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Elon Musk He has never had the best relationship with regulators, he often crashes or violates local and state laws where his numerous companies operate.

This week was particularly active on the regulatory front.

Tunnel and Infrastructure Company of Musk The boring company He is accused of nearly 800 violations by Nevada regulators, including no approval excavation, the rejection of water -filled water on the city streets, failure to install Silt fences and monitoring of dirt from site on nearby roads, a Propublica research.

Then there is Teslawhich was struck by imposing action by the California Insurance Department for systematically denial or delay in customer claims despite years of warnings from the state regulatory authority. Reminder: Tesla is an insurance provider in some states.

Tesla also has the attention, once again, of his National Traffic Security Service. The organization opened a research In Tesla’s full self-guiding technology, after receiving reports, the software caused the vehicles to run red lights or cross the wrong strips.

NHTSA has explored Tesla before. But this is remarkable because it specifically targets Tesla’s Full Self-Guidance Software (FSD). And Musk, as well as Tesla’s shareholders, have nailed the company’s future about its ability to be a leader in autonomous vehicle technology, as well as in robotics and AI.

This single research will probably not derail Tesla’s plans. The company has just started the latest version of FSD (V14). But it is another example of increased control for technology that Tesla tries to put in front and center and raises questions about his robbery, which uses a version of the FSD software.

A little bird

A Wired The article from July has discovered this General engine Some Evs Chevy Bolt were redefined, which was part of the Robotaxi Cruise Robotaxi program and led them to selected highways in Michigan near Austin, Texas and the San Francisco Bay Area for the development of simulation models and the new technology for the driver.

Now it seems that General Motors can proceed with the autonomous development of vehicles, but in potentially amazing ways. When GM absorbed a cruise in December 2024, it said it would combine Cruise’s technology with its own Adas attempts to fully develop autonomous personal vehicles.

We hear the chatter here and where GM builds an AV team across Austin and Mountain View. This comes just two months after the start of GM, cruise employees, per Parachute.

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Aircraft sell 30.5 million shares To raise about $ 514 million, the money the company said would be used to finance certification and production efforts and preparation for commercial businesses, as well as for general traffic funds and other general corporate purposes. The company plans to start carrying passengers to electric vertical take -off and landing aircraft in Dubai in 2026, followed by the United States.

However, investors did not react very favorably because the shares went for a discount. According to the agreement, they are sold for $ 16.85 per share, almost 11% lower than the previous closure.

Other agreements that received my attention this week …

I forgot this last week. Moustala European start that develops a stack of autonomy for self-driving, increased 7.5 million euros Funding seeds co -existed by Asterion Ventures and Leap435, before Eit Urban Mobility and US Infinity and Heroic Business Investors. Side Note: Autonocast, a podcast I co-host, recently had Alex Haag, Managing Director and co-founder of Futurail, on the show. Hear.

NonsenseA London -based boot that develops an end to end for freight carriers, set $ 2.5 million In a pre-seal round that led Connect Ventures. MMC Ventures, InPloy Industrial Capital and Inovia also participated.

Toyota and Metal mining have hit a deal Collaborate with the massive production of cathenings for batteries of all solid states that will be installed on electric battery vehicles.

Tycho aiA stand -alone drone navigation start, set $ 10 million In a row of a round that led Firstmark.

UtilimarcA Fleet Analysis Company based in Minneapolis and Comparative Evaluation Company, was acquired from the Smith system. The terms were not disclosed.

Notable reading and other tidbits

California Gavin newsom He signed a bill that gives Uber and Lyft drivers to the state the right to trade union as independent contractors.

Just last week we presented Mosquito netEfforts to build his own autonomous tradition robot. But this internal program does not stop the company from external partnerships. Doordash and Serve robotics announced a multi -year partnership that would see them using autonomous robots to make deliveries to the United States.

Clear delivered a record number of EK in the third quarter. While it is nowhere close to the projections he shared when it was public, the recent sales report shows progress.

Bent has been locked Another AV partnership – this time with Auto. The plan, the companies said, is to develop Robota in Europe and North America, starting in 2027. Tensor Auto may not sound familiar, but Chinese Autox Romance could. The roots of Tensor Auto come from Autox, though the San Jose -based company has told TechCrunch in the past that Autox’s Chinese companies were fully exposed.

Transfer includes infrastructures such as bridges. Climate technology journalist Tim de Chant looked at Aluminum mechanicalA starting stainless steel paper that could change the way bridges are made.

Tesla They have revealed naked bones of Model 3 and Y model, which start at $ 36,990 and $ 39,990, respectively. These “standard” versions are quite stripped. Senior journalist Sean O’Kane provides more details here.

Some things went to me. For one, I was surprised that this standard version does not include an automatic pilot. Also, Tesla is truly known for innovation, production process and the first approach to the business model’s software. But this was not an act of innovation or even smart. It was simply stripped – and the end result was not the deep discounts previously infected. Remember, Elon Musk once pushed a $ 25,000 vehicle, a program that was later dismantled.

Zero motorcycles She has transferred her basic activities from California to a new European central office in the Netherlands. The company told TechCrunch that the move is designed to accelerate growth and sharpen the focus on world opportunities.

Another thing …

If you are in San Francisco later this month, come say hello. I will be TechCrunch disturbs 2025which will take place on October 27 to October 29 at Moscone West. And there are some conversations related to transport that you won’t want to lose.

For example, TechCrunch will be an interview by Uber Chief Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal and co -founder and president of Nuro Dave Ferguson On the evolving relationship between AI and mobility. The debate is expected to cover how forecast models and computer vision improve road safety, because the delivery of the last mile is a autonomy that proves soil and what it will need to bring the transport to AE-AE on a scale.