Tesla messes with Texas, over how to sell its electric cars
Tesla is battling Texas over selling its electric cars directly to customers. CEO Elon Musk spoke at the Texas Capital Wednesday morning calling for support of a new bill. Read more »
Despite growing pains, peer to peer car sharing is hot for investors
Peer to peer car sharing is hot for investors, recently drawing interest from the funds of Eric Schmidt, Ashton Kutcher and Marissa Mayer, as well as Google, GM and Zipcar. But the sector is still emerging and has a lot of growing pains to go through. Read more »
Why San Francisco is a test bed for transportation tech
You may have noticed there’s a growing amount of alternative, tech-focused, ways to get around San Francisco these days. Why is San Francisco so chock-full of these services? Read more »
Why Zipcar is tapping the college market
Zipcar’s recent investment in peer-to-peer car sharing startup Wheelz signals just how important college students are to the car sharing pioneer. Read more »
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What the share economy can learn from the cloud
In the past few years we have seen accommodation-sharing company Airbnb grab a valuation of over $1 billion and car-sharing leader Zipcar squeak into profitability sooner than expected. Those developments, among others, suggest the share economy is alive and well, but how can this space continue ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
How connectivity is revolutionizing everything
Blazing fast networks, cheap silicon, always-on devices and a torrent of data will fundamentally change everything — how we consume media, how we work, and even who we are. We examined 10 areas that show how connectivity is profoundly changing the present and future of technology. Read more »
HiGear raises $1.3M for luxury peer-to-peer car sharing
HiGear, a peer-to-peer car sharing startup that focuses on luxury and sports cars, has raised $1.3 million in a seed round from a group of investors, including Battery Ventures, BV Capital, and 500 Startups, HiGear President Murtaza Hussain told me in an interview. Read more »
VIDEO: How Web-Based Sharing Is Driving A Green Economy
While I’ve noticed a bit of a slump in cleantech these days, one of the bright spots has been using the web to share resources, from rooms, to cars to “stuff.” Airbnb’s co-founder Joe Gebbia and RelayRides CEO Shelby Clark, chat with Collaborative Consumption Lab’s Lauren Anderson. Read more »
