Tag: transportation
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Electric Truck Startup Founded by Faraday Future and Canoo Alumni Is Raising $28 Million
Electron Transport, a Los Angeles startup founded by alumni of electric automaker Faraday Future and military technology firm Anduril, is raising a $28 million funding round, per regulatory filings. Dubbed a “stealth electrification startup” by its fo…
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LA Venture: UP Partners’ Ben Marcus on the Changes Coming to Aerospace
UP Partners’ Ben Marcus has been fascinated by flight since he was young. After stints as a founder of aerospace startups, he’s now working on funding some of the most ambitious companies in the space.Marcus joined this episode of LA Venture to talk a…
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TuSimple Sends Fully Autonomous Semi 80 Miles, Without A Human On Board
San Diego-based autonomous driving company TuSimple reports that it has sent its first, fully autonomous semi–without even a safety driver in the truck–80 miles, going from Tucson, Arizona to Phoenix. According to TuSimple, its truck made its 80 mile…
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BlueLA EV Car Share Is Expanding, Despite Cleanliness Concerns, Vandalism
When Florida-based EV operator Blink Mobility announced in September 2020 that it had acquired BlueLA, the official contractor for the city of Los Angeles’ EV car-sharing program, there were plenty of red flags.The previous vehicle supplier pulled out…
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Why Electric Vehicle Maker Phoenix Motors Is Going Public
SPI Energy filed regulatory papers this week to spin out its electric vehicle unit Anaheim-based Phoenix Motors with hopes of raising $150 million in the public market. Phoenix Motors is the latest in a progression of electric vehicle makers to go out…
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Launched During the Pandemic, Metro’s $1 Rideshare Experiment Is Expanding to the Westside
Metro’s answer to Uber, Lyft will be coming to Westwood/UCLA on Dec. 12 with the launch of its rideshare service Metro Micro in its ninth zone. The micro-transit pilot program led by L.A. Metro’s Office of Extraordinary Innovation aims to bring ridesh…
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HopSkipDrive Commits $2M For Ride Credits To Customers
Los Angeles-based youth transportatoin service HopSkipDrive announced this morning that it will invest $2M in free ride credits, to help solve a school bus driver shortage. According to the company, it will provide those $2M in ride credits to existing…
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California Is Getting New Fueling Stations for Hydrogen Cars, But Who Will Use Them?
In California, virtually the only state with hydrogen cars on the road, about 47 active fueling stations serve a trickle of early hydrogen adopters who mostly cruise around Los Angeles and the Bay Area today. These hydrogen-powered passenger vehicles …
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Goodbye, Diesel: Inside Romeo Power’s Plan to Electrify Trucks Nationwide
At a time when most electric vehicle manufacturers are struggling to deliver cars or finance their operations, electric battery maker Romeo Power is surging ahead. The five-year-old company founded by former SpaceX and Tesla engineers manufactures and…
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Seven Travel Apps to Get You Through the Holidays
The holiday travel season is upon us. With 59% of Americans now fully vaccinated, experts are predicting Thanksgiving will bring the largest travel surge expected since the start of the pandemic. More than 53 million Americans are expected to travel t…