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Vegas Inc, in partnership with Cox business, presents the 2023 Top Tech Awards. Technology facilitates so many aspects of modern life, from business to education to government. Halo.Car is car rentals like you’ve never seen them before. Offering rental prices by hour or by day on its easy-to-use website, Halo.Car delivers electric vehicles directly to customers almost anywhere in the Las Vegas Valley.

The weather is cool, and the canyon is calling. In this edition of EV Itineraries, we share the best route from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Bryce Canyon in Utah. Starting from Las Vegas, you can access many national parks within a day's drive, like Bryce Canyon. Some, like Zion National Park, you can visit and be home in a single day.  We’ll share the best path, including en-route charging, for both locations below. 

Introducing Matt T., an Engineering Technician at Halo.Car, with over 40 years of experience in electromechanical engineering. At Halo, he is excited to be part of a team working on changing the paradigm of daily transportation. Matt's extensive science and technology background and dedication to addressing climate change align perfectly with Halo's mission. Join us as we look 'Behind the Halo' at Matt's unique career path and his invaluable contributions to our projects.

In the fast-paced world of tech and start-ups, it's all about recognizing the folks who've been there from the get-go. This time, we look Behind the Halo with our Robotics Software Engineer, Rish, who's been in the game since day one. With a background in mechatronics and a serious love for robots, the journey to Halo.Car is only natural. Read on for his experiences, challenges, and some early history of Halo. 

Do you love discovering hidden gems in and around Las Vegas? Then you'll love joining Halo.Car on our expeditions to explore unique locations in and around the city. We search for awe-inspiring natural wonders, immersive experiences, and vibrant urban oases so that you can visit them too.
Ready to select your next destination and join the fun? Take a look at some of our favorite locations to enjoy including Red Rock Canyon, Illuminarium, Ferguson's Downtown, and more.

In our new series, Sustainable Travel in Las Vegas, we are tackling the best methods of travel and transportation for you and the planet. This week, we’re focusing on transportation in and around the Vegas Valley. 

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When traveling to Las Vegas, many attractions, shows, hotels, and restaurants are located on the Strip, making your vacation easily walkable for most visits. But Las Vegas offers more than just neon lights and casinos.

Are you attending Life is Beautiful this year? I am, and as a first-timer, the idea can be daunting. Things like transportation, the proper bag to bring, and if it will rain have plagued my mind all week. Below is anything and everything you need to know for this weekend's festival to ensure you (and me) have the best weekend ever. 

The festival is in Downtown Las Vegas from September 22nd to 24th, 2023. The footprint extends East from Las Vegas Blvd. and Fremont, taking over businesses, bars, venues, parking lots, and more with art, music, and activations. During the festival, tickets are available online in General Admission and Single Day Passes.

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At Halo, we're on a mission to redefine the customer experience, and at the forefront of this endeavor is a passionate team dedicated to ensuring your every interaction with us is nothing short of extraordinary. In this blog, we introduce you to the orchestrator of our daily customer-facing operations, Lionel, shedding light on his role, journey, and the unique aspects that make Halo's culture so exceptional.

Embarking on a road trip with an electric vehicle (EV) is an exciting and eco-friendly way to explore new destinations. If you’re new to driving an EV, you might feel worried about the idea of the drive and finding charging en route. This guide will walk you through the key steps to ensure a seamless and enjoyable EV road trip.

Romario is one of Halo’s most experienced Remote Pilots and supervisor of the Edge team, our team of remote pilots that have completed the highest level of training. The Edge Team plays a key role in the testing and deployment of our remote piloting technology. When you get a driverless delivery - that’s an Edge Team pilot! 

Before joining Halo, Romario was a professional driver delivering large vehicles cross country.  As the leader of the Edge team, he faces many challenges and must be flexible to changes in his day-to-day activities. The act of creating sustainable and technical solutions for the world around him is what drives his work today. 

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Want to venture out to the sunny shores of San Diego from Las Vegas? Making an EV road trip is more accessible than ever before with the growing availability of charging stations. This summer, a Kia Niro EV from our Halo.Car fleet headed to San Diego to scope out the charging stations on the I-15 route.

