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Small bird
If it wasn’t clear before, it is now. Uber wants much of the autonomous vehicle technology pie. The Ride-Helling company has spent the last two years locking partnerships with almost every AV company you can think of, and in each sector, including delivery, robotaxis and trucks.
And yet, I was not fully prepared for the amount of money Uber placed in the latest bonds with EV manufacturer Clear and startup Only. Click this to read my article on the partnership agreement and Uber’s plans on Premium Robotaxi.
We are here in the “Little Bird” department because I learned something new and first wanted to share it with subscribers.
As a publicly exchange company, Lucid had to reveal that Uber invested $ 300 million in the company. But Uber did not have to share what it placed in the grief, just saying that it was a multi -million figure. One source with direct information told me it was more than Lucid $ 300 million. After publishing the article I have had Some small birds Fly in to say it was about $ 400 million.
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You offer!
When Waymo I closed my own driving truck program, wondering where this ability was going. And you are (right) that some may go away and set up their own businesses.
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Last year i heard it Boris SofmanThe one who led the driving truck program in Waymo had begun a start-up of autonomous vehicle technology, which focused on heavy equipment used on construction sites. I had even written a little nugget about it in the “Little Bird” section. But I could never check exactly how much it was raised and who else was attached to it.
Now we know. Startup, called Bedrock roboticsraised $ 80 million from investors’ eclipse and 8 VC. Sofman founded Waymo veterans Kevin Peterson and Ajay Gummalla and Tom Eliz and Tom Eliz, who previously worked in Segment and Twilio.
Other offers that received my attention this week …
Amogia, The ammonia-power initiative in Brooklyn, which can apply its technology to shipping costs, raised another $ 23 million in funding, with the latest funding to $ 80 million. The round was led by Korean Development Bank and KDB Silicon Valley LLC by participating in Bonangels Venture Partners, JB Investment and Pathway Investment.
Geely car Having an EV firm in luxury EV Zeekr Private through the merger agreement, just over a year after the company made his debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
GridA mobile phone company in the UK, collected £ 100 million ($ 134 million) from current institutional investors, including TPG Rise Climate, Infracapital and Mitsubishi.
ProntoStartup in San Francisco, which developed a self-driving system designed for transport trucks and other off-road vehicles used for transport trucks and other construction and mining sites Safeai. The conditions were not published. Founder and CEO Anthony Levandowski described the acquisition as a talent and technology game. Most of the 12-person startup technology team and its IP will come to Pronto.
ThroughTransit software startup has submitted a confidentiality of the original public offer – again. Historical side: IPO’s archived confidential listing in 2021, but never took the next official and regulatory measures to enter the public market. Now the company says it is ready. Is the year 2025 years?
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Clear have been rolled hands free motorways Air-sedans through a software update at the end of the month, which is a significant step forward to the company’s advanced driver assistance system.
Independent vehicles
Uber He has taken the Robotaxi agreement with Chinese technology giant Baidu to place thousands of autonomous vehicles in several markets outside the United States and Mainland China.
Electric vehicles, batteries and charging
Gm is the latest car manufacturer to partner with Redwood materials in the new energy storage company. When talking about GM, the automatic updates it alongside the Tennessee factory it owns LG -Energy Solution Producing cheaper LFP batteries.
Public records of records can reveal the latest things. For example, Lined Continue prep work at the planned Georgia plant in August and will continue to want to break up early next year, says Techcrunch email received through public information.
In other Rivian news … Rivian founder and CEO Rj scaringe transferred some of his ownership and voting force As part of a recent resoluting procedure. The application attracted our interest for a few reasons (I suggest you read the story), especially unlike many founders of technology, fear never had a huge voting power after IPO.
The company’s latest software update gives his car a new look. In short: MapBox is gone, and the app from the Rivian-Map Maps is customized.
Senior journalist Sean O’Kane And joking that we are the only two people left on earth that care about what happens Faraday’s future. Oh! But wait, as well as BlendAnd it seems that the agency is preparing for action.
Subcar revealed it All -Electric Crossover model called Uncharted It has more than 300 miles of distance and will be on sale in the United States in early 2026. Subaru said it would release pricing closer to the launch of the market.
Tesla The long-awaited India began by opening up its first exhibition space-nine years after CEO Elon Musk first teased the change and the delays and movements of the following years in one of the world’s largest car markets. Stayen in more coverage from Jagmeet Singh, a supplier in India.
Tesla Cybertruck Sales have collapsed last year at its peak. How far? Here is one point of reference: GMC Hummer EV (which is not exactly the volume seller) exceeded the curiosity of polarizing steel upholstery in the second quarter.
At the same time, the jury selection began with the federal civilian rights against Tesla. It is whether the company’s driver’s assistance technology was guilty of the fatal fall of 2019 in Key Largo, Florida. As you might expect, Personal feelings of Elon Musk Believed in the great jury process.
The future of the flight
Joby -aviation has doubled the size and production capacity of its pilot preparation plant in Marina, California, as it aims to commercialize an electronic vertical departure and its landing vehicle early next year.
