For the millions of Californians who have come to rely on ride-hailing services, these are tumultuous times. Last month, the two dominant ridesharing services – Uber and Lyft – came perilously close to halting operations throughout California as the result […]
You know that anxiety you feel when you’re at the ticketing machine, in front of a long line of impatient people, trying to figure out what type of bus pass you need? Or that trickle of sweat that starts to […]
Swoop is a Los Angeles-based transportation startup that aims to bring small, local limousine operators into the digital age with a new software-as-a-service platform helping them adapt in this COVID-19 era. With a fresh injection of capital, Swoop is ramping […]
“Our IoT (Internet of Things) world is growing at a breathtaking pace, from 2 billion objects in 2006 to a projected 200 billion by 2020. That will be around 26 smart objects for every human being on Earth!” –Intel We […]
With Control Group, a digital/physical technology company we founded in New York, we had a vision that the Internet was coming into physical spaces, and when it came into cities, we could shape it into something we called a “Responsive […]
As the world begins to emerge from the initial impacts of COVID 19, the hydrogen industry is being presented with an unexpected opportunity. Economic stimulus, as the global community promote a green recovery, is providing the chance to accelerate hydrogen’s […]
The economic, medical, and social shocks and aftershocks of the global COVID-19 crisis have many pining for life to get “back to normal.” Conversely, cities from London to Paris have announced plans to permanently close large sections of now empty […]
Growing up in Los Angeles, there was no greater rite of passage than getting a drivers license and having “freedom” – usually, at 8am on your 16th birthday. The notion of cars representing the American Dream (the bigger the better!) […]
COVID-19 has claimed its first official EV casualty – the planned all-electric SUV collaboration between Lincoln and Rivian (which have also pushed back production of their first two vehicles to early 2021, driven in part by the pandemic). GM has also delayed a […]
It’s a stunning irony that our dense and dynamic downtowns, so revered as centers of culture, ingenuity and wealth creation have generated the perfect conditions for the spread of a deadly respiratory virus. As we are learning on a near […]
