Transportation – Page 11 of 30

Uber’s JUMP bike-share now serving all Seattle neighborhoods

Uber is expanding its JUMP bike-share service to the entire City of Seattle as it competes with Lime, the other… Read More

Now boarding: Everett’s Paine Field and Alaska Air celebrate first passenger flights

EVERETT, Wash. — Today marks a “first” for the new passenger airline terminal at Everett’s Paine Field, thanks to Alaska Airlines’… Read More

Authorities recover cockpit voice recorder from Amazon Air plane crash site in Texas

The National Transportation Safety Board says it has recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the muddy Texas bay where an… Read More

Lyft reveals financials in new IPO filing: $2.2B revenue, $911M net loss in 2018

Lyft filed its IPO prospectus on Friday, lifting the hood on its key business metrics for the first time as… Read More

Tesla starts selling $35,000 Model 3 electric cars and shifts to online-only sales

Tesla is finally following through on its pledge to sell its Model 3 electric cars at the standard price of… Read More

Which Uber ride do you prefer? Seattle driver offers menu with comedy, compassion, silence and more

George Ure is a talker. And he’s funny. He can also be crass and irreverent. Or, he’ll just shut the… Read More

Boeing unveils a new breed of ‘wingman’ drones that fly with piloted military jets

Boeing is unveiling a new type of uncrewed aircraft that’s designed to fly military missions alongside piloted airplanes, known as… Read More

Washington State Senate transportation bill would more than double electric vehicle registration fees

Last Thursday, a multi-billion-dollar transportation package emerged from the Washington State Senate Transportation Committee as three bills: Senate Bills 5970,… Read More

Tesla’s fortunes spin after SEC accuses CEO Elon Musk of violating a tweet deal

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is in trouble again with the Securities and Exchange Commission, this time over a 13-word tweet.… Read More

Atlas 767 cargo jet, part of Amazon fleet, crashes in Texas; 3 people onboard killed

An Atlas Air Boeing 767 cargo jet crashed today into Trinity Bay on the Texas Gulf Coast with three people… Read More

BMW and Daimler will invest $1B in new joint venture that brings car2go and ReachNow under one roof

With regulatory approval cleared, BMW and Daimler today revealed how they plan to invest more than $1 billion in a… Read More

Lime launches new LimePod car-sharing service to all users in Seattle

Lime is officially launching its new free-floating car-sharing service in Seattle. Lime, the transportation startup valued at $2 billion, ran… Read More

Demolition set to begin on Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct — watch it fall with web cams and more

The Seattle snowpocalypse may have slightly delayed the start of the demolition of the now-closed Alaskan Way Viaduct, but there’s… Read More

With latest deals, Amazon reveals sudden interest in autonomous and electric vehicles

Amazon and General Motors plan to invest in Rivian, the maker of electric pickup trucks, according to reports by Reuters and Bloomberg,… Read More

Boeing-Safran joint venture for auxiliary power units has a name: Initium Aerospace

The 50-50 joint venture that Boeing and Europe’s Safran aerospace company formed last year to build auxiliary power units for… Read More

Amazon’s new East Coast hubs among the worst US cities for traffic

If all goes according to plan, Amazon employees will be able to choose between the company’s Seattle headquarters two new… Read More

Cities wising up to disruptive transportation tech: ‘Why should they use our public right of way to become billionaires?’

As cars clogged Seattle’s streets, desperately trying to escape a rare snowstorm, transportation experts high above discussed the future of… Read More

Seattle becomes first city where Lyft riders can request electric cars

Lyft is launching a new program in Seattle Wednesday that allows riders to request electric vehicles and hybrids in the… Read More

Boeing forges partnership with Aerion to speed up supersonic jet development

Boeing says it’s making a significant investment in Aerion to accelerate the development of the Nevada-based company’s supersonic business jet.… Read More

Tesla CEO Elon Musk places future bets on Model Y electric SUV — and on China

As big as the Model 3 electric car is for the future of Tesla, the sport utility vehicle known as… Read More

Team Zeva takes on a mission targeting the $2M GoFly Prize … with a flying saucer!

Team Zeva’s entry in the Boeing-backed $2 million GoFly Prize competition looks like a flying saucer that’s built for one — but… Read More

Surprise! Boeing hands Air Force the keys to not just one, but two KC-46 tanker jets

Boeing executives today added an extra twist to what was expected to be a cut-and-dried ceremony to hand over its… Read More

BMW ReachNow CEO Steve Banfield to step down as BMW and Daimler launch joint mobility company

BMW ReachNow CEO Steve Banfield, who helped the German carmaker grow its car-sharing service in the U.S., is stepping down… Read More

Seattle startup GarageHop acquired by fellow parking marketplace company WhereiPark

GarageHop, a Seattle startup that helps people find parking spaces in residential buildings, has been acquired by Toronto-based WhereiPark. Founded… Read More

Boeing’s passenger air vehicle prototype rises into the sky for its first test flight

Boeing says it has successfully completed the first test flight of a prototype for its autonomous passenger air vehicle, which… Read More

Government shutdown is a real Paine for Alaska Airlines and Everett airport

The much-anticipated first commercial airline flights from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., have been postponed until March 4 at the… Read More

Portland will allow electric scooters to return after promising pilot

Portland transportation officials are recommending that the city launch a longer pilot for rentable electric scooters in 2019, building on… Read More

GM’s Cruise self-driving car venture plots a course to get Seattle team up and running

The Seattle “tech talk” sponsored this week by GM’s autonomous-vehicle subsidiary, Cruise Automation, had all the hallmarks of a recruiting… Read More

FAA lays out its plan to ease restrictions on drones flying at night and over people

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued draft regulations that would smooth the way for drones to fly at night and… Read More

Glasses give sight to the legally blind, opening eyes to the broader potential of making tech accessible

LAS VEGAS ― More than 180,000 people attended CES to see the latest in consumer technology. From autonomous suitcases to a… Read More