transportation
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The Boosted Scooter Is A Blast
Electric scooters are dangerous. It seems like you can’t go a day without seeing a scary story in the news reminding the world of this fact. People die riding these things. So it wasn’t surprising when Boosted emphasised safety in announcing it’s new e-scooter. The $2499.95 Boosted Rev has three brakes, wide handlebars, fat tires,…
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Apple Buys Self-Driving Car Startup Drive.ai In Sign It’s Not Through With Autonomous Vehicles
Apple appeared to be pulling back from the autonomous car business when it dismissed some 200 employees from its Project Titan initiative in January 2019. But it would appear that it’s shifting gears in a big way with news on Tuesday that it has acquired startup Drive.ai “in what appears to be part of a…
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company Secures $71 Million Contract In Las Vegas Despite Embarrassing Demonstration In L.A.
The city of Las Vegas has approved a $71 million contract for Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build an underground transit line that’s scheduled to be completed by January 2021, just in time for the Consumer Electronics Show. But it remains to be seen whether Musk’s high-speed transportation concept can really live up to the…
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Failed Airlines That Were Too Weird For This World
Flying can be an excruciating experience these days. The CEO of United Airlines recently admitted that by the time passengers sit down on his planes, they’re already “pissed at the world.” But plenty of airlines have tried to make things more fun over the years, even if they were incredibly weird. So weird, in fact,…