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Gig economy and autonomous vehicle analysis: Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Tesla, Waymo, and the race for autonomous mobility.
SEC to require climate-change risk disclosures
I'm still a little confused how this would manifest but I'm glad SEC is mandating companies think about climate change as a risk to their businesses
Bird continues to face challenges
Bird sold a vision of micro-mobility and got me excited
Kia EV6 smashes Tesla's world record
Kia EV6 Recently, the Kia EV6 was also taken on a coast-to-coast road trip from New York to Los Angeles and set another new world record in the process.During the seven-day trip, the Kia EV6 was charged for a total of seven hours, 10 minutes, and one second
Peloton reports wider-than-expected loss
Peloton shares tumbled more than 25% on Thursday, after the company reported weakening sales growth and a wider-than-expected loss in its fiscal first quarter.The company slashed its outlook for the full fiscal year amid softened demand for its exercise equipment and ongoing supply chain challenges
Lime raises $500M and public plans
The Verge reports that, Lime, the electric scooter company, has raised over $500 million in funding and confirmed plans to go public
Lyft doing pretty well with Rentals
Little known is Lyft doing consumer rentals much like Hertz
Uber partners with Hertz to offer 50,000 Tesla
Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday said it is launching a new partnership with rental car company Hertz to offer 50,000 Tesla Inc vehicles as a rental option for its ride-hail drivers by 2023.The announcement comes after Hertz on Monday said it would order 100,000 Tesla vehicles by the end of 2022, meaning that half of the rental company's Tesla fleet would be reserved exclusively for Uber drivers.For Uber drivers, Tesla rentals will start out at $334 a week, including insurance and maintenance, and consist mostly of the company's Model 3 sedan
AMD beats revenue estimates with $4.31B
Advanced Micro Devices reported its revenues and earnings for the third quarter ended September 30 exceeded expectations, with revenue growing 54% to a record $4.3 billion.Non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $893 million, or 73 cents a share, beating expectations of 67 cents a share on a non-GAAP basis
Intel readies 12th-gen Alder Lake chips
Intel's 12th Gen Alder Lake chips have finally arrived, ushering in a new era of the company's chips, lead by the flagship Core i9-12900K CPU, which Intel promises is the "world's best gaming processor."Intel is also heavily pushing Windows 11 as a key part of its Alder Lake lineup, noting that it's worked with Microsoft to optimize its Intel Thread Director software to better manage tasks across threads when using the new OS