IT総合 Mercedes-backed Volocopter files for bankruptcy
German electric air taxi company Volocopter has filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest in a string of similar start...
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IT総合 IT総合 Honda and Nissan plan major merger focused on ‘intelligence and electrification’
Japanese car giants Honda and Nissan are working out the details of a major merger that could create the world’s t...
IT総合 EV startup Canoo places remaining employees on a ‘mandatory unpaid break’
Struggling electric van startup Canoo has placed its remaining employees on what it’s calling a “mandatory unpaid break”...
IT総合 Rivian executives accused of harassment in previously unreported lawsuits
Four employees have sued Rivian in separate lawsuits this year over allegations they were harassed, in some cases by top...
IT総合 Tesla is courting Texas cities to test its promised robotaxi service
Tesla is evaluating multiple Texas cities where it wants to test a long-promised robotaxi service, including Austin, acc...
IT総合 Canoo furloughs workers and idles factory as it scrapes for cash
Struggling EV startup Canoo says it has furloughed 82 employees and is idling its factory in Oklahoma while it grasps fo...
IT総合 Rivian EVs finally get YouTube, Google Cast, and SiriusXM
Rivian has released a new software update to its vehicles that brings some long-awaited apps to its in-vehicle experienc...
IT総合 Hyundai’s electric air taxi startup Supernal is moving its HQ from DC to California
Hyundai’s electric vertical takeoff and landing startup Supernal is shifting its global headquarters from Washingt...
IT総合 GM is giving up on Cruise robotaxis, pivots to personal autonomous vehicles
General Motors said Tuesday it will no longer fund the development of a commercial robotaxi business and will instead ab...
IT総合 Lucid Motors’ Gravity SUV nabs 450-mile EPA range estimate
The first Lucid Motors Gravity SUV just rolled off the company’s production line last week, and now it has an offi...
IT総合 Rivian’s EVs ranked last on Consumer Reports reliability list
Consumer Reports has put out its annual automaker reliability list, and the top spot is relatively unsurprising: Subaru....
IT総合 Lucid Motors completes its first Gravity SUV
The first Lucid Motors Gravity SUV has rolled off the company’s production line in Casa Grande, Arizona, according...
IT総合 Rivian opens its first charging station other EVs can use
Rivian has opened a new charging station in Joshua Tree, California, that is open for other EV owners can use — a first ...
IT総合 The pope gets his first electric popemobile from Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz has delivered the first all-electric popemobile to the Vatican: a modified version of the German automaker...
IT総合 Judge confirms decision to sink Elon Musk’s $56B pay package despite Tesla shareholder vote
Delaware Chancery court judge Kathaleen McCormick has denied Tesla’s request to revise her decision to strike down...
IT総合 Uber’s subscription service reportedly target of FTC probe
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Uber over whether it broke consumer protection laws by allegedly automatic...
IT総合 Trump’s tariff threats don’t scare this Mexican fintech
Mexico’s economic development — turbocharged by the amount of nearshoring in recent years — has made it fertile ground f...
IT総合 Chinese AV startup Pony AI boosts its IPO goal to $260M
Pony AI, the Chinese autonomous vehicle startup that’s looking to go public on the Nasdaq stock exchange, now want...
IT総合 VW taps former Rivian exec to run US business
Volkswagen of America has a new CEO: Rivian’s recently departed chief commercial officer Kjell Gruner. The appoint...
IT総合 Las Vegas Sheriff tells a16z partners what’s next on his wish list: AI for bodycams
Vegas police received funding for tech like drones and license plate readers from Ben Horowitz. Now it wants AI to go th...
IT総合 General Motors slashes another 1,000 jobs to cut costs
General Motors is laying off nearly 1,000 workers in the U.S. as part of a cost-cutting bid, just three months after cut...
IT総合 The Rivian-Volkswagen joint venture deal is now up to $5.8B
Rivian and Volkswagen Group have finalized a multi-billion-dollar joint venture to develop software, paving the way to l...
IT総合 Monarch Tractor lays off 10% in restructuring towards software and licensing AV tech
Monarch Tractor has laid off around 10% of its workforce as part of a restructuring that will see it prioritize non-agri...
IT総合 Lucid Motors starts taking orders for its existential Gravity SUV
Lucid Motors has officially started taking orders for its electric Gravity SUV, a critically important vehicle that̵...
IT総合 Canoo’s CFO and top lawyer are the latest executives to leave
EV startup Canoo has lost its chief financial officer and its head lawyer, the latest in a string of executive departure...
IT総合 Waymo’s latest funding round boosts it to a $45B valuation
Waymo recently closed a $5.6 billion Series C funding round led by parent company Alphabet and joined by a who’s w...
IT総合 Rivian’s software boss is ‘super excited’ about third-party apps
Rivian’s chief software officer Wassym Bensaid opened up at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 last week about his thoughts o...
IT総合 Rivian’s chief software officer says in-car buttons are ‘an anomaly’
The trend of big touchscreens in cars has left many yearning for the not-so-distant days when most user interactions hap...
IT総合 Zoox co-founder on Tesla self-driving: ‘they don’t have technology that works’
Zoox co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson doesn’t believe Tesla will launch a robotaxi ride-hailing service in Califo...
IT総合 Scout Motors EVs will use Rivian-VW software and architecture
VW’s new offshoot EV company Scout Motors, which revealed its first two vehicles last week, will use the software ...