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Leveraging legacy DNA 6th May 2021, 11:00 “With great power comes great responsibility” is not just a quote popularised by a superhero franchise (originally penned by Voltaire). Just ask the aviation original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) charting their routes across the world of advanced air mobility (AAM). Where flying over urban populations is concerned, there is a responsibility for the safety of their passengers and those their aircraft fly over. Noise is also a big factor. In October...

28 April 2021, 11:04 pm (Photo : Screenshot From Commons.Wikipedia.org) Uber Makes Covid Vaccine Booking Much Easier: Make an Appointment and Reserve a Ride Uber is now launching over half a dozen new features. One particularly useful feature is in line with the current pandemic and how people will be able to get vaccinated faster. Ubers new Covid vaccine booking feature allows users to set vaccine appointments at Walgreens and simply reserve themselves a ride in order to get their jab. Uber CO...

Uber adds vaccine booking, car rental delivery in new product push Uber is launching more than a half-dozen new features, including one that will let users book vaccine appointments at Walgreens and reserve a ride to get their jab, as the company homes in on a business model that will finally deliver profitability. The features, announced Wednesday, fall under what Uber is describing as its “go get” strategy. It’s also meant to mark a return to more “normal” business operations follow...

littlewolf1989 Dispatch solution creator SmartHop invests in two new locations following $12M series A round earlier this year, exhibiting the trucking industrys significant interest in technology despite woes the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic might have caused. New chief of staff, coming from Uber Elevate, Amy Liu will spearhead the new New York office while the company also moves into Bogotá, Colombia. SmartHop says that it has increased its number of employees by 31% just this year and pl...

Joby Aviation’s JoeBen Bevirt and Reid Hoffman to talk about building a startup, the future of flight and SPACs Joby Aviation founder JoeBen Bevirt has spent more than a decade developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing passenger aircraft — an effort that was largely shrouded in secrecy until January 2020 when the company announced a $590 million Series C round of funding that was led by Toyota Motor Corporation (that round later expanded to $620 million). The buzzy announcem...

Even with so much decline in the airline industry, the global eVTOL market projects an immense increase in five years. Read to know more.

Uber Spins Off Robotic Delivery Unit, Takes Stake in New Startup By Lizette Chapman | March 9, 2021 Uber Technologies Inc. is spinning out Postmates’ delivery robot operation into a separate startup, marking another chapter in the ride-hailing giant’s attempts to narrow its focus and become profitable. Uber will co-lead what’s likely to be a $50 million investment in the new delivery startup, Serve Robotics, which will bring food, groceries and other it...

Uber spins off robotic delivery unit, takes stake in new startup By Lizette Chapman Bloomberg,Updated March 2, 2021, 12:31 p.m. Email to a Friend A screen displays "On Delivery" on top of a Postmates Serve autonomous delivery robot during a product demonstration in West Hollywood, California.David Swanson/Bloomberg Uber Technologies is spinning out Postmates’ delivery robot operation into a separate startup, marking another chapter in the ride-hailing giant’s attempts to narrow its fo...

Postmates X, the robotics division of the on-demand delivery startup that Uber acquired last year for $2.65 billion, has officially spun out as an independent company called Serve Robotics. TechCrunch reported in January that a deal was being shopped to investors. Serve Robotics, a name taken from the autonomous sidewalk delivery bot that was developed and […]

LinkedIns Co-Founder Is Going in on Flying Taxis, Which Are Definitely Realistic This Time Screenshot: Joby Aviation (Fair Use) Time and time again, tech companies have promised a future where commuters will be able to zip around in the flying cars from The Jetsons. And time and time again, that just hasn’t happened. Advertisement That’s because the practical engineering challenges are immense—building small, electrically powered vertical take-off and landing, or VTOL, aircraft would req...