The spirit the helped launch Lyft, Uber and Airbnb, has now found a new vehicle with FlightCar, a community-driven service that offers owners and visitors a new way to share and rent each other’s unique cars at select airports. Here’s how it works: FlightCar owners sign up on flightcar.com or through the mobile app (iOS […]
The era of autonomous driving and cab hailing are taking a giant leap into the future as General Motors and Lyft are reportedly about to l begin testing a fleet of self-driving Chevrolet Bolt electric taxis on public roads within a year. At stake: a battle to reshape the auto industry, which in turn […]
Who would have known: Gritty and often gorgeous center city Philadelphia has a new moniker — most biakeable downtown. In honor of Bike to Work Week, several companies joined to compile a ranking of the 10 most bikeable downtowns in the nation among cities with populations over 500,000. According to the principal sponsor, Redfin, “analysts […]
The heavy duty trucking industry just may be in for a big overhaul if a new startup, Ottomotto, has success with plans to build autonomous driving 18-wheelers. Spearheading the effort is an engineer who was a major player in Google’ self-driving car project at Alphabet. Now, according to recent reports, he has launched a Silicon […]
With more than a hint of an economy on the rise, U.S. factories outperformed expectations,with overall industrial output gaining 0.7 percent last month, beating the consensus forecast of a 0.3 percent gain. In contrast, mining output, another component of total industrial production, fell 2.3 percent in April. The gain in factory output, coming after recent […]
SkyBitz®, A leader in commercial telematics, has announced that Paschall Truck Lines (PTL), a Transport Topics Top 100 dry-van freight carrier, has selected asset management solutions from SkyBitz for its fleet of trailers. After researching and evaluating trailer technology systems for several years, PTL chose SkyBitz for its product reliability, intuitive web services, customer service, […]
Southern California Edison’s Charge Ready program will conduct a pilot program that will add as many as 1,500 electric vehicle charging stations to SCE’s service area. The $22-million Charge Ready pilot plans to get more electric vehicle charging stations installed at locations where cars are parked for extended periods — for example, at workplaces, apartment […]
According to major new sources, Walmart is piloting a jazzed up subscription shipping program that will guarantee delivery within two days instead of three. The goal? Most agree the traditional retailer is ready to go head-to-head with online giant, Amazon. Walmart said that it’s tweaking its ShippingPass service, which launched last year, and will guarantee […]
XL Hybrid’s customers, comprised of globally-recognized brands, municipalities and nonprofits, have collectively driven 25 million miles. On average, more than 1.5 million miles are driven each month by service, delivery and passenger fleets equipped with the XL3™ Hybrid Elective System. “The number of fleet vehicles using XL Hybrids’ technology is increasing significantly as we work […]
Leading energy wholesaler to retail distributors, AMERIgreen, in conjunction with Clean Cities of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, recently hosted “The Fleet Footprint Event: Emissions Requirements and the New Energy Landscape.” The event, held in Morristown, NJ, presented a candid assessment of all transportation fuels and energy so fuel dealers and their fleet customers can use […]
