Uber, Lyft and other American gig economy companies face regulatory headaches, driver shortages and worker protests, while Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi denies rumors that it is facing a state takeover. British automaker Lotus unveils four new EVs and Mercedes announces five. Toyota, which has resisted the rush to […]
A judge strikes down Prop 22, the law Uber and Lyft spent big to get passed in California – but the companies vow to appeal. Not a great couple of weeks for GM, forced to idle plants in response to a chip shortage […]
Joe Biden has the Republican votes he needs to pass the $1 trillion infrastructure package, but now it’s his own party that is causing problems. In a sign that Everyman is ready to go electric, used EVs are selling faster than any other […]
The infrastructure package is not advancing as quickly as Sen. Chuck Schumer would like — but it’s certainly not dead yet. One roadblock: some Republicans think it’s not right that only 80% of the proposed transportation funding would go to highways. On […]
Is there actually a deal on infrastructure? While there may be 60 senators who have agreed to a vague framework for $600 billion in new spending on roads, transit, broadband and other physical assets, some Republicans are balking over concerns about how […]
If Richard Branson’s journey into space briefly distracted you from the mobility news back on Planet Earth, we’re here to catch you up. Auto giant Stellantis, the parent company of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot, joins the EV arms race, pledging to invest $35 […]
We may have a deal! It looks like there is enough support in both parties to get an infrastructure deal through Congress that will provide $587 billion of new spending on roads, bridges, public transit, water systems, the electric grid and broadband. […]
It’s starting to look like President Biden will settle for an infrastructure deal much smaller than the $2.25 trillion dollar proposal he had floated in the spring. Eleven Republicans have joined dozens of Democrats in the Senate in support of a […]
A bipartisan group of moderates in the U.S. Senate is offering a compromise infrastructure plan that includes nearly $600 billion of new spending. Although the group says the deal will focus on “core” physical infrastructure, they’re not offering many details about how […]
Photo credit: Corporación Regional de Santiago It started a year ago with the first pandemic stay-at-home orders: City streets around the world were suddenly emptied of cars and cyclists took advantage of the extra room on the roads — and […]
