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Germany to extend electric company car tax incentives
Published in Transportation


The technology needs to grow

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz plans to extend tax incentives for electric company cars the government’s latest attempt to boost demand for clean vehicles.

Safety is why Intel acquired MobileEye
Published in Transportation
Wednesday, 20 June 2018 13:54

Safety is why Intel acquired MobileEye


27 million car market share helped too

A year ago, Intel acquired Mobile Eye for $15.3 billion and Intel's CEO has expained why it happened. Safety is in the company’s mind, but Brian Krzanich was honest enough to recognize that Mobile Eye solves a large gap that Intel had before the acquisition.

SkyWater works on technology for night vision on cars
Published in Transportation


Premium car makers are potential customers. 
 
One of the things that caught my attention talking with Tom Sonderman, the president of SkyWater - a US owned and operated semiconductor foundry - was some developments it does for the automotive industry.

Uber clocks 2016 revenue of $6.5 billion
Published in News
Monday, 17 April 2017 11:38

Uber clocks 2016 revenue of $6.5 billion


Loses 2.8B in the process

Uber has just released its 2016 revenues and the company managed to turn in revenues of $6.5 billion, reporting a $2.8 billion loss in the process. 

URB-E is great transport for urban commutes
Published in News
Saturday, 28 January 2017 12:05

URB-E is great transport for urban commutes


Electric bike for $899, gets to 14 MHP

Back last summer we took some time to visit the Pasadena based URB-E electric bike company, in order to see the lightweight, easy to transport electric bike.