New York City Will Lovingly Smooth Out Cobblestones One By One LINK
Estonian start-up Taxify enters highly competitive London, with Paris soon to follow LINK
Via raises $250M led by Daimler to bring its carpooling technology to enters highly competitive London, with Paris soon to follow LINK
Are “Taxis” the New Banks? Grab announced that users of its app can start sending ride credits. By the end of the year, they’ll be able to use those credits at more than 1,000 restaurantsand retailers. Grab will one day be known as an e-payment platform that just happens to offer a taxi service. LINK
DeNA to test taxi dispatch app using AI in Yokohama. will make it easier for cab drivers to find customers based on the AI demand forecast. LINK
Sprynt, a free ride service on golf carts supported by ads, launched in Arlington, Virginia LINK
EY launches Tesseract, a blockchain-based mobility platform. Blockchain technology moves into car sharing. LINK
Samsung granted permission to test self-driving cars in California. LINK
17 Apple Engineers specialized in braking, suspension have Join Startup Zoox. LINK
Migo launches transportation search engine app with Lyft and car2go payment integration LINK
UK’s FiveAI gets $35M to build a self-driving car taxi platform. LINK
Renault & Ferrovial Create New Carsharing Service In Madrid called Zity LINK
Volkswagen and IBM enter 5-year partnership to develop digital mobility services LINK
Westfield Corp., the real estate development company, and Uber announced a national partnership. LINK