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I was sad to have lost the week of Monterey car this year, especially because there were several revelations that I was interested in, including Electric Cadillac Deputy Ministerial Speed; the Wisdom Corvette CX and CX.R Vision Gran Turismo concepts; and Clear Gravity x reveals. But unfortunately, the spacious, champagne champagne, champagne, Seersucker’s rushing and wide dirty hats on the Pebble Beach golf course were undermined landscapes for my newly formed and boots. Next year!
Meanwhile, I thought I would contact you, dear reader, to get your forecasts on what is in the electricity store and EV sales in the United States as soon as the Federal for fort credit expires on September 30.
My prediction? Well, I don’t really want to paint the results, but I will say this: automakers will have to do something in the short term to attract customers and not only because of the EV tax credit.
A little bird
Serve roboticsThe autonomous company Robot Delivery Company announced earlier this week that it acquired Robotic VayuA boot that has developed AI foundation models and a data machine powered by robot simulation. Companies did not reveal the terms of the deal, but some mathematics with back-of-the-envelope and a small bird helped me find that the robotics that pays between $ 45 million and $ 50 million for Vayu.
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A few weeks ago, I emphasized a deal between BeryAutonomous Starting of Vehicle Technology Neurotureand manufacturer EV Clear. You can read about it here, but the important part you need to remember is Uber’s commitment to make a non -announced investment of “many millions of dollars” in Nuro. (My sources told me that it is more than the $ 300 million invested in Lucid.)
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Nuro has now raised more money in an E -series round that has reached $ 203 million from a team of new investors including Nvidia, existing Baillie Gifford supporter, Icehouse Ventures, Kindred Ventures and Pledge Ventures. And part of Uber’s investment has gone to the E.
Other agreements that received my attention …
Ark investsCathie Wood Company, invested about 12.9 million dollars In Chinese autonomous driving company Pony.aiAccording to the company.
Aircraftan aerospace boot, lifted $ 6 million in seed funding From calibration businesses and ubiquitous businesses.
Group14A battery material starting $ 463 million in a funding round led by the SK battery manufacturer involving ATL, Lightrock, Microsoft, Porsche and Omers. Along with the round, Group14 also announced that it had “acquired full ownership” of a SK consortium in South Korea.
OwayFounded in 2023 and supported by Y Combinator and General Catalyst, it recently closed a $ 4 million seed round. Read the company’s plan to build a decentralized “Uber for Freight”.
An update on the Via IPO: Estimates of Renaissance capital through Increase $ 500 million.
Notable reading and other tidbits
Hertz will Start the sale Predetermined vehicles in Autos Amazon.
Redwood materials said he is working with the caterpillar Recycle battery packages From the underground loaders of the company’s battery.
Tesla Plans to introduce voice aid functions in the car Fueled by Deepseek and the artificial intelligence of ByTedance.
The Routing CompanyA boot that helps transit organizations match riders with vehicles quickly and cheaply, landed zoox as the first robot customer. Zoox will buy a non -exclusive license for the technology of the Routing Company and will bring five of the start engineers to “promote the effectiveness and scalability” of the newly established Robotaxia Service.
Bombing is facing lawsuit at the New Jersey US District Court over the buttons at the helm of his cars, including ID.4. The trial claims that the buttons are very sensitive and very easy to activate inadvertently.
Diameter She has been allowed to test her autonomous vehicles in New York, the first such approval that the city has given. The company told TechCrunch that it plans to start the “immediately” test.
In the world of aircraft and food, I suppose it was inevitable that we would get Zipotle – a merger of the words zipline and chipotle. ZifiaAn autonomous drone delivery start, has cooperated Chipper to Fly digital orders to visitors’ locations in the wider area of Dallas.
Another thing…
Vanity Fair has a long feature in Waymo Ceoo Tekedra Mawakana This is digging in her past, how she manages and, as the author notes, her un-Elon style. Of Worth reading And it gives me the opportunity to remind you of all that Mawakana will be on our stage at Disrupt 2025, which will take place on October 27 to October 29 in San Francisco.
