnny Depp's exotic car collection: Chevrolet Corvette The 1959 model of Chevrolet Corvette was reportedly a gift from filmmaker…

One of the disadvantages that many people consider of buying a motorcycle is that the rider and the pillion are prone to the environment. So, they have to face the heat and rain. However, not everyone in India can afford a car and of which many people have to settle for a motorcycle. Well, here is a motorcycle that comes with a roof to protect the rider and the pillion from the sunlight and rain. The video is uploaded on YouTube by BikeWithGirl. In the video, we can see that it looks more like a smaller version of a…

Garmin has added solar charging to its latest Edge bike computer, which boasts up to 100 hours of per-charge battery life, improved GPS accuracy, more ride analytics, easy setup out of the box and a refreshed user interface.The Edge 1040 Solar model's 3.5-inch touchscreen display is topped by the company's Power Glass technology, which uses solar energy to top up the onboard battery while the rider is out and about and extends up time between USB-C cabled charges.It's not a new solution for Garmin, many of its sports…

Lyft drivers don't have to worry about being fully replaced by the company's autonomous vehicles just yet. Company president John Zimmer told CNBC that Lyft intends to operate a hybrid network at first, with a fleet that's largely comprised of non-autonomous cars. "ust like what happened with phones, you didn't have 3G go to 4G go to 5G on separate networks," Zimmer explained."You still needed to be able to make a 3G call when 4G wasn't available." And similar to when LTE was new and mobile users mostly had to connect to…

If you’re a 90s kid then you might be a big fan of WWE. The Great Khali was the only Indian competing in WWE who came back to India after retiring. Since then he has been on many television commercials. Recently, the ex-wrestler has shared two videos of riding the Royal Enfield Interceptor. You decide what he looks like on the Royal Enfield Interceptor. The video shows the former wrestler riding the Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 on the public roads of Punjab. The Interceptor has become very popular in the Indian…

Photo: Cruise LLCGeneral Motors’ fleet of self driving vehicles isn’t the best at handling run-ins with California police, but that didn’t stop the state’s regulators from approving the company to start charging passengers for driverless rides across San Fransisco.As Cruise Chief Operating Officer Gil West boasted in a blog post about the news, the company is the first to be granted the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) “Driverless Deployment Permit,” which lets Cruise charge fares for driverless rides in …

GM's Cruise has received the first ever driverless deployment permit issued by the California Public Utilities Commission. That means the company can now charge for the robotaxi rides, ones with no safety driver behind the wheel, it gives to members of the public. Cruise has secured permission (PDF) to operate its paid passenger service at a max speed of 30 mph on select streets of San Francisco from 10PM to 6AM.  The company is expected to have 30 electric vehicles in its fleet, offering its ride-hailing passengers paid…

Riding along rough roads on a gravel bike can make your hands and arms pretty sore, pretty fast. Cane Creek's new eeSilk handlebar stem is designed to help, by pivoting up and down to absorb vibrations.Similar in principle to Redshift Sports' ShockStop Suspension Stem, the eeSilk features a hinge where the main body of the stem meets the section that clamps around the steerer tube.Inside of that hinge is a removable elastomer insert, which cushions the vertical movement of the front section of the stem. Three of these…