GeekWire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

(Orbite Photo) After getting its start in Seattle and testing its business model in France and Florida, a space travel venture called Orbite is ready to start signing up customers for private-sector astronaut training programs. Prices for the five-night suborbital training program start at $49,500 per person. Just as Spaceflight Inc.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The Lime app now shows electric scooters available for rent around Seattle, along with the company’s fleet of bikes. Lime is the first company out of the gate with electric scooters as part of a new scooter share pilot program launched by the City of Seattle. Lime screen grab). pic.twitter.com/YNJzdxie4Q.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 19, 2023

(GeekWire Photo / Curt Milton) Self-driving technology company Cruise is laying off 67 employees at its Bellevue, Wash., The company has around 300 employees in the Seattle area, according to LinkedIn. The California DMV suspended the company’s self-driving permits after the incident.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The Seattle City Council on Tuesday voted 8-1 to approve a scooter-share pilot program. Transportation Committee Chair Alex Pedersen was the lone vote against the ordinance. Three companies will be allowed to operate up to 500 scooters each at the outset; that number could grow to 2,000 for each operator. .

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The Verge

JULY 3, 2021

Bird is piloting a mobility scooter rental program in New York City | Bird. Scooter company Bird is partnering with mobility vehicle company Scootaround on a pilot program that will test accessible electric vehicle rentals in New York City this summer, the companies announced.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A new electric-assist bike company is joining the mix of bikes and scooters on the streets of Seattle as the city is expanding transportation sharing options. The lower center of gravity is reminiscent of the Wheels sit-down scooter that is also part of the Seattle Department of Transportation’s mobility program.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 20, 2020

The Seattle City Council will vote on a scooter-share pilot program Sept. 8 after the transportation committee approved the plan Wednesday. After an environmental review and an application process that garnered interest from nine scooter share companies, the city is ready to test the new mobility option. ”

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Months after losing out to SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and two of its partners in a lunar lander project will be getting fresh infusions of financial support from NASA, thanks to a follow-up program aimed at boosting capabilities for putting astronauts on the moon. This critical step lays the foundation for U.S.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The Seattle Department of Transportation has selected three micromobility companies to seek permits to take part in a Scooter Share Program which was approved by the Seattle City Council on Tuesday. Lime , Wheels and LINK emerged Friday from a selection process that attracted interest from nine scooter share companies.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 5, 2023

“We know that sometimes our innovation comes from within our company, and sometimes it takes key partners to unlock,” Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci said in a news release. The Los Angeles-based company raised $5 million in seed funding.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The third option in the City of Seattle’s Scooter Share Program hit the streets on Monday as Wheels started deploying its unique, sit-down electric scooters. Wheels was granted a permit along with Lime and LINK as part of a micro-mobility program authorized by the Seattle City Council in September. Wheels screen grabs).

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Two years after it pulled its orange bike-share bicycles out of Seattle, Spin is returning with electric scooters, joining a King County pilot program that has already attracted Lime. The one-year pilot program was launched in August and Lime scooters are already in use on the streets of White Center.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Superpedestrian Photo) Seattle’s scooter and bike share program is navigating a bit of a bumpy road as one company with devices on city streets has filed for bankruptcy and another is reportedly shutting down operations. Dockless e-scooters first arrived in Seattle as part of pilot program launched by the city in 2019.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 28, 2023

The company will have a small fleet of piloted vehicles on city streets starting Aug. Stephen Brashear Photo for Cruise) Cruise , the autonomous vehicle company backed by General Motors, will begin testing its cars in Seattle on Monday, the company told GeekWire. A Cruise autonomous vehicle in Seattle.

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GeekWire

APRIL 28, 2024

Atomo, the Seattle-based beanless coffee maker, is marking Earth Day with the grand opening of a new roastery in its hometown that will produce the company’s grounds for coffee shops around the country. … Read More Good riddance? … Read More . … Read More

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Gizmodo

JULY 7, 2021

The city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida has accepted a proposal from Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build a transportation tunnel that would bring people from downtown to the beach, according to Mayor Dean J. Trantalis in a tweet late Tuesday. And if Musk’s previous tunnel efforts are any guide, the residents of Fort… Read more.

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GeekWire

APRIL 6, 2021

Now a new startup accelerator is using the platform to host a 13-company cohort for the first time. TF Labs is a Seattle-area startup studio and digital agency working with early stage companies and enterprises. The companies represent such verticals as FinTech, EdTech, Real Estate, VR/AR, Logistics, and CPG and Products.

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GeekWire

JULY 9, 2021

Spin , the micromobility company backed by Ford Motor Co., is set to receive a permit from the Seattle Department of Transportation and join three other providers on the streets of Seattle. Spin already had electric scooters zipping around the White Center area as part of a pilot program run by King County.

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GeekWire

MARCH 28, 2023

million in the state’s transportation budget to get the project rolling. “We have been at the forefront of the aviation industry for decades and this will now put us in a place to lead the world in shaping the future of clean aviation,” said Liias, chair of the Washington State Senate Transportation Committee.

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Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

This will be the second Sistech Networking event in Greece, celebrating refugee women talents and the companies who do support their professional inclusion & hire them. Featured image credit: Vonecia Carswell/Unsplash

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The Verge

MAY 10, 2021

Bird, the electric scooter company that helped launch the global micromobility boom, is planning to go public via a reverse merger with a special acquisition company, or SPAC , according to dot.LA. Bird is the latest transportation company, but one of only a few e-scooter companies, to go public.

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GeekWire

APRIL 17, 2024

GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) More than 100 companies, tribal groups, union organizations, environmental nonprofits and political groups are backing a campaign to defeat a November ballot initiative that would scuttle Washington state’s most impactful climate policy. Plants line the living wall at Climate Pledge Arena.

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GeekWire

JUNE 17, 2021

Both companies are participating in a pilot program for last-mile delivery in Seattle. The problem is a focus of the University of Washington’s Urban Freight Lab , which estimates that just the last 50 feet of delivery accounts for 25-to-50% of transportation supply costs. The company will coordinate deliveries.

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GeekWire

JUNE 24, 2021

Convoy is one of a handful of privately-held companies in the Seattle region valued at more than $1 billion, raising $400 million at a $2.7 Last August the company hired former Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom as president and COO. Last August the company hired former Expedia CEO Mark Okerstrom as president and COO. trucking industry.

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The Verge

JULY 8, 2020

The issue has been brought up at recent town hall meetings, and now employees — including Black workers who are part of Ford’s African Ancestry Network (FAAN) employee resource group — have circulated a letter asking the company to “cease development, production, and sale of all custom police vehicles and products.”.

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Venture Beast

JUNE 15, 2020

NHTSA today detailed AV TEST, a voluntary program that'll allow regulators and companies to provide information about on-the-road testing. Read More.

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GeekWire

JULY 26, 2023

The DRACO program aims to give the nation leap-ahead propulsion capability,” Tabitha Dodson, DARPA’s program manager for the effort, said today in a news release. “An “This demonstration will be a crucial step in meeting our Moon to Mars objectives for crew transportation into deep space.” ” Kent, Wash.

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 24, 2024

The government has outlined a robust plan for 2024, focusing on the development of AI projects that will facilitate significant strides in sectors such as healthcare, education, finance, agriculture, and transportation. Their client-centric approach ensures solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations.

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The Verge

MAY 18, 2020

French self-driving vehicle company EasyMile will add seatbelts to its shuttles in order to be able to once again carry passengers in the US. The company said Friday that “an internal safety mechanism was triggered, activating, as programmed, a sudden stop of the shuttle at 7.1 Image: City of Columbus, OH.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 28, 2020

Mercedes-Benz inked its largest order of electric vehicles to date, selling more than 1,800 vans to Amazon for the company’s delivery fleet in Europe. based company. (Amazon Photo). Mercedes also joined Amazon’s Climate Pledge, an initiative announced by the tech giant last year to become net carbon neutral by 2040.

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GeekWire

MARCH 17, 2021

Unagi scooters featuring a folding stem for easy transport. The model allows scooter riders to have their own electric scooter without actually purchasing one and without relying on docked sharing programs. Seattle is already home to a scooter-sharing program run by the city’s Department of Transportation.

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GeekWire

JUNE 23, 2020

Blue Origin employees test procedures for getting spacefliers into the New Shepard suborbital spaceship at the company’s launch facility in West Texas. Through its Flight Opportunities program, NASA already has been paying Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic and other companies to fly scientific experiments.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The event was organized by Amazon in the Community, a philanthropic program within the company. million donation to Seattle Public Schools and Bellevue School District to assist families in the company’s home region who are struggling to meet basic needs including food, clothing, rent and transportation.

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The Verge

APRIL 12, 2021

Domino’s Pizza will start delivering pizzas via Nuro driverless cars in Houston this week as part of a pilot program, the company announced Monday. Last April, Nuro said it would use its vehicles to transport medical supplies around two California stadiums that were converted into treatment facilities for patients with COVID-19.

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GeekWire

MARCH 11, 2023

Moving Washington’s transportation system to non-polluting sources is a key focus for the proceeds from the state’s cap-and-invest program. The cap-and-invest program brought in $300 million from many of state’s biggest emitters, including fossil fuel refineries and energy utilities.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In that time, Lime says the addition of scooters has boosted bike-share ridership, relieving concerns that the pilot program would undercut Seattle’s existing micromobility services. Still, there is some additional data to support the theory that providing multiple modes of transport increases micromobility ridership overall.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The solutions, some in pilot stage and others in early development, transcend a variety of core industries, including manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, and transportation. The program builds a meaningful partnership between AWS, IBM, and the client to deliver an integrated program. AWS/IBM’s Industry Edge.

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