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If you miss it, Timing CEO Elon Musk He said that the company will launch a paid ride service with a fleet of driver -free vehicles in Austin in June. For those who follow, this is five months away. Musk dropped this announcement during the fourth and entire year of Tesla profit call.
Musk did not provide almost any details about this next service, including what geological restrictions (environmental, geographical and operational restrictions) will be. But perhaps this is the point: the excitement cylinder and its attention is distracted from the work of somewhat flat cars.
I recommend passing through our direct blog of the Tesla Reserves and Call report, where there are many nuggets that may have been lost in the ether, from Bitcoin and Lithium Refinery to the absence of Dojo and how Tesla FSD is trained in China. Oh, and finally, Elon admitted that yes, all these 3 devices vehicles will need to upgrade to cancel the entire future capabilities in its full self -driving program (which is an auxiliary system for the advanced operating program).
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Two small birds shared some colors behind the scenes in Cruise, which we included in a recent article about General Motors and the two billion dollars assets expected by the auto manufacturer to close the Robotaxi development program.
It was placed inside this article some of the stories that are shared by sources in Cruise, which told us that the administration began to expand the preset offers for employees-almost all of them are engineers-in mid-January.
“While our plans remain subject to approval of the board of directors of cruises, I wanted to share that we have completed the first wave of notifications for those employees who we expect to need as part of cruises,” said Mark Whiteon, CEO Mark Whiteen at the email. What was seen by Techcrunch. He also called for the continuation of patience, as the high leadership has reached what the next steps will be and waited for the Maritime Falls Council to make a call.
Whiten added that those who have not yet received a notice are not necessarily at risk of losing their jobs.
Sources at Cruise Techcrunch told the board of directors that the board of directors should meet in early February, and while we hope that they will reach a plan for thousands of workers and anxiety now.
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Deals!
If you really don’t care MicrofFintech Fintech African supported by Uber, it should be. The company got tremendous growth within five years. In 2020, Moove 76 had cars in Lagos, Nigeria; Today it has 36,000 cars operating in 19 cities across six continents.
You may remember that Moove announced a partnership with Waymo last year to provide a driver’s fleet in Phoenix and Miami.
Now the company, which provides vehicle financing to delivery and delivery applications across six continents, is expanding through acquisitions. Muf said it has gained coffeeBrazil’s urban mobility provider.
The value of the deal is not detected, but Muf confirmed that it was fully treated, and the coffee is now fully owned by Moove. MOVE, co-founder and co-founder of Co-COO LADI Dellano Techcrunch, told Moove that the deal collides with Fintech’s annual revenues to $ 275 million.
Other deals caught my attention …
AngellStarting the French smart electric bike, about bankruptcy.
Bonsai robotsAn independent agricultural start -up company based in California, 15 million dollars raised In the Forest Funds Series. Chabus Capital, Acre Venture Partners, Control Ventures, Fall Line Capital, E14 Fund, SNR and Serra Ventures.
TravelperkBarcelona’s commercial travel platform raised $ 200 million with a huge evaluation of $ 2.7 billion-nearly twice the evaluation of $ 1.4 billion in the previous donations last year. The tour was led by E -Round by the European Investment Capital, with the participation of EQT Growth, Noteus Partners, Kinnevik, General Catalyst, among other investors. Besides the increase, Travelperk has also announced that it had obtained a Swiss startup Yukoy For an amount that has not been revealed.
LoftyThe Israeli startup, which has developed the “MRI”, raised 191 million dollars in an extension of the S-Series D 2023 round led by the Toyota Capital Growth Fund. The tour includes a mix of $ 41 million in stock financing – with the participation of UMC Capital and Myberg – and a $ 150 million debt facility of Trinity Capital.
OhMicromobility, the Swedish giant Micromobility, distributed its first profitable year in 2024, according to the uninterrupted preliminary results.
Promise readings and other tales
Independent vehicles
General Motors He said he expects to provide up to one billion dollars annually by completing it cruise Robotaxi development program.
Kodiak Robotics Two independent trucks for atlas-without driver operations in an off-road environment in the remote amphibious basin-which represents the first commercial launch to start operating.
And emo It was a crowded week. First, the Waymo Hidden feature in its application for the security researcher allowed to display any characters you want on the upper Robotaxi screen. The same safety researcher also found a new feature of roaming during the Android “Reverse Engineering” application.
On the expansion front, Waymo said it would start testing vehicles without a driver on highways in Los Angeles; Currently, only employees will be allowed to ride. It also plans to bring robots – in manual status – to 10 American cities this year. Meanwhile, Waymo has increased pressure activity in San Francisco, and it appears that a major goal is to open access to the airport.
Electric cars, shipping and batteries
clear SUV Gravity owners will be able to reach Tesla Superchargers on Friday. Below is a set of news of Tesla Supercharger-NACS, including automobile companies that can now access the network.
Timing It brings the designed Y SUV to the United States, Canada and Mexico in March, at a shy price of only $ 60,000.
Our reports may be remembered last month about a few lawsuits filed against Rural By employees who claim to be harassed by executives. Below are some updates about a few of these cases: one, presented by the former sculptor of clay Nathan Facciolla in October 2024 against Rivian and the chief designer Jeff Hamoud, is now transferred to arbitration. The second, presented in February 2024 by COLOR, Mateial, and team manager, Elizabeth Coran vs. Rivian and Hamoud, are now being followed in the history of a possible trial in September 2025 – although Rivian is trying to make the judge judge the previous case this happens.
Car technology
apple He admits that he is late, but he says he is still under development.
The space and future of the trip
Amazon It is expanding the drone delivery service to the United Kingdom, starting from the city of Darlington, in northern England.
Boom Supronic The fastest sound went. The XB-1 protester in Startup Mach 1 purified and remained a four-minute period in the sky over Mojave Desert in California.
Hurrications this week
Nothing this week, but I am looking for writing in the following newsletter.
What are the “wheels this week”? It is an opportunity to learn about the various transport products that we test, whether it is an electric car, hybrid, cyclical, or even a trip in an independent car.
