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Tesla’s Robotaxi reveal, Palantir owns some of Faraday Future, and the Strava for EVs

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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Your usual host Kirsten is out on vacation, but she didn’t leave without writing up This Week’s Wheels. But for the rest, you’ve got me, Rebecca Bellan, […]

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Tesla’s We, Robot event: How to recap the Cybercab, Robovan reveals

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Update: Tesla’s We, Robot event has concluded, but there’s still plenty to catch up on. The Cybercab, which Tesla is pitching as the future of autonomous transport, was revealed to be a two-seater that could be purchased for less than $30,000. Then, in a surprise reveal, CEO Elon Musk showed off the larger Robovan for

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TezLab launches new AI-powered ‘car reports’ for Tesla and Rivian EVs

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Modern connected vehicles, and especially EVs, generate a lot of data. But automakers don’t often give owners a good way to play around with that data. Instead, drivers are more likely to wind up in a situation like the New York Times reported on earlier this year: essentially tricked into giving away that data for

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Tesla designer Franz von Holzhausen says he’s been designing a robotaxi in his mind for years

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About 12 years ago, not long after Tesla began delivering the Model S, chief designer Franz von Holzhausen started to think about what an autonomous vehicle might look like