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Last Updated: March 12, 2024, 15:10 ISTTrack Your Green Ride Impact With Uber's 'Emission Savings' Feature. By keeping riders informed about their environmental impact, Uber aims to encourage positive change and contribute to building more sustainable communities. Uber has rolled out a cool new feature called ‘Emission Savings’ that lets riders keep tabs on how much they’re helping the environment by riding in Uber Green vehicles.This feature shows users exactly how many kilograms of CO2 emissions they’ve saved.Available…

Increasing competition in the ride-hailing space has resulted in better incentive structures for gig workers in the sector as platforms experiment with their business models or tweak the way they charge commissions from drivers.Swiggy-backed bike-taxi platform Rapido has introduced a subscription fee model for its driver partners on cabs and autos, doing away with the old structure of commissions on rides, while California-headquartered inDrive is offering commission rates of 10-12% to its drivers in India, less than half…

UberIf you've decided to go green, Uber is now letting you see just how much of a positive impact on the environment you've had.The company is introducing an Emission Savings feature in the Uber app today. When you open the app and visit the account page, you can see the carbon emissions you've saved by taking Uber Green or Uber Comfort Electric.Also: Need to pick up an order in-store? Have Uber pick it up for you insteadThe information is calculated, Uber says, based on the amount of Uber Green and Uber Comfort…

Last Updated: March 08, 2024, 15:21 ISTgovernment order notified that the 2021 Karnataka Electric Bike Taxi Scheme has now been withdrawn. (Representative image)It has come to our notice that certain private app-based firms are violating the Motor Vehicles Act and its rules and running illegal non-transport two-wheelers as the transport vehicles, a government order read.Bengaluru: Karnataka Government has banned operation of electric bike taxi services in the state after they were found to be “unsafe for women” and being…

A bipartisan coalition in Congress introduced a bill this week that would ban TikTok in the United States if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, doesn’t divest itself from the app. The bill’s sponsors framed the legislation as critical to ensuring that America’s biggest adversary can’t control one of its most dominant tech platforms.Now, TikTok is using that dominance to fight back, sending push notifications to its users asking them to call Congress and oppose the bill. “This legislation will trample the First…

Nothing is excessively futuristic considering the pace of technological advancement worldwide. With this in mind, Professor Satya Chakravarthy, the founder of ePlane Company and a distinguished professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras), highlighted the ground-breaking progress achieved in developing India’s first flying taxi — e200.In an exclusive interview with News18, Prof Chakravarthy addressed various aspects of the e200’s design, safety, regulatory considerations,…

Revel—the startup that pivoted to EV rideshare after encountering a hang-up or two trying to rent mopeds—has been tapped as the latest partner in Uber’s urgent quest to hit zero emissions for trips in certain regions. Both companies announced Wednesday that they’ve formed an exclusive partnership to optimize New York City’s dismal EV-charging infrastructure.The multiyear deal gives Uber—which has vowed to make all rides in North America electric by 2030, and will actually face fines in New York starting that year if it…

TSA started testing a new “self-checkout” lane in Las Vegas on Wednesday for pre-checked flyers. Network TV morning shows billed it as the future of airport security. But anyone who’s been frustrated with the robot cashiers at supermarkets and big box retailers will likely be asking themselves a simple question: Why?The Epitome of 14 inch Gaming | Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 ReviewThe new TSA self-checkout lane looks a lot like the existing security you’re probably familiar with at U.S. airports. There are bins for your…

Uber Technologies and charging provider Revel have announced a new strategic partnership in which the rideshare network will financially support the latter in expanding its charging infrastructure in exchange for exclusive charging discounts for its drivers. The perks will start in New York City with plans to expand Revel chargers and discounts to other major cities across the US. Everyone already knows Uber, so we will start with a quick refresher course on Revel. The Brooklyn-based EV charging startup…

Image: Warner Bros.There’s a lot of sandworms in Dune: Part Two. We even get to learn a lot about how to start riding them, thanks to an extended sequence where Paul is trained in mounting the massive creatures. But getting off of one? Only one man currently knows that beyond Arrakis, and he’s keeping it very secret.Prepping the Sandworm Scenes in Dune: Part TwoVilleneuve apparently gets a lot of questions about dismounting sandworms, which he described as a “crazy Uber system” during a recent interview with Indiewire.…