Potentially setting a major precedent for ride-sharing regulation, New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission Thursday approved regulations requiring companies like Uber to report detailed data on rides in the city.
Similar rules, intended to prevent driver overwork and fatigue, had previously covered licensed taxis, but will now encompass all for-hire vehicles.
Uber has mounted a campaign against the rule, mainly citing privacy concerns. The legislation would not collect information on passengers’ identity, though such data can often be reverse-engineered for user information such as gender and race. New York’s Public Advocate has also opposed the rule.
Two all-electric vehicles fall short of meeting the Institute's awards criteria, but consumers who want to minimize gas consumption while also prioritizing safety can choose from two plug-in hybrids that earn the 2017 Top Safety Pick award.
The two recently evaluated 2017 all-electric models are the Tesla Model S and the BMW i3. The plug-in hybrid models are the Chevrolet Volt, whose award was announced in December, and the Toyota Prius Prime.
"There's no reason the most efficient vehicles can't also be among the safest," says David Zuby, IIHS executive vice president and chief research officer.
Element Fleet Management today announced two additions to its Southeast Region Commercial Team.
Brian Jacob joins Element as VP of the Customer Success Team. He’ll manage the mid-market portfolio of accounts in the region with a focus on revenue growth and retention.
Kelley Finke joins as VP, Sales. Finke previously spent 14 years with GE Fleet (acquired by Element in 2015), where she was responsible for mid-market and national account sales and customer retention.
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) released the 2017 Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws. The 14th annual report rates all 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC) on adoption of 15 basic traffic safety laws.
This "report card" exposes deadly gaps in these essential laws and should serve as both a wake-up call and call to action for state legislatures.
It’s report card time for the automakers and Silicon Valley denizens studying the tricky problem of making cars drive themselves, and everyone is passing.
The California DMV just released its annual slate of “disengagement reports,” documents provided by the 11 companies that received state permits to test autonomous vehicles by the end of 2015.
The results, summarized below, reveal how often humans had to wrest control away from the computer, and why (sort of).