Read on for where we stopped to charge and our top picks and recommendations for what to see and do in San Diego. 

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When working at Halo innovation and forward-thinking drive our every move. Our success is built on the dedication of a remarkable team of brilliant minds committed to transforming visions into tangible realities. Today, we couldn't be more excited to introduce you to Katie, an extraordinary individual who is playing a pivotal role in our mission to revolutionize the way people travel.

If you want to rent an electric vehicle (EV) in Las Vegas, now you can have one delivered to you remotely, without a driver.

Driving the news: Halo.Car, which has been testing remote delivery of on-demand electric cars in Las Vegas since 2022, says its technology is now robust enough to remove the backup safety driver from its vehicles. That means an empty car will come to you, and you can then hop in and drive away.

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Halo.Car, a startup that uses remote operators to deliver rental cars to a customer’s door, has launched driverless operations in Las Vegas.

Driverless operations mean something different for Halo than they do for autonomous vehicle companies like Cruise or Waymo because Halo’s vehicles aren’t capable of self-driving.

The startup’s fleet is kitted out with a suite of six cameras, modems, antennas and other components to send data back to remote pilots at a Halo operations center. Those pilots then use the video and sensor data that’s streamed in to remotely drive the vehicles.

Las Vegas startup Halo.Car has removed safety drivers from its remotely piloted vehicles, the company announced. This means that riders in certain areas of Las Vegas can now get a driverless car delivered to them. Halo.Car has been testing its remotely driven cars in Las Vegas for just under a year.

The driverless remotely piloted cars will only be available for customers in the Downtown area of Las Vegas, which is near the Arts District headquarters of Halo.Car, according to a news release from the company. Even with the removal of safety drivers, though, Halo.Car will still use a secondary vehicle to monitor how the driverless cars operate. Halo.Car will still deliver cars with safety drivers to other areas throughout Las Vegas.

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Unique remote-piloted EV delivery service Halo.Car has taken a big step forward in its progress of transitioning more people over to electric vehicles. Today, the carshare startup announced it had removed the safety drivers from all its EVs, claiming to be the first company in the world to enable electric vehicles to be commercially remote-piloted on public roads without a human present inside. Watch as the empty EV turns heads around downtown Las Vegas in the video below.

The car-share company Halo.Car says it has launched its first driverless delivery of electric vehicles in downtown Las Vegas. Safety drivers have been removed from remote-piloted vehicles in a world-first commercial launch, Halo.Car said in a press release.

Customers can book an electric vehicle to their requested location and have it delivered without a driver in the car. A second vehicle will follow to monitor the driverless vehicle to provide support or stop it if necessary. This comes after four years of testing where safety drivers were inside the vehicles during remote piloting, according to the company.

Today, vehicles touting driverless tech garner a significant amount of attention in the tech space. But most companies work on this technology in a similar manner. Namely, the vehicles will feature an array of LIDAR, radar, and camera apparatus to safely navigate the streets. But others opt for an alternative approach.

Las Vegas-based startup Halo Car would fall into the latter category in its approach to hands-free driving. Halo Car has been working on perfecting its system using remote piloting technology for ridesharing. The Vegas firm aims to make electric car sharing easier and more accessible.

Driverless cars are often marketed as a safe and convenient means of travel that allows customers to watch movies, scroll through TikTok or nap — all without worrying about taking over control. Whether it’s in a personal vehicle (which to remind everyone, there are currently no personal autonomous cars for sale) or ride-hailing service like Cruise or Waymo, the big sales pitch is you don’t have to drive.

Halo has a different approach. The Las Vegas car-sharing startup is working toward fleet vehicle autonomy. The rub is that customers will not have access to self-driving features. Instead, the technology is only being used as a valet service for people looking for a short-term rentals.

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At Halo we've spent the past four years reimagining the future of mobility. Today, we're proud to reveal a pioneering leap in our journey: the world’s first commercial driverless delivery service for our on-demand electric vehicles in Las Vegas.

A Vision Four Years in the Making

Halo.Car started four years ago with a simple but audacious idea: what if we never had to own a car again? After thousands of hours of testing and refining our technology, we have now reached a groundbreaking milestone. 

