TechCrunch Mobility: A new, bigger AV boom is here
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
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Ford launches a ‘privacy promise’ and explains how and why it uses customer data
Ford said it’s making an “explicit commitment” to its customers that “their vehicle data is safe” with the company.
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Rivian spinout Also was working on an e-moto project in Kenya — until it walked away
Also co-founder and president Chris Yu told TechCrunch that he wanted to prioritize autonomous vehicles.
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TechCrunch Mobility: Blue-green is the color of autonomy
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
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Tesla turns to Turo to boost adoption of Full Self-Driving (Supervised)
Eligible Turo hosts will also get a one-month free trial of Tesla’s FSD software.
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This startup’s self-driving excavators help dig up $600M in new funding
Bedrock Robotics, which is now valued at $4.1 billion, is particularly focused on autonomous excavators, in part because of a growing shortage of skilled operators.
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Ford Fathom will be the cheapest American EV capable of powering a house
Ford is rolling out two new chargers capable of powering a home or the grid — so-called V2X capability.
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Re:Build, which spun out Slate Auto, raises $2.1B
The manufacturing accelerator bills itself as “America’s answer to Shenzhen.”
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GM is embracing hybrids now
GM eschewed hybrids in favor of battery-electric vehicles. Now it’s gearing up to offer hybrid versions of its SUVs.
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Kodiak lands first commercial deal to supply driverless trucks for public highways
The deal with DTL Transport puts it on a path to become an an asset-light tech supplier, rather than owner and operator.
