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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 ...
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Gecko Materials wants to sell you the next Velcro

It looks fake, or at least like a good illusion: There’s Gecko Materials founder Capella Kerst dangling a full win...
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Mary Barra still thinks GM will make an AV with no steering wheel

General Motors CEO Mary Barra still believes an autonomous vehicle with no steering wheel and pedals is “definitel...
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Infinite Machine raises $9M a16z-led round to convince Americans to buy scooters

Infinite Machine turned many heads when it revealed its metallic, cyberpunk-style electric scooter in 2023. Now one of S...
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Rental car startup Kyte slashes staff and shrinks to two markets in bid for survival

Rental car startup Kyte, which bills itself as the “best alternative to Hertz,” is pulling out of almost all...
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Waymo raises $5.6B from Alphabet, a16z, Silver Lake, and more

Waymo has closed a $5.6 billion Series C funding round led by parent company Alphabet and joined by a who’s who of...
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Tesla’s $25,000 EV flip-flop, explained

The idea of a $25,000 Tesla has persisted for years — in part, perhaps, because CEO Elon Musk said he was “very co...
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Zero Motorcycles is raising $120 million

Electric motorcycle company Zero is in the process of closing a new funding round for a little bit more than $120 millio...
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This new UK startup is building classic-style cars with a modern EV twist

When U.K. custom electric car creator RBW showed off its Roadster and GT models at Monterey Car Week this year, the vehi...
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Tesla is testing a robotaxi service that Elon Musk claims will launch next year

Elon Musk said he hopes to launch a service that will let people hail self-driving Tesla vehicles in California and Texa...
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Tesla Cybertruck pushes past Ford Mach-E to become third best-selling EV in America

Tesla’s Cybertruck was the third best-selling electric vehicle in the United States in the third quarter, beating ...
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Wayve starts testing its buzzy end-to-end self-driving tech in the US

Buzzy, well-funded U.K. startup Wayve is starting to test its self-learning automated driving software in San Francisco,...
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Nevoya wants to break the EV truck adoption logjam

Los Angeles is known for glitz, but there’s also a lot of grit in the air — literally. Thousands of containe...
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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software under investigation by federal safety regulator

The U.S. automotive safety regulator has opened a new investigation into Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software...
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Fisker owners get help with recall repairs as court approves liquidation plan

Fisker’s plan to liquidate its assets has been accepted by the bankruptcy court in Delaware. And with it, the issu...
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TezLab launches new AI-powered ‘car reports’ for Tesla and Rivian EVs

Modern connected vehicles, and especially EVs, generate a lot of data. But automakers don’t often give owners a go...
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Palantir now owns nearly 9% of EV startup Faraday Future — here’s why

Palantir now owns 8.7% of struggling electric vehicle startup Faraday Future, according to a new filing with the U.S. Se...
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AI mortgage startup LoanSnap loses license to operate in Connecticut

The revocation comes after TechCrunch's exclusive reporting on how LoanSnap was inundated with lawsuits. © 2024 TechCrun...
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Fisker bankruptcy hits major speed bump as fleet sale is now in question

Fisker’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy has hit a major snag, as the company buying the startup’s remaining fleet of ...
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Fisker’s plan to make owners pay for recall repairs is illegal, DOJ says

The U.S. Department of Justice says bankrupt EV startup Fisker’s plan to make owners pay for labor costs related t...
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Lucid Motors sets third straight quarterly sales record ahead of Gravity SUV launch

Lucid Motors has now officially sold more EVs this year than it did in all of last year, and with three months to go in ...
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Fisker’s HQ abandoned in “complete disarray” with apparent hazardous waste, clay models left behind

The headquarters Fisker used in its waning days was recently abandoned and left in “complete disarray,” with...
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Fisker’s HQ abandoned in “complete disarray” with apparent hazardous waste, clay models left behind

The headquarters Fisker used in its waning days was recently abandoned and left in “complete disarray,” with...
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Fisker faces SEC investigation as bankruptcy case drags on

Bankrupt EV startup Fisker is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a new fil...
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Detroit startup Grounded has a Lego-like way of designing EV vans for small businesses

When Also Capital managing partner Mike Annunziata walks around New York City these days, he sees lots of vans — a...
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Rivian deliveries fall as component shortage slows production

Rivian says it will build fewer vehicles this year than it did in 2023, the result of a supply chain problem that popped...
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Waymo’s next robotaxi will be the Hyundai IONIQ 5

Waymo has struck a deal with Hyundai to bring the IONIQ 5 EV to its robotaxi network, adding another autonomous vehicle ...
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Ford cuts price of BlueCruise hands-free driving feature

Ford is slashing both the monthly and annual cost of its hands-free driver assistance feature, BlueCruise, for new and e...
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Cruise gets $1.5 million penalty for keeping pedestrian crash details from safety regulator

General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary Cruise must pay a $1.5 million penalty to the National Highway Traffic Saf...
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Canoo hit with two supplier lawsuits as last remaining co-founder leaves

EV startup Canoo has been hit with two new lawsuits from suppliers linked to the drivetrains that power its electric veh...
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