Category: Transportation

Garmin’s Dash Cam 55 drops to $170

[ad_1] Sonos One Street price: $170; deal price: $150 Recommended as a great-sounding voice-controlled speaker, the Sonos One is back down to $150 in the white color. The street price of this model has fallen since the release of the Gen 2 version, but the original Gen 1 is still recommended. This speaker, the most […]

Apple is reportedly buying self-driving startup Drive.ai

[ad_1] Seeing as neither company has confirmed the negotiations, it’s not entirely clear how many employees will be in Apple’s payroll in the future. Drive.ai employed as many as 100 engineers as of February 2019, and one of The Information’s sources said “dozens” of them could end up working for the tech giant. Apple laid […]

Amazon drones, live-action Excel and life after iTunes

[ad_1] The company expects to have these in use within “months.”Amazon’s new delivery drone is a helicopter-airplane hybrid The new delivery drone Amazon showed off is a “hybrid design” that can take off and land vertically like a typical hexacopter drone, but it has aerodynamics (and thus efficiency) more like that of a fixed-wing aircraft. […]

Uber Copter’s $200 flights launch in NYC on July 9th

[ad_1] Uber’s autonomous flying taxis aren’t ready to take flight yet, but according to a report in the New York Times, it will offer air transit starting July 9th. Uber Copter will be available in New York City first, to Uber Rewards members who’ve obtained Platinum and Diamond status. Unsurprisingly, the rides will have dynamic […]

Google shares its Street View air-quality data with scientists

[ad_1] Known as Project Air View, Google first began equipping its Street View cars with air pollution sensors in Oakland back in 2012 after a proposal by the Environmental Defense Fund. The company teamed up with Aclima, a San Francisco-based company that makes internet-connected air quality sensors, and has since expanded to other regions of […]

GM and Michelin will bring airless tires to passenger cars by 2024

[ad_1] More importantly, there’s a tangible roadmap. GM will start testing the Uptis in Michigan later in 2019 on a fleet of Chevy Bolts, and expects the finished version to reach production cars as soon as 2024. The automaker hasn’t named specific car models that will use the new tires. The Uptis should have immediate […]

Hertz launches monthly car rental subscription starting at $999

[ad_1] For $999 per month, subscribers will be able to choose from full-size sedans, small SUVs and trucks. For $1,399 per month, tier two subscribers will have access to luxury sedans, regular SUVs and large trucks. Both tiers are cheaper than the Enterprise program. Though, Enterprise allows customers to exchange vehicles up to four times […]

California advances bill offering protections to gig economy workers

[ad_1] The bill still has to clear the Senate before it can become law, although that’s considered highly likely. There are exemptions to the bill or health care, lawyers, real estate agents and other fields, in part because they’re more likely to have genuine independent contractors. However, the measure is clearly intended to classify ridesharing […]

‘Cuphead’ will be available to play in Tesla cars

[ad_1] The project is possible in part thanks to Tesla’s work on porting the Unity game engine to its infotainment system. The automaker had a specific interest in making Cuphead available, too, with Maja Moldenhauer revealing that Tesla had “reached out” for cooperation. You probably aren’t going to see a wide range of games available […]

Boeing reportedly left engineers, officials unaware of 737 Max changes

[ad_1] Moreover, the aircraft maker reportedly didn’t disclose the MCAS changes to FAA officials responsible for determining pilot training requirements. While they’d been informed about the original, safer version of MCAS, they granted a request to remove the anti-stall tech from the pilot manual without realizing that Boeing was in the midst of changing the […]