IT総合 Former Tesla worker rejects $15M payout in racial abuse lawsuit
A Black former worker at Tesla’s Fremont, California assembly plant has rejected a $15 million payout from the aut...
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IT総合 IT総合 Redwood Materials partners with Toyota to recycle batteries in US
Redwood Materials, the lithium-ion battery recycling startup founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, is partnering with...
IT総合 The Station: Tesla leads in ADAS crashes, gig companies lose battle in MA
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IT総合 Waymap’s app helps the visually impaired navigate public transit
London-based Waymap wants to help guide visually impaired people to navigate their surroundings, and it’s starting...
IT総合 Tesla increases prices across lineup, with Model X up as much as $6,000
Tesla has upped its prices again, with some models increasing in price by up to $6,000. The automaker has increased pric...
IT総合 GM to invest $81M in hand-building Cadillac Celestiq EV
General Motors is investing more than $81 million to build the Cadillac Celestiq, the luxury electric hatchback, at the ...
IT総合 Amid recalls, Ford says costs to build Mustang Mach-E are skyrocketing
Ford Motor is preparing for an economic downturn, despite steady consumer demand for new vehicles, according to the auto...
IT総合 Massachusetts court rejects ballot to define gig workers as contractors
In a major setback for app-based gig economy companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, a Massachusetts court ruled on Tues...
IT総合 Lime is trailing shared electric motorbikes
Shared micromobility giant Lime is piloting electric motorbikes in Long Beach, California. Lime has been teasing a new f...
IT総合 Overair nabs $145M to produce eVTOL prototype by 2023
Overair, a California-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle startup, has secured $145 million in f...
IT総合 EV SPAC Faraday Future now has the attention of the DOJ
Amid an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into inaccurate statements to investors, Faraday Fu...
IT総合 Tesla accuses civil rights agency of unlawfully suing for racial discrimination
Tesla has accused the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) of failing to conduct proper investiga...
IT総合 Departing Amazon exec Dave Clark to head logistics startup Flexport
Dave Clark, the former Amazon consumer chief, will take over as CEO of freight forwarding and customs brokerage startup ...
IT総合 Judge says former Tesla worker has 2 weeks to accept $15M payout over racial abuse
A federal judge told Owen Diaz, a former elevator operator at Tesla, that he has two weeks to decide whether he wants to...
IT総合 Bird plans to layoff 23% of staff
Shared micromobility company Bird plans to layoff 23% of its staff, according to tech layoff tracker Layoffs.fyi.
The te...
IT総合 Nimbus launches tiny EV prototype that’s like a motorbike with a roof
As shared e-scooter companies have infiltrated cities and e-bike sales have soared, micromobility has been offered up as...
IT総合 Waymo Via and Uber Freight partner up for the long haul
Waymo Via, the delivery division of Alphabet’s self-driving unit, is embarking on a long-term, strategic partnersh...
IT総合 With ride-hail and delivery launch, Fenix wants to be the Bolt of the Middle East
Abu Dhabi-based mobility startup Fenix has added ride-hail and courier services to its portfolio of mobility products.
T...
IT総合 Unlikely players team up to lead South Korea’s air taxi industry
The United States is perhaps one of the best countries to start an urban air mobility company. You only have to look at ...
IT総合 Mexico City’s Kolors wants to disrupt intercity busing in Latin America
Kolors, a Mexico City-based startup, says its platform that connects intercity bus riders with bus drivers is like ̶...
IT総合 Cruise can finally charge for driverless robotaxi rides in San Francisco
Cruise, the autonomous vehicle unit of General Motors, has finally been given the green light to start charging fares fo...
IT総合 Car-sharing startup Turo expands to New York and France
Peer-to-peer car sharing company Turo is expanding to New York State and France in June, the company said on Wednesday. ...
IT総合 Chick-fil-A taps Refraction AI for autonomous delivery pilot
When Refraction AI was founded in 2019, its goal was to use robotics to bring down the cost of last-mile delivery. Over ...
IT総合 Why Convoy’s Dan Lewis expects digital freight to go mainstream within the year
Dan Lewis, co-founder and CEO of digital freight company Convoy, didn’t start his company because he had a deep and abid...
IT総合 New Zealand’s Humble Bee Bio is using bees to create bioplastics
Humble Bee Bio is on a mission to create a biodegradable alternative to plastics by synthesizing the biology of bees. Wh...
IT総合 Joby Aviation secures certificate to operate commercial air taxis
Joby Aviation — the publicly-traded electric air vehicle company with a current market cap of $3.1 billion —...
IT総合 Twitter agrees to pay $150M for breaking privacy promises
Twitter has agreed to pay $150 million as part of a settlement with regulators over allegations that the social media co...
IT総合 Finn raises $110M to expand car subscription platform in U.S., Germany
Car subscription platform Finn has raised $110 million in equity to expand in the U.S. and Europe and reach 30,000 subsc...
IT総合 Pony.ai loses permit to test autonomous vehicles with driver in California
The California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked Pony.ai’s permit to test its autonomous vehicle technology wit...
IT総合 Arrival unveils prototype of dedicated ride-hail vehicle at TC Sessions: Mobility
Arrival, the U.K.-based commercial electric vehicle company, unveiled the first prototype of its purpose-built electric ...