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Uber’s Autonomous Fleet Records Over 1 Million Miles

Uber’s Autonomous Fleet Records Over 1 Million Miles

| September 18, 2017

Uber‘s autonomous fleet of self-driving cars have logged more than 1 million miles since the company started offering rides last year. Since putting the self-driving Volvo XC90s on the streets in 2016, Uber now has more than 200 self-driving cars in Pittsburgh, Tempe, Arizona, and San Francisco. Over the first year of this pilot program, […]

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Will Uber for Trucks Disrupt Ground Logistics and Freight Brokerage Markets?

Will Uber for Trucks Disrupt Ground Logistics and Freight Brokerage Markets?

| August 15, 2017

Two big trends appear to be driving an Uber-style transformation in trucking to reshape the logistics and freight markets. First, Connected trucks will be integral to future logistics and freight operations as smart trucks will be a necessity in smart cities. By 2020, 35 million trucks are expected to be connected with digital freight solutions […]

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Will Yellow Cab Fleet and Verizon Challenge Uber and Lyft?

Will Yellow Cab Fleet and Verizon Challenge Uber and Lyft?

| August 11, 2017

Ride-sharing monoliths Uber and Lyft may have some new competition. The new entrant is Verizon, which has just announced a relationship with Columbus Yellow Cab to automate and streamline the cab reservation and payment process for its full fleet of cabs and drivers across Ohio. Columbus Yellow Cab will use Verizon’s Share solution, designed to […]

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DUI Fines Vary Widely by State, with Arizona as Most Strict

DUI Fines Vary Widely by State, with Arizona as Most Strict

| August 10, 2017

With drunk driving resulting in roughly 1 million arrests, 10,000 deaths and $44 billion in economic damage each year, penalties vary widely by state. In the interest of underscoring the financial downsides of driving drunk, WalletHub compared the penalties in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 15 key metrics, ranging […]

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One-Half of Corp. Travel Programs Permit Ride-Sharing

One-Half of Corp. Travel Programs Permit Ride-Sharing

| February 2, 2017

According to a new analysis, ride-sharing services are now allowed by one-half (50%) of all corporate travel policies, a jump from 44% in June 2016, according to the GBTA Business Traveler Sentiment Index™ Global Report – January 2017, in partnership with American Express.  The Index examines business travelers’ feelings about their trip experience and how […]

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Uber Pulls Plug on Self-Driving Cars in San Francisco — for the Moment

Uber Pulls Plug on Self-Driving Cars in San Francisco — for the Moment

| December 27, 2016

Uber has taken 16 Volvos used in a company autonomous pilot program off the streets of San Francisco after the California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the registration for vehicles. “It was determined that the registrations were improperly issued for these vehicles because they were not properly marked as test vehicles,” the DMV wrote in […]

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