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A little bird

If it’s not obvious before it is now. Uber The autonomous vehicle wants a large part of the technology pie. The Ride-Heling Company has been locked with partnership with every AV company you can think of the past two years and spent across each sector, including delivery, robotaxis and trucks.

And nevertheless, I was not fully ready for the amount of money that I invested in the latest tie-up with Uber Evy Maker Lucid And startup OnlyThe Click here Read my article About Uber’s plans for Partnership Agreement and Premium Robotaxi Service.

We’re here in the “Little Birds” section because I learned something new and Welp, I wanted to share it with customers first.

As a public business organization, Lucid had to reveal that Uber had invested $ 300 million in this company. However, Uber did not have to share what was invested in Nooro, just saying it was a picture of a million dollars of millions of dollars. A source with direct knowledge told me that it was more than Lucid’s $ 300 million. The article has been me since it was published Some small birds Fly -in to tell me it was about $ 400 million.

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Deal!

When Wemo Its self-driving truck closed the program, I wondered where that talent would go. And i have (properly) assumed that someone could leave and start their own organizations.

Last year, I heard Boris SofmanThe person who led the self-driving truck program in Weemo started an autonomous vehicle startup by focusing on heavy equipment used on construction sites. I even wrote about it in the “Little Birds” section a small nugget. But I never was able to verify how much it was raised and who was attached to it.

Now we know. Startup, called Bedrock robotics, Raising $ 80 million From investors and from 8 VC. Sofman Wimo veteran Kevin Peterson and Ajay Gummalla co -med Bedrock Robotics, along with Tom Eliaz, who had previously worked in Segment and Tobelio.

Other Deals that have attracted my attention this week …

Amogy, A Brooklyn-based ammonia-to-power startup that can apply its technology to shipping, Raise $ 23 million In the case of funds, its recent funds bring $ 80 million to $ 80 million. The round was led by Korea Development Bank and KDB Silicon Valley LLC with the participation of Bonanzels Ventures Partners, JB Investment and Pathway Investment.

Gilli Auto Its luxurious EV will accept the auxiliary agencies Zeal PersonalThe company launched just one year after the New York Stock Exchange.

GridsSerA mobile EV charging agency based in the United Kingdom, Raise £ 100 million ($ 134 million) from existing institutional investors, including TPG Rise Climate, Infrakapital and Mitsubishi.

PantoSan Francisco-based startup that created a self-driving system designed for HOLOG trucks and other off-road vehicles used on construction and mining sites, Earn SafiyaThe Terms were not published. Co-founder and CEO Anthony Lewandovsky describes this acquisition as a talent and technology drama. The 12-person startup’s engineering team will come to most parts and its IP Printo.

ThroughTransit software startup, has File to secretly for the initial public offer – Again. History Lesson: Through File Filed Confidentially for a IPO in 2021 However, the next official and regulatory steps have never been taken to enter the public market. Now the company says it’s ready. What year will 2025 be?

Significant lessons and other TDBITS

Adas

Lucid Rolling Hands-free highway driving At the end of the month, through a software update, in its air sedans, the company’s advanced driver-help system is a big step forward.

Autonomous vehicle

Uber Hit a Robotuxi Agreement Chinese Tech Giant Baidu Establish thousands of autonomous vehicles in the United States and in multiple markets outside the mainland China.

Electric vehicles, batteries and charging

GM The latest automaker Partner with Redwood materials Its new energy saving initiative. Speaking of GM, Automaker is upgrading to the Tennessee factory along with him LG energy solution From Produce the cheap alfp batteryThe

Public record requests can reveal the most clear topics. For example, Rivian Will Resume prep work The emails received at the Georgia factory and the public record request in August are seeking to break the ground early next year by TechCrunch.

Other Revion News… Rivian co-founder and chief executive officer RJ scoring Its ownership partner and transferred a part of the voting As part of the newly settled divorce activities. The filing attracted our interest for a few reasons (I advise you to read the story), significantly against many technology founders, the scoring never had the power post-IPO.

The company’s new software update gives navigation in his vehicle A new look and feelingThe Briefly: The mapbox is out and has a customized Revion-Milit-Goggle-Map app.

Senior reporter Shan O’Can And I joke that we are only two people on earth who care about what’s going on Faraday FutureThe Oh! Wait, however, not so SecondAnd it appears The agency is getting ready to take stepsThe

Subaru Unveiled it All-Bedutin Crossover Model is called Uncharted It has a range of more than 300 miles and will be sold in the United States early 2026. Subaru says it will reveal prices near the market launch.

Tesla Made it Long -awaited entrance to India With the opening of the first showroom – this step in one of the largest motor vehicles in the world after the CEO Elon Mask is the time to delay the delay and the deadline. Stay tuned for more coverage from our India -based reporter Jagmit Singh.

Tesla Sales from their top last year declined. How far away? Here is a point of reference: GMC Hummer EV (which is not exactly any volume dealer) Outsold Polarizing steel-wearing curiosity in the second quarter.

Meanwhile, a federal citizen against the jury election began to sue Tesla. The issue of the company’s driver-assistant technology was responsible for the 2019 fatal accident in Key Largo, Florida. You can expect such, Elon is a personal feeling about musk Large in the jury process.

Flight

Employer Has doubled its size and production capacity Pilot production facility In the California Marine, because it presses its electric vertical tackoff and landing vehicles early in the next year to commercialize.