Uber, Lyft, and other rideshare services are software companies at their core. They facilitate interactions between their drivers and riders and provide a platform through which they can interact. They don’t actually own most of the vehicles that bear their stickers and, apart from those involved...
autonomous vehiclesconsumer choice/preferencestransportation and sustainabilityIn recent years, transportation network companies (TNCs) have grown rapidly. However, with the high intensity of competition caused by multi-homing and low switching costs, providers like Uber and Lyft have yet to achieve ...
Uber is the leading ride-hailing app, dominating the market in 107 out of 171 countries (62%), followed by Careem and Grab (Marciano, 2016). As of 2023, RHS companies continue to flourish around the world, with initiatives to incorporate more eco-friendly vehicles, such as electric cars,...
With the democratisation of automation and thanks to new advanced control systems, vehicles have become able to manage several driving functions that have previously been handled by humans. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) acknowledged six levels of driving automation from no automation (level...
Express, ride-pooling, premium service and app-based taxi hailing are considered.Factors affecting the ride-hailing services choice are investigated.Differences between the users with and without household vehicles are explored.These two types of users focus on different aspects of ride-hailing travel....
Decarbonising road freight transport: The role of zero-emission trucks and intangible costs Vahid Aryanpur Fionn Rogan Scientific Reports(2024) A cross-scale framework for evaluating flexibility values of battery and fuel cell electric vehicles ...
a relatively new vehicle. Plus, as cars become more infused with new tech thanks to companies like Apple, Samsung, and Harman (Brimmer calls them “computers on wheels”), Ally has found that people are turning over their vehicles faster in order to have the latest tech at their fingertips...
Self-Driving Vehicles Spur Debate within Silicon Valley Google, Uber and Apple Could Take Different Paths to InnovationSAN FRANCISCO - The race to build a self-driving car may revolve around one simple question: to...Oreskovic, Alexei
However, the existing knowledge on the factors that affect the choice of different ride-hailing services remains scarce, and the difference of this impact between the users with and without household vehicles (HVs) has been little examined. To fill these gaps, the goal of this study is to ...
They are commonly used in consumer electronics and hybrid electric vehicles but are less common in large-scale energy storage. Flow Batteries: Unlike traditional batteries that store energy in solid electrodes, flow batteries store energy in liquid electrolytes, which are pumped through an ...