Technology is revolutionizing transportation. Innovative new technologies, like artificial intelligence and autonomous and electric vehicles, are making travel more efficient and accessible, reducing our carbon footprint, and improving the safety of roadways. Learn more in this week’s Tech At Work.
How Tech is Improving Transportation
Waymo’s autonomous ride-hailing service is now available to anyone in San Francisco.
Cruise resumed supervised autonomous driving with safety drivers in vehicles in Phoenix and Dallas and human-driven vehicles in Houston. In addition, Cruise provided training to first responders on how to safely interact and engage with autonomous vehicles.
Google’s Green Light uses artificial intelligence to optimize traffic light patterns to reduce vehicle emissions and improve urban mobility.
Uber and Aurora launched Premier Autonomy, an industry-first program to deploy Aurora’s autonomous trucks on the Uber Freight network and make commercial trucking more efficient and equitable.
GM shared how the company’s shift to an all-electric future is being fueled by customer needs and innovation.
California is partnering with AI companies, including OpenAI and Anthropic, to help reduce traffic jams, make roads safer, and provide better government services to residents.
Motional is accurately predicting what objects in the driving environment are going to do to ensure its autonomous vehicles can better navigate complex roadways in a way that is safe for the vehicle and everything around it.
Zoox, which celebrated its 10-year anniversary this month, recently expanded its retrofitted test fleet to Austin and Miami.
CLEAR launched six new enrollment locations, making it easier and more convenient for air travelers across the country.
Nuro is solving complex technical challenges to better enable the safe deployment of driverless vehicles on U.S. roads.
Getaround partnered with the San Jose Mineta International Airport to provide travelers a more seamless and convenient rental car experience.
New in Tech
Amazon Releases 2023 Sustainability Report
Amazon’s latest Sustainability Report shows the company matched 100% of the electricity used across its global operations with renewable energy sources in 2023, achieving this goal seven years ahead of schedule. The report also highlights the strides Amazon has made to decarbonize its transportation and delivery fleet, putting more than 24,000 electric vehicles on the road all around the world.
Before You Start the Weekend
Lyft highlighted how one driver is making a difference in the small city she loves and how that community would be literally stuck without her.
