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A little bird
If it wasn’t obvious before, it’s now. Bery He wants a large part of autonomous vehicle technology. The Ride-Hailing company has spent the last two years of lock in partnerships with almost any AV company you can consider in every sector, including tradition, roboting and trucks.
And yet, I was not fully prepared for the amount of money invested by Uber in his latest connection to EV Maker Clear and start AV Neuroture. Click here to read my article on the partnership agreement and Uber’s plans for a Premium Robotaxi service.
We are here in the “Little Bird” section because I learned something new, and Welp, I wanted to share it with the subscribers first.
As a company negotiating the public, Lucid had to reveal that Uber invested $ 300 million in the company. But Uber should not have shared what she invested in the Nuro, only saying it was a figure of hundreds of millions of dollars. A source with immediate knowledge told me that it was more than $ 300 million in Lucid. Since the article was published, I had Some little birds Fly to tell me it was about $ 400 million.
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Offers!
When Diameter He was holding the truck self-guiding program, I wondered where this talent would go. I too (right) assume some may go away and start their own companies.
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Last year, I heard that Boris SofmanWhich led the truck self-guiding program in Waymo, had begun an autonomous start of vehicle technology that focused on heavy equipment used on construction sites. I had even written a little bit about it in the “Little Bird” section. But I was never able to verify exactly how much it put and who else was connected to it.
Now we know. The boot, called Robotic substrateIt increased $ 80 million from Eclipse and 8VC investors. Sofman founded the robotic Bedrock with Waymo Kevin Peterson and Ajay Gummalla veterans, as well as Tom Eliaz, who previously worked in the Department and Twilio.
Other agreements that received my attention this week …
Amogy, A Brooklyn -based ammonia -based ammonia start -up, which can apply its technology to shipping, has set another $ 23 million in funding, bringing its latest head to $ 80 million. The round was driven by Korea Development Bank and KDB Silicon Valley LLC involving Bonangels Venture Partners, JB Investment and Pathway Investment.
Geely Auto will take the luxury subsidiary of EV Zeekr Private through a merger agreement, just over a year after the company’s debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
GridserveA UK -based mobile company, set 100 million £ ($ 134 million) by existing institutional investors, such as TPG Rise Climate, Infracapital and Mitsubishi.
QuicklySan Francisco-based start, which developed a self-guidance system designed for transport trucks and other off-road vehicles used in construction and mining areas, were acquired competitors Safeai. The terms were not disclosed. Co -founder and CEO Anthony Levandowski described the acquisition as a talent and technological game. Most of the 12 -year -old engineering team and its IP will come to Pronto.
ViaThe start of the transit software has filed confidential for an initial public offer – again. History Lesson: Through confidentially deposited for an iPo in 2021, but never took the next official and regulatory steps to enter public markets. Now the company says it’s ready. Will it be 2025 per year?
Notable reading and other tidbits
Adas
Clear launches Highway Guide For Air Sedans through a software update at the end of the month, an important step forward for the advanced driver assist system of the company.
Autonomous vehicles
Bery It struck a robot agreement with the Chinese technological giant Baidu to develop thousands of autonomous vehicles in multiple markets outside the US and mainland China.
Electric vehicles, batteries and charging
Gm It is the last automaker to work with Redwood materials in the new energy storage business. Speaking of GM, the automaker upgrades the Tennessee plant in parallel SOLUTION ACTIVATION To produce cheaper LFP batteries.
Public archive requests can reveal the coolest things. For example, Rivia It will continue the preparations for the planned agricultural plant in August and is still looking for the ground early next year, according to TechCrunch e -mail acquired through a public request.
In other news of Rivia … Co -founder and CEO of Rivian Rj scaringe transferred a part of his property and his voting As part of a new entrant. The archiving has fallen for some reasons (I suggest you read the story), especially that unlike so many technology founders, Scaringe never had a huge amount of voting after the iPO.
The newer software update of the company gives its navigation in the car a new appearance and feel. In short: Mapbox is out and is a customized Rivian-Meets-Google-Maps application.
Senior journalist Sean O’Kane And funny that we are the only two people who stayed on earth who are interested in what’s going on Faraday Future. Oh! But wait, so does the SecondAnd it seems that the body is preparing to take action.
Subaru revealed the crossover electric model called Uncharted This has over 300 miles of range and will be released in the US in early 2026. Subaru said it will release prices closer to market launch.
Tesla It made its long-awaited entry into India with the opening of its first exhibition space-nine years after the first time to CEO Elon Musk and after years of delays and timing shifts to one of the largest car markets in the world. Stay tuned for more coverage by journalist Jagmeet Singh based in India.
Cybertruck tesla Sales have fallen from their top last year. How far? Following is a reference point: GMC Hummer EV (which is not exactly a volume seller) exceeds the curiosity placed by steel in the second trimester.
In the meantime, the selection of the jury began for a federal civil trial against Tesla. The question is whether the technology of the Driver-Assembly company was to blame for a 2019 deadly crash in Key Largo, Florida. As one would expect, Personal feelings for Elon Musk Beyond the procedure of the jury.
Future of flight
Aircraft It has doubled the size and capacity of its pilot production plant in California, as it pushes to commercialize vertical take -off and landing vehicles by early next year.