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Ever wondered how Halo.Cars move without a driver? It's all thanks to our skilled remote pilots and their extensive training. When you order a Halo.Car, two key roles work together to bring it to you: the remote pilot and the safety driver. Remote Pilots sit in our control center in Las Vegas, controlling the vehicle using a console that provides a real-time view of the car’s surroundings. These pilots aren't physically in the car but play a crucial role in driving it to your doorstep.

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Halo has a different approach. The Las Vegas car-sharing startup is working toward fleet vehicle autonomy. The rub is that customers will not have access to self-driving features. Instead, the technology is only being used as a valet service for people looking for a short-term rental.

Las Vegas: it's more than just a city of bright lights and entertainment. Behind the glitz and glamour lies a bustling, innovative community that is forward-thinking on technology and climate action. In this blog, we'll explore why Halo chose Las Vegas as the perfect location for its expansion and how the city's unique landscape and supportive environment have contributed to our success.

At Halo, our fantastic team of innovators is dedicated to changing the way we think about autonomous electric vehicle sharing. We recently had a heart-to-heart with Mike Dillon, a software engineer whose energy and expertise have been key to our accomplishments.

Car ownership is often seen as a rite of passage or a status symbol, but as we move into a more environmentally conscious era, many are reconsidering whether owning a car is really worth it.

This listicle dives into the surprising costs of car ownership and shows why electric vehicles (EVs) offer a more cost-effective and sustainable alternative.

In downtown Las Vegas, one company is driving forward the rental car industry with its own electric touch in the Arts District.

"We will remotely drive an all-electric vehicle with nobody inside to deliver a car to you,” Anand Nandakumar, CEO and a co-founder of Halo Car, said.

That's the vision behind the company. The goal is to eventually deliver cars autonomously to customers.

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Are you ready for the ultimate Las Vegas adventure? Imagine cruising down the famous Strip in your very own electric vehicle, with the wind in your hair and unlimited freedom to explore the city. Thanks to Halo.Car, this dream can now become a reality.

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This March we are running a super special. New customers in the Downtown Las Vegas area can get your first day of rental for free.

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In downtown Las Vegas, one company is driving forward the rental car industry with its own electric touch in the Arts District.

"We will remotely drive an all-electric vehicle with nobody inside to deliver a car to you,” Anand Nandakumar, CEO and a co-founder of Halo Car, said.

That's the vision behind the company. The goal is to eventually deliver cars autonomously to customers.

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A new electric vehicle car-sharing company is looking to make an impact on the community by offering a deal to new customers in March.

Halo.Car will allow new users to book a free vehicle starting Friday, March 3, through Friday, March 31.

According to the company, the promotion comes following a successful summer beta launch and multiple infusions of capital to launch the service across the Las Vegas Valley.

The transportation industry has experienced significant challenges in recent years. From a global pandemic that is still affecting the supply chain, to a declining workforce and issues in funding, the industry has seen its fair share of obstacles. And with changes in technology painting a future of autonomous cars and electronic vehicles, those challenges are not expected to go away any time soon. Recently, executives in transportation met to discuss the present and future of their industry at a roundtable sponsored by City National Bank and held in Las Vegas.

Halo.car began with a simple question: how to radically increase the use of electric vehicles while making them accessible without ownership.

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Gas powered cars are responsible for 17% of total annual GHG emissions in the US. Today there are more than 200m gas cars in the US, compared to less than 5m electric vehicles. Getting more people to drive EVs sooner is a critical way to reduce the 100m tonnes of CO2 emitted annually by driving. 

One company I visited wasn't participating in CES, but they were based in Vegas. It's called Halo.car and it is an EV rental company that delivers your car to you anywhere in the city of Las Vegas. If you're in certain parts of Las Vegas, Halo.car will deliver your car to you via remote pilot. You read that right. Halo.car has modified a fleet of Kia Niro EVs so they can be remote-piloted from its home base using off-the-shelf parts including a Logitech steering wheel and pedals and an Elgato Stream Deck.

Las Vegas seems to be the perfect place to test out autonomous and now remote-piloted vehicles.

Perhaps it’s the town’s “anything goes” attitude, or just the fact that you have a lot of people who need rides inside a fairly compact area with mostly predictable traffic patterns. Either way, Vegas is the place to experience the latest in mobility innovations.

Among the autonomous shuttles and taxis now plying the Las Vegas downtown area in beta mode, you’ll now see Halo.Car, which is driverless but not autonomous.

During my time at CES in Las Vegas, I got the chance to visit the local HQ of Halo.Car – an EV mobility solutions provider that specializes in rental cars that are dropped off and picked up using remote pilots. Company founder and CEO Anand Nandakumar personally showed me around and explained how Halo.Car’s remote piloted technology looks to bridge the gap between car sharing, autonomous driving, and quicker EV adoption.

Las Vegas, Nevada-based Halo.Car is readying a fleet of Kia Niro EVs for use as hourly, daily, or weekly rental cars that will come to wherever is convenient for the renter, and then be driven away from wherever is most convenient at the end of the rental. Simply park and walk away. These drop-offs and pick-ups will be managed by centrally located remote-control drivers sitting in front of hyper-realistic driving simulator controls. The renter will then drive the cars manually just as they would any other rental car.

Thousands of companies from around the world make the long trek to Las Vegas for the annual CES — seen as the tech industry’s go-to event to take in the latest innovations as well as a place that can help a company gain worldwide notoriety.

This year’s four-day show, which ends Sunday, brought about 3,200 exhibitors to eight venues on the Strip, but some firms only needed to travel a few miles to set up their display for the estimated 100,000 CES attendees.

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Nevada is known for its gaming and tourism industry, but there has been a sustained effort to bolster the state’s startup community, particularly in Las Vegas.

In recent months, multiple business incubators and accelerator programs have launched in Southern Nevada with many focused on supporting and funding early-stage companies in Las Vegas. Most of the programs are being funded by the American Rescue Plan Act or other federal grants.

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Roger Lanctot ventured from the Strip to a small car lot in downtown Las Vegas eager for a look at the latest in transportation: remote-control cars.

Halo.Car, a car rental service that uses electric, remote-enabled KIAs, was giving free rides as part of a promotion during the CES electronics and gadgets show. The show runs through today and brought 100,000 visitors.

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As we get hyped for 2023 we are also looking back on our team's great successes of 2022: raising $5m, launching rentals to the public, and expanding our operations by 80x. Read about our major 2022 milestones.

Halo.Car is expanding our electric vehicle deliveries to across all of Las Vegas. 

For the last 4 months we have been delivering rental bookings in downtown Las Vegas, driven by a remote pilot from our Halo HQ - cool, right? One question we’ve been asked over and over again is: “When are you coming to ___?” 

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A driverless car rental service is expanding its Las Vegas operations.

Following a four-month beta test of its on-demand electric vehicle service in the downtown Las Vegas area, Halo.Car is expanding its operations valley wide.

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Driverless car company Halo.Car and UK courier service Yodel join a growing list of companies pegging key offerings to 5G networks.

Las Vegas-based startup company, Halo Car, has announced that it will remove human safety operators from behind the wheel later this year, as reported by TechCrunch.

This means that their vehicles will use humans to control vehicles via public streets and deliver them to its car-sharing service customers remotely. Therefore, their operations will consist of fully remote deliveries and will mark the launch of commercial operations officially. It will also kick off their campaign to scale their fleet of electric vehicles and expand beyond Las Vegas.

Las Vegas startup Halo.Car announced Tuesday that it has raised $5 million in seed funding, led by the climate-focused investment fund At One Ventures.

The company allows customers to rent electric vehicles piloted by a remote driver, who operates the vehicle from Halo.Car’s office.

The capital infusion will allow the startup to shift out of beta testing and into a commercial launch later this year, according to a news release. It will also be able to increase its workforce and grow its fleet of EVs from 2 to 50.

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Halo.Car, a Las Vegas car sharing startup, announced this week that it will remove the human operator from its vehicles later this year. That marks the final step before it’s ready for its commercial launch.

The company does not pretend to offer autonomous technology (not for now, anyway), but instead relies on human drivers, operating its vehicles remotely from a central location to move them to their customers. Once there, the clients can drive their electric vehicles normally.

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The unique approach to car sharing has attracted several investors. The company said Wednesday it raised $5 million in a seed round led by climate tech fund At One Ventures, with participation from T-Mobile Ventures, Earthshot Ventures and existing investor Boost VC. The funds will help the startup expand into cities beyond Las Vegas and scale its fleet to 1,000 EVs by the end of 2023.

Halo.Car, the leading provider of driverless electric carshare, today announced a $5M seed round led by climate tech fund At One Ventures, with participation from T-Mobile Ventures, Earthshot Ventures, and existing investor Boost VC. The capital raised will enable the startup to accelerate the growth of its driverless electric carshare fleet in Las Vegas following a successful beta launch earlier this year.

I used my phone to summon a car this week, but the Kia Niro that met me at the Downtown Container Park here featured a few differences from an everyday Uber or Lyft: A trio of puck-shaped antennas on the top, tiny cameras mounted around its exterior, and Nevada autonomous-vehicle license plates.

Las Vegas-based Halo.Car has started a transportation service that allows customers to rent vehicles piloted by a remote driver, according to a report by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The remote driver operates the vehicle from Halo.Car’s office.

Beta program opens to residents; customers use their phone to summon a car, which arrives at their exact location using remote-piloted technology

How about having an electric vehicle delivered to you instead of waiting in line at a rental car shop? Halo.Car launched in Las Vegas with a beta model. You can try it out in the downtown Las Vegas area.

Las Vegas-based startup Halo.Car launched a transportation service this week that allows customers to rent cars piloted by a remote driver, operating the vehicle from Halo.Car’s office.

Next time you rent a car, it could drive up to your location on its own, thanks to a new electric option a company is set to launch in Las Vegas. It’s called Halo.car and it can soon be driving on its own.

Starting Thursday, there’s a chance you will see a “driverless” car cruising around downtown Las Vegas. You can request a ride through Halo Cars’ online website and a pilot driver will bring a car to you, and that is when you will be able to get inside of the car and take it to wherever you want to go. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p89CC6GdCR8

The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles gave approval to the Las Vegas-based Halo.car company to do a beta test of its vehicle delivery service in the Downtown Fremont and Arts District area starting this week. All of Halo’s cars are electric and the beta program will run throughout the summer.

Patrons in the Arts District and downtown Las Vegas aren’t seeing things. That electric car driving down the street is indeed empty with no driver in sight.

A new car rental company is trying something a little different by delivering cars to customers by using “remote pilots,” or in other words, driverless.

T-Mobile’s partnership with remote-piloted driverless car service Halo took to the races at CES this month, where it served as the 5G-powered pace car during an autonomous racecar showdown.

At the event, Halo led race teams out of the pit completing warm up laps at speeds up to 95 mph before the start of each round.

It's not full-on autonomous, but this new T-Mobile-mentored start-up is taking a practical path to getting there.

Halo is using T-Mobile's fast 5G coverage to summon a driverless vehicle for residents and visitors in the city of Las Vegas, Nevada.

A new ride-hailing service in Las Vegas is targeting people who are curious about autonomous vehicles but aren't yet ready to climb into the back seat and let a robot drive.

Halo's service, which will start with five vehicles, will work by connecting users to the pilot fleet of vehicles via an app.

Halo employs remote drivers to operate the vehicles, delivering them to waiting customers who then get behind the wheel and take the car to their destination.

A car with no one behind the wheel shows up. You get in, drive yourself to your destination, and the car drives off. Ghost? Nope. Halo.

Launching later this year in Las Vegas, Halo’s electric vehicles get steered by a distant driver until you hop behind the wheel.

Autonomous vehicle tech company Halo and T-Mobile plan a pilot program in Las Vegas to send driverless electric cars to consumers via a mobile app.

Halo is launching a driverless car service in Las Vegas that will run on T-Mobile's 5G network. The electric vehicles will be available for regular customer use this year.

With its proprietary RemotePilot technology, Halo trains inhouse remote drivers to operate the driverless car over T-Mobile’s 5G network.

Driverless Halos solve transportation challenges with a people first approach to autonomous cars.

T-Mobile is driving home the point that it’s got a 5G network good enough to power one of the first commercial driverless car services in the U.S., with Halo running on T-Mobile’s 5G network in Las Vegas.