For the last two decades, Raquel Urtasun, founder and CEO of autonomous trucking startup Waabi, has been developing AI systems that can reason as a human would. The […]
Tesla keeps cutting jobs and the feds probe Waymo
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Motional cut about 550 employees, around 40%, in recent restructuring, sources say
Around 550 employees across autonomous vehicle company Motional have been laid off, according to information taken from WARN notice filings and sources at the company. Earlier this week, […]
Startups Weekly: Trouble in EV land and Peloton is circling the drain
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Tesla drives Luminar lidar sales and Motional pauses robotaxi plans
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Motional delays commercial robotaxi plans amid restructuring
Motional, the autonomous vehicle startup borne out of a $4 billion joint venture between Hyundai and automotive supplier Aptiv, will pause its commercial operations and delay plans to […]
Hyundai antes up $1B for AV startup Motional and Elon unplugs the Tesla Supercharger team
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Hyundai is spending close to $1 billion to keep self-driving startup Motional alive
Hyundai has agreed to spend nearly $1 billion on Motional, an investment that will give the automaker a majority stake while providing the self-driving startup with the necessary […]
A wrestling match over who should control robotaxis is playing out in California
Cities around the country have long been crying out for more control over how autonomous vehicles are deployed on their streets. In California, they might finally get their […]
Another autonomous vehicle startup shutters, Zoox expands driverless testing and investor fervor for AI escalates
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