General Motors is investing $850 million into Cruise as the autonomous vehicle subsidiary slowly makes its way back to testing in Phoenix, Dallas and, as of Tuesday, Houston. […]
Dive goes cloud-native for its computational fluid dynamics simulation service
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations are complex, computationally expensive and not typically something that startups focus on. But that’s exactly what Boston- and Berlin-based Dive is doing. The […]
China’s $47B semiconductor fund puts chip sovereignty front and center
China has closed a third state-backed investment fund to bolster its semiconductor industry and reduce reliance on other nations, both for using and for manufacturing wafers — prioritizing […]
Wayve raises $1 billion to take its Tesla-like technology for self-driving to many carmakers
Wayve, a UK-born startup developing a self-learning rather than rule-based system for autonomous driving, has closed a $1.05 billion in Series C funding led by SoftBank Group. This […]
Tesla Model 3 Performance is here. Here are 5 things that make it great, and 3 drawbacks.
Tesla has launched the new Model 3 Performance, the quickest, most powerful Model 3 variant ever.
Robots can make jobs less meaningful for human colleagues
Much has been (and will continue to be) written about automation’s impact on the jobs market. In the short term, many employers have complained of an inability to […]
How Neural Concept’s aerodynamic AI is shaping Formula 1
It’s a long way from pedal bikes to Formula 1. But that’s precisely the quantum leap that AI-based startup Neural Concept and its co-founder and CEO, Pierre Baqué, […]
Yoshi Mobility has come a long way since gassing up cars on the side of the road
Almost 10 years ago, Bryan Frist, Nick Alexander and Daniel Hunter had an idea to inject some technology into the automotive industry. Using the initial entry point of […]
Bumble’s new CEO talks about her critical mission: to spice things up at the company
Since Bumble’s blockbuster IPO at the height of the pandemic, investors’ ardor with the dating service has cooled. At least, Bumble’s shares trade at roughly $11 per share […]
TechCrunch Mobility: The wheels are starting to come off the Fisker EV bus
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