Allana Akhtar

8/8/17

Climate Change Will Ruin Air Travel

When the oceans start flooding up land from ice caps melting, good luck using a plane to GTFO.

Allana Akhtar

PublishedAugust 8, 2017

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8/4/17

Get Ready For Cars That Know Your Body Better Than You Do

In Harry Potter, the wand chooses the wizard. In the future, the car might choose the driver.

Allana Akhtar

PublishedAugust 4, 2017

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8/4/17

Ohio Is Building The Country's Longest Driverless Car Ready Highway

Ohio’s banking on a $218 million “driverless car” highway to get techies out of sunny California and test their…

Allana Akhtar

PublishedAugust 4, 2017

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8/3/17

Here's Why V2V Is So Enormously Important For Driverless Cars

Driverless cars promise to save lives by driving better than constantly-texting, easily-distracted,…

Allana Akhtar

PublishedAugust 3, 2017

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8/3/17

When It Comes To Ride-Hailing Apps, Nice Guys Are Finishing Last

Employee mistreatment and corporate scandals have become the norm for ride-hailing companies. Uber faces numerous…

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PublishedAugust 3, 2017

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8/3/17

TSA Would Like To Remind You Not To Bring Your Loaded Guns To The Airport, Please

A lot of people have been trying to bring guns on planes lately. Loaded and chambered guns.

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PublishedAugust 3, 2017

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8/3/17

Start Putting Your Seat Belt On In Ubers, Dammit

Okay, admit it—you sometimes skip the seatbelt in an Uber or Lyft. Not many buckle up when they’re hitching a ride,…

Allana Akhtar

PublishedAugust 3, 2017

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8/2/17

Uber And Lyft Drivers' Fight For Unionization Still Alive (For Now) (Updated)

Uber and Lyft’s efforts to keep drivers from unionizing faced a setback when a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit…

Allana Akhtar

PublishedAugust 2, 2017

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7/31/17

Google Didn't Actually Pay City To Use Emergency Vehicles In Driverless Car Test (Updated)

Waymo, Google’s driverless car developing unit, conducted an “emergency vehicle testing day” in the city of…

Allana Akhtar

PublishedJuly 31, 2017

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7/28/17

Australia Is Building One Of The World's Longest Electric Highways

Australia is taking the electric car revolution one step further by announcing a $3 million super-long electric…

Allana Akhtar

PublishedJuly 28, 2017

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7/28/17

Look At This Adorable Baby Drone And Be Sad No More

Look at how CUTE this baby drone is.

Allana Akhtar

PublishedJuly 28, 2017

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7/28/17

Bollinger's 200-Mile Electric Truck Is Fantastically Rugged And Basic

The world’s first electric truck isn’t anything fancy. And that’s the whole point.

Allana Akhtar

PublishedJuly 28, 2017

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7/28/17

Now 1.33 Million Ford Explorers Are Under Investigation For Carbon Monoxide

Good morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday…

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PublishedJuly 28, 2017

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7/27/17

New Plan To Fix The Subway: Corporate Sponsorship

Over the past week, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced some solutions to NYC’s subway catastrophe, f…

Allana Akhtar

PublishedJuly 27, 2017

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7/26/17

The TSA Is Hellbent On Making Flying A Major Headache

Ever stand next to someone in an airport security line who takes five minutes looking for all the stuff they need to…

Allana Akhtar

PublishedJuly 26, 2017

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7/26/17

Audi, BMW and Mercedes Teamed Up For The Sake Of Traffic Mapping

In a rare display of German automaker camaraderie, Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz will contribute data from millions of…

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PublishedJuly 26, 2017

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7/26/17

Hackers Can Make A Car Wash Attack You Until You Are Dead, Happy Wednesday

When the robots takeover, nowhere will be safe. Not even car washes.

Allana Akhtar

PublishedJuly 26, 2017

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7/26/17

Lyft Has Terrible Taste In Drunk Food (Updated)

Can we talk about Taco Bell for a second?

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PublishedJuly 26, 2017

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7/25/17

New York's $836 Million Subway Fix Plan: Take Seats Out Of Trains, Get People To Litter Less

Amid a summer where outrage over the busted New York City subway system has rained down like so much filth-water,…

Allana Akhtar

PublishedJuly 25, 2017

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7/25/17

You'll Now Have To Pay Uber Drivers $15 If They Return Your Stuff

Start keeping better track of what you leave in your Uber, or else it’ll cost you.

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PublishedJuly 25, 2017

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Allana Akhtar's posts

Climate Change Will Ruin Air Travel

Get Ready For Cars That Know Your Body Better Than You Do

Ohio Is Building The Country's Longest Driverless Car Ready Highway

Here's Why V2V Is So Enormously Important For Driverless Cars

When It Comes To Ride-Hailing Apps, Nice Guys Are Finishing Last

TSA Would Like To Remind You Not To Bring Your Loaded Guns To The Airport, Please

Start Putting Your Seat Belt On In Ubers, Dammit

Uber And Lyft Drivers' Fight For Unionization Still Alive (For Now) (Updated)

Google Didn't Actually Pay City To Use Emergency Vehicles In Driverless Car Test (Updated)

Australia Is Building One Of The World's Longest Electric Highways

Look At This Adorable Baby Drone And Be Sad No More

Bollinger's 200-Mile Electric Truck Is Fantastically Rugged And Basic

Now 1.33 Million Ford Explorers Are Under Investigation For Carbon Monoxide

New Plan To Fix The Subway: Corporate Sponsorship

The TSA Is Hellbent On Making Flying A Major Headache

Audi, BMW and Mercedes Teamed Up For The Sake Of Traffic Mapping

Hackers Can Make A Car Wash Attack You Until You Are Dead, Happy Wednesday

Lyft Has Terrible Taste In Drunk Food (Updated)

New York's $836 Million Subway Fix Plan: Take Seats Out Of Trains, Get People To Litter Less

You'll Now Have To Pay Uber Drivers $15 If They Return Your Stuff