Maniv closed a new VC fund - $140M. Been interesting to see the firm's investment strategy evolve - def leaning more into climate tech (when it overlaps into transportation) techcrunch.com/2024/04/03/v...
New autonocast podcast is here, featuring the CEO of Wing. www.autonocast.com/blog/2024/3/...
Went to the SXSW session with Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana - long winding discussion and a bit of news. Austin robotaxi service coming by end of year and LA this week with charged rides coming soon. techcrunch.com/2024/03/13/w...
New episode of the Autonocast podcast is live. This time @niedermeyer.io@alexroy144.bsky.socialwww.autonocast.com/blog/2024/3/5/299-scott-keogh-of-scout
Anyone else say to themselves 'what took so long?' after learning the Apple car project was dead? Also @handle.invalid wrote about it and has some fresh deets techcrunch.com/2024/02/27/a...
The decision brings an end to a decade-long attempt to enter the automotive space, which involved numerous pivots and thousands of workers.
i think the most interesting part of this is where Waymo hoped to expand. tl;dr: areas in san mateo county which includes SFO.
Waymo’s application to expand California robotaxi operations paused by regulators
Waymo’s application to expand its robotaxi service in Los Angeles and San Mateo counties has been suspended for 120 days by the California Public Utilities Commission’s Consumer Protection and Enforcement Division. The decision doesn’t change Waymo’s…
Rivian lays off 10% of workforce as EV pricing pressure mounts
Rivian is laying off 10% of its salaried workforce in a bid to cut costs in an increasingly tough market for electric vehicles, putting even more pressure on future, more affordable EV called the R2. A limited number of non-manufacturing hourly employees…
Latest from @handle.invalid documenting the myriad of problems with the Fisker Ocean - per internal docs we have viewed. techcrunch.com/2024/02/09/f...