IT総合 This EV startup was going to revolutionize how cars were made – now, it’s on life support
Arrival set out eight years ago to make electric vehicle production “radically more efficient.” So far, its ...
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IT総合 IT総合 Los Angeles demands robotaxi rulemaking powers
Mayor Karen Bass says Los Angeles — not a state agency — should have the power to decide how robotaxi companies expand i...
IT総合 Ford snaps up EV power startup to boost its charging tech
Ford is buying and burying Auto Motive Power, or “AMP” for short. The secretive energy management startup on...
IT総合 Subaru follows Toyota in adopting Tesla’s charging standard
Subaru wants in on Tesla’s Superchargers. On Wednesday, the Japanese automaker said its future electric vehicles w...
IT総合 ‘Stop the AV disaster’: Teamsters local and rideshare drivers join forces
Two of the biggest groups to oppose robotaxi expansion in California are now formally working together. Teamsters 856, w...
IT総合 Robotaxis ‘do not belong in the city of Los Angeles,’ lawmaker says
Robotaxi oversight is now a priority at Los Angeles City Hall. At a press briefing on Wednesday, Councilmember Hugo Soto...
IT総合 Robotaxi pushback grows in Los Angeles as Cruise loses permits
Less than a month after Waymo’s Los Angeles County expansion, labor organizers and an LA lawmaker are calling for ...
IT総合 Smart upcycling machine dissects batteries to save them
Circu Li-ion cofounder and CEO Antoine Welter says his startup’s upcycling machine can diagnose batteries in secon...
IT総合 Toyota hops on Tesla’s EV charging standard, leaving Stellantis and VW as holdouts
Another day, another convert: Toyota and Lexus electric vehicles will adopt Tesla’s chargers starting in 2025, Toy...
IT総合 Trans healthcare startup Plume lays off dozens of workers
Plume, a startup founded to offer essential online healthcare services to trans people across the U.S., laid off more th...
IT総合 Tesla’s solar business is tanking but energy storage is making up for it
By the megawatt, solar installations are outpacing other energy sources in the U.S. this year — but you wouldn’t k...
IT総合 Zipcar hit with feds’ first-ever fine for renting out recalled cars
If you rented a van from Zipcar a while back, there’s a chance it failed to meet the National Highway Traffic Safe...
IT総合 EV data startup Volteras wants to bring Tesla-level control to every vehicle and charger
Volteras aims to be the connective tissue between electric vehicles and everything they might touch — from chargers and ...
IT総合 Cash-strapped EV maker Arrival lays off yet more workers
Arrival just warned investors that it’s slashing its workforce yet again. The electric van maker said on Tuesday t...
IT総合 Waymo expands in San Francisco while Cruise feels the heat
Alphabet subsidiary Waymo is expanding its service area in San Francisco despite protests against robotaxis, while rival...
IT総合 EV buyers can soon get the $7,500 tax credit at time of purchase
Starting in January, the IRS will make the $7,500 federal EV tax credit available immediately via dealers. The Treasury ...
IT総合 Tiny EV maker ElectraMeccanica pulls the plug on its exit plan
ElectraMeccanica, former maker of three-wheeled electric vehicles, said on Wednesday that it has “terminated”...
IT総合 Queer social app Lex gets a new CEO and $5.6M to grow
Lex, the app inspired by vintage lesbian personals, just raised $5.6 million in seed funding and elevated co-founder Jen...
IT総合 VW bails on its plan for a $2.1B EV plant in Germany
Volkswagen’s $2.1 billion plan to launch a dedicated electric-vehicle factory in Wolfsburg, Germany is kaput. The...
IT総合 AppCyclers wants to fight e-waste pollution across Africa
Most electronic waste isn’t recycled; instead, our dumped devices (and the toxic metals within) pile up in landfil...
IT総合 PureSpace prevents spoiled produce by removing ripening gas
The UN estimates that about one third of all food produced goes to waste before it even gets the chance to decompose in ...
IT総合 AgTech leaders dish on untapped and overlooked opportunities for founders
Lab-grown meat is buzzy for a reason. The ick factor is palpable, and the benefits of scaling alternatives to factory fa...
IT総合 Volvo will make its last diesel car in 2024
Volvo’s last diesel car will roll off the line “by early 2024,” the company said on Tuesday. The writi...
IT総合 French battery maker Verkor scores $2.1B to build gigafactory
Another day another monster raise for an EV battery company. This time it’s Verkor, the Renault-backed french batt...
IT総合 Battery recycling heats up with Ascend Elements’ $542M Series D
Venture funding for battery recycling startups is popping off lately, and the latest to see the IRA-driven upside is Asc...
IT総合 Cybertruck spied with updated interior
The summer of 2023 is almost over and still we don’t have a Cybertruck. But thanks to an apparent serendipitous vi...
IT総合 Spotify strips lyrics from free tier for some users in new ‘test’
Spotify’s user base is growing faster than ever, but its paid-subscriber growth isn’t keeping pace with free...
IT総合 Tesla decreases the price of FSD beta to $12,000
Tesla just chopped $3,000 off the price of its “full self-driving” beta software. The 20% cut brings the cos...
IT総合 Tesla packs higher-end Model S and X features into Model 3 refresh
Tesla (or at least Tesla Europe) is finally ready to talk about its long-awaited, mid-cycle Model 3 refresh. The revampe...
IT総合 See the complete Sustainability Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
Keeping apace of the latest trends and innovation in climate tech and sustainability — an area that touches every indust...