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In the United States, car insurance can be a significant expense. Carsurance can attest that two of the most influential factors in rate calculations are age and gender.

Most, if not all, auto insurers will agree that young motorists have a higher chance of getting involved in an accident. Drivers aged 16 and 17 are nine times more likely to cause or contribute to a car crash than their middle-aged counterparts.

While an insurance premium usually becomes cheaper after every policyholder’s birthday, one has to reach the age of 55 to enjoy an annual rate closest to the national …

Chandler, Arizona has been the home of something new and potentially very special since 2016. 

Offering test rides to journalists and others in Chandler, Waymo is showing their cars are here and ready to go. Their fleet is mostly made up of Chrysler Pacifica minivans. Instead of offering the cars for personal purchase, they are launching a completely driverless rideshare program. Currently the service is only available to their early riders program, but it will eventually be accessible to the public.

Waymo has been working on developing an autonomous vehicle for several years in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. Self …

Uber Comfort is a new product that provides riders with more options to elevate their riding experience on a day-to-day basis. Vehicles eligible for Uber Comfort are required to have more head and legroom than vehicles eligible for UberX, the most popular Uber class today. Whether transporting visiting family or in need of a little extra legroom after a long plane ride, Uber Comfort aims to provide the passenger with an option for an elevated ride experience.

Uber Comfort is an elevated economy ride option for up to 4 passengers that’s designed to help the drivers make extra money by …

Recently, Gett, the mega ridesharing company backed by Volkswagon, announced that they will be ending their NYC Juno rideshare services. Juno launched its ridesharing service in 2016 as a more driver friendly alternative to Uber and Lyft. With Juno, drivers were able to join as stockholders and were paid higher percentages of each ride. In 2017, Gett acquired Juno for $200 million and to many drivers’ dismay, substantially lowered the original perks of being a Juno driver with many drivers complaining that their stocks were now “invalid”.

The news of Gett closing down Juno’s operations comes alongside the news …

As more people move to cities and become eco-conscious, it’s no wonder ridesharing is taking off. Scooters are a no brainer for environmentally friendly city dwellers. They are quick and affordable to get around but also have a small carbon footprint. Bird scooters are widely known because they were the first of their kind, but Spin scooters followed only five months later. 

San Francisco, 2016, was the birthplace of Spin and their scooters. Within a year of their creation, Ford bought the company for almost $100 million. The acquisition allowed Spin to invest time and money into developing a battery …