The next step will be for a significant car sharing company to be part of a autonomous electric
car pilot program.
Uber is putting the brakes on its driverless
car pilot program after one of its self - driving cars got into a high speed crash in Arizona.
Khosrowshahi also briefly touched on the company's driverless
car pilot program as well as the ongoing investigation after one of Uber's self - driving cars struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Ariz. last month.
Uber resumed its autonomous
car pilot program on Monday following an accident in Tempe, Arizona over the weekend.
Not exact matches
On Wednesday, Uber's self - driving
cars hit the streets of Pittsburgh, as part of a
pilot program available to up to 1,000 passengers.
Ford launched a
pilot program to install cordless charging pads in garages and other parking spaces to power up electric
cars.
A
pilot program that will enable
car owners to rent out their vehicles when they aren't using them.
Scott Galloway, NYU Stern School of Business professor, discusses Amazon's new
pilot program to deliver packages inside certain
cars.
Of course, Uber is also outfitting its own fleet of self - driving
cars and is conducting
pilot programs in Pittsburgh and Arizona for that purpose.
In 2014, GM teamed up with Google (GOOGL) to run a
car - sharing
pilot program on its campus in Mountain View, Calif. that let employees book and drive Chevrolet Spark EV
cars.
At the time, GM also announced plans for two
car - sharing and ride - hailing
pilot programs to help test its hardware and software products, and gain a better understanding of the user experience.
Uber last month launched a
pilot program in Tempe, allowing passengers to hail a ride in a self - driving
car through the Uber app.
Daily, weekly and monthly
car rentals from Hertz are now available as part of a
pilot program for Lyft drivers in Las Vegas, said Oliver Hsiang, Lyft's vice president of partnerships.
The company, along with Uber, even put in a bid to
pilot a self - driving
car - hail
program with the Singapore government.
General Motors plans to start a
pilot program this summer that will enable
car owners to rent out their vehicles when they aren't using them, according to people familiar with the matter.
New York is starting to accept applications for testing driverless or automated
cars, part of a 12 - month
pilot program approved in the state budget.
Also at noon, NYC Councilmen Costa Constantinides and Ydanis Rodriguez announce the introduction of a bill to create a
pilot program for electric vehicle charging stations on street parking, aiming to encourage the use of electric
cars, and help reduce carbon emissions citywide, City Hall steps, Manhattan.
In April, the state passed a budget agreement that included legislation that allowed for the testing of autonomous
cars through a
pilot program.
China's
program, known as «10 Cities, 1,000 Vehicles,» planned to select 10
pilot cities every year from 2010 to 2012 and promote 1,000 units of clean
cars in each city.
Ford is launching a
pilot program to allow owners who've financed through Ford credit to rent their
cars short - term.
«This is a national
program, not a
pilot or a test,» Anders Gustafsson, CEO of Volvo
Cars of North America, told Automotive News.
To start, the group recently launched a
pilot program — the SEMA Custom
Car Camp at the SEMA Garage — to learn more about engaging younger would - be enthusiasts.
Hosted at the SEMA Garage, the
pilot program was geared around the fun of customizing
cars and trucks.
Part and parcel of the
car's development included Michelin
Pilot Sport Cup2 tires which were specifically honed for it in an intensive collaboration
program involving, amongst other factors, numerous track test and simulator sessions.
Oct 15, 2015 — The U.S. designed and developed 2016 Honda
Pilot has received a 5 - Star Overall Vehicle Score, the top score available, in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) New
Car Assessment
Program (NCAP) 1.
Lincoln is also expanding a
pilot program that allows customers to book a professional driver to chauffeur them around in their own
cars.
Buick will send heavily equipped Regal sedans with no - dicker stickers of $ 17,499 to do battle in California.The «California Regal» is a
pilot program of 2,000
cars aimed at buyers of midsized import sedans.
From driverless taxi
pilot programs to
cars equipped with self - driving hardware already on the market, autonomous technology has progressed at a remarkable pace in 2016.
California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project launches new
pilot program to preapprove
car shoppers for EV rebates
New York City Michael Bloomberg and Nissan have picked Earth Day to launch a new
pilot program that will put 6 Nissan LEAF electric
cars into service as taxis.
And EVs can significantly reduce emissions — a recent NASA
pilot program in which employees at the Kennedy Space Center commuted in EVs which they charged at work found that «electric
cars are reducing greenhouse gas emissions by a far greater amount than expected... the numbers are 10 times better than we thought we'd ever see».
«We encourage
pilot programs, which get
cars on the road and enable valuable early feedback, but in order to receive full credit, these vehicles must be offered for sale,» he says.
April covered the company's multimodal experiment earlier (e-bikes designed to be integrated with Ford vehicles), which is still in the prototype stage, but the other initiative now has some wheels under it, thanks to the launch of two
pilot programs for ride - sharing and peer - to - peer
car rentals.
The first of its
pilot programs is a partnership with Getaround (US) and easyCar Club (UK), which allows select company customers with Ford Credit - financed vehicles to rent out their
cars for short - term use, and which could help the
car owners earn back up to $ 10,000 per year.
Car manufacturers are also looking at this new flexible ownership model, with Hyundai having launched their
pilot program in January of this year in California.
Cars participating in
pilot programs can't do pick ups and drop offs at airports, and passengers must be 18 years and older.
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Borrowers must live within one - quarter mile of transit, which can be rail, bus, or in one
pilot program in Delaware, a state - sponsored
car pool.
Under a California Association of REALTORS ®
pilot program, launched in March 2012, a member's suspension by one local association for failure to comply with sanctions takes effect statewide after a
CAR review.