Uber is teaming up with drone company Zipline to start airborne takeout deliveries later this year, with the goal of reaching one million daily drone deliveries by 2029. Uber also said it was making a strategic investment in Zipline, a California-based company that has been orchestrating drone deliveries in Texas since 2025. The news comes […]
Uber is also making investing in Zipline as part of the tie-up.
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at big funds flowing into long-duration battery makers and the impact of a big proposed cut to NOAA’s budget.
Elon Musk’s DOGE gutted staffing and budgets at NOAA and the National Weather Service early last year. It left fishing fleets, farmers and insurers exposed to the fallout
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European auto sales will rise a bit in 2026. But Chinese sales will accelerate, and Germany, once the unassailable global auto industry leader, is in the crosshairs.
Justin Blinder had just been laid off when he first came up with the idea for Ground Truth. It was 2020, two weeks before covid lockdown went into effect, and the Brooklyn-based artist and technologist had no idea what the future would hold. He started working for the food delivery apps, and as he was […]
Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI, two companies developing self-driving trucks, have received permits from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
A lot of automakers talk about wanting to minimize or eliminate driver distractions so as to make the experience of driving more rewarding and safer overall. Lamborghini has a different strategy; it wants the driver to become one with their vehicle. This helps explain the storied super car maker’s tagline for the new Revuelto SV: […]
The partnership is expanding beyond the initial market of Zagreb, Croatia to four additional European cities.