Uber gives users option to only hail full-electric cars, launches AI chatbot for EV-curious drivers

Uber gives users option to only hail full-electric cars, launches AI chatbot for EV-curious drivers

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on Tuesday announced that the company is updating its platform with new sustainability-minded features, including an “EV preference” that will let customers opt for fully electric vehicles by default, whenever they hail a ride. The company previously launched an “Uber Green,” service which has historically included a mix of battery-electric vehicles,…

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European Union votes to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

European Union votes to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

Employees work on an electric vehicle (EV) production line at the Leapmotor factory in Jinhua, China’s eastern Zhejiang province on September 18, 2024. Adek Berry | Afp | Getty Images The European Union on Friday voted to adopt definitive tariffs on China-made battery electric vehicles (BEVs). “Today, the European Commission’s proposal to impose definitive countervailing…

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Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint considers pre-IPO funding as it plots a return to public markets

Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint considers pre-IPO funding as it plots a return to public markets

Sumit Dhawan, CEO of Proofpoint, took the reins as head of the cybersecurity company in 2022, a year after it was acquired by Thoma Bravo for $12.3 billion. He’s been pushing the firm to consider strategic opportunities such as mergers and acquisitions of smaller cybersecurity players to boost the company’s market expansion and stimulate industry…

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FTX fraudster Caroline Ellison sentenced to 2 years in prison, ordered to forfeit  billion

FTX fraudster Caroline Ellison sentenced to 2 years in prison, ordered to forfeit $11 billion

Caroline Ellison, former chief executive officer of Alameda Research LLC, right, arrives at court in New York, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.  Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Caroline Ellison, the star witness in the prosecution of her former boyfriend, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced Tuesday in New York federal court to two…

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