Would You Trust a Robo-Taxi?
Today we're talking about IKEA's new buy-back-for-store-credit program, which is being piloted in Pennsylvania as part of the company's "circular company" plan; Spotify's latest product and feature launches, including "Blend" and a partnership with Philips Hue lights; and the impending reality of autonomous taxis, heralded by Hyundai's Ioniq 5, due to hit streets in 2023.
The Gear Patrol Podcast · Henry Philips, Nick Caruso, Will Price
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Show Notes
IKEA's new buy-back-for-store-credit program, Spotify's latest product and feature launches, and the impending reality of autonomous taxis.
Episode Navigation:
2:35 – IKEA Buy Back Program Being Piloted in Pennsylvania
22:05 – Spotify Adds a Ton of New Features, Expanding its Market Dominance
32:30 – Hyundai Debuts its Ioniq 5 Robo-Taxi, Due Out in 2023
Featured and Related:
- Ikea is launching a furniture buyback program – Fast Company
- Buy Back program – IKEA
- Inside Ikea’s plan to reinvent itself as a circular company – Fast Company
- How Ikea plans to be climate positive by 2030 – Fast Company
- Ikea’s Offering to Buy Back Your Old Furniture—If It Can Survive the Journey – Gizmodo
- IKEA Is Now Selling a Hot New Product: Renewable Energy – Architectural Digest
- IKEA Is Increasing Refunds on Returned and Unwanted Office Furniture by 50 Percent This Week – Concrete Playground
- New Spotify Feature Will Make You and Your BFF a Playlist of Songs You'll Both Like – Gizmodo
- Spotify is taking over Delta's entire in-flight audio section – Engadget
- Philips Hue partners with Spotify to turn all your lights into a music visualizer – The Verge
- How Spotify’s Newest Personalized Experience, Blend, Creates a Playlist for You and Your Bestie – Spotify
- Spotify’s Podcasts Subscriptions service is now open to all US creators – Tech Crunch
- In early 2020, Spotify accounted for 30% of global streaming service usage – Statista
- Hyundai reveals self-driving Ioniq 5 'robotaxi' – Autocar
- Autonomous Tech Developer Motional Unveils Hyundai Ioniq 5-Based Robotaxi – Forbes
- Hyundai reveals the robotaxi it built for Lyft, and a version for its very own metaverse – The Register
- Motional reveals its Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric robotaxi – Tech Crunch
- Motional website
- Waymo starts offering autonomous rides in San Francisco – The Verge
- Waymo Is 99% of the way to self-driving cars. The last 1% is the hardest – Autoblog
- Tesla Crashes Into Police Cruiser. Self-Driving Cars Have to Learn how to Drive. – Barron's
- Volvo invests in Israeli developer of testing platform for autonomous vehicles – The Times of Israel
- Rainbow road sign film would be easier for autonomous vehicles to read – New Atlas
- Toyota pauses Paralympics self-driving buses after one hits visually impaired athlete – The Guardian