51 posts tagged ‘Transportation’
The Wild West of robotaxis: Will Texas be a regulatory haven or chaos unleashed?
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All eyes might be on the California robotaxi market, but Texas is the one shaping up to be the next hot testbed of the technology — and regulatory fights that could follow. The Lone Star State has been home to autonomous vehicle testing, particularly with trucks, for years now. However, Texas, a state with negligible […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Amazon to sell cars online, starting with Hyundai
It was inevitable. Amazon, which got its start selling books, is getting into the car business. The e-commerce giant along with new partner Hyundai announced Thursday at the 2023 LA Auto Show that it will start selling vehicles on its website in the second half of 2024. Hyundai vehicles will be the first vehicles sold […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The all-electric Lucid Gravity SUV finally makes its debut with 440 miles of range
EV maker Lucid took the long-awaited wraps off the Gravity, an all-electric three-row SUV with a range that could hypothetically leave a Tesla Model X, Fisker Ocean or Rivian R1S stuck behind at a charging station. The importance of the Lucid Gravity — and more aptly the reception it receives — is existential for the […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Refurbished e-bike marketplace Upway raised $30M at a higher valuation
Upway, the French startup that refurbishes and resells electric bikes and recently launched in the U.S., has brought on new funding at a higher valuation than its previous round. The $30 million Series B up round, led by Korelya Capital, into a startup that deals in e-bikes signals that Upway is proving out an impressive […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
InDrive launches ventures and M&A arm to invest $100M in startups across emerging markets
InDrive, a global mobility and urban services platform, has launched a new venture and merger & acquisition division named New Ventures to allocate up to $100 million in investments to startups within emerging markets. The mobility platform, recognized as the world’s second-largest ridesharing app and taxi app based on global downloads, specifies that these startups […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Candela’s electric hydrofoiling ferry takes flight
The future is going to be electric, but in the air and on the water that transition is proving more difficult than on land. Candela has taken a big step towards electrifying traditionally gas-powered institutions like ferries with its P-12, a hydrofoiling craft now in production that could make passenger vessels cleaner and quieter. The […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Feds want speed reduction tech in every new car. Are American drivers ready?
On a Saturday afternoon in January 2022, a 2018 Dodge Challenger ran through a stop sign in Las Vegas, picked up the pace to a speed of 103 miles per hour and flew through an intersection on a red light. The Dodge struck the right side of a Toyota Sienna minivan, which carried seven occupants, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Toyota is turning to startup Redwood Materials for critical battery materials
Battery cells produced at Toyota’s future North American EV factory will someday contain a little Redwood Materials DNA. The two companies announced Thursday that Redwood Materials will supply Toyota with cathode material and anode copper foil for battery cells produced at the automaker’s $13.9 billion factory in North Carolina that’s slated to go into production […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.