Ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies has rolled out Uber Cash in South Africa to encourage contactless payments amid the Covid-19 crisis.
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Tesla’s stock jumped above $1 000/share on Wednesday after CEO Elon Musk told his staff it was time to bring the Tesla Semi commercial truck to “volume production”.
Uber Technologies said on Wednesday trip requests were gradually picking up, but still remained significantly below prior year levels, as several countries start to lift coronavirus-led restrictions.
Government has provisionally agreed to allocate at least R21-billion to the country’s embattled national airline to help repay debt and resume operations after the lifting of Covid-19 travel bans.
South Africa will permit air travel from four main airports from Monday as the nation eases lockdown measures put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Amazon.com is in talks to buy driverless vehicle startup Zoox, according to a person familiar with the matter, a deal that would accelerate the e-commerce giant’s automation efforts.
Volkswagen has launched its We Connect Go “connected car” app to South Africans who own the company’s vehicles. Cars manufactured from 2008 support the technology.
Dramatic changes at Uber represent a humbling of the ride-hailing giant, which has offices all over the world and has advertised its ambitions to become a one-stop-shop for global travel.
Worldwide electric car registrations are set to fall 18% this year, but those of combustion engine cars are set to drop even faster, analysts BloombergNEF said on Tuesday.
Electric car maker Tesla plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan later this year or early next that it expects will bring the cost of electric vehicles in line with petrol models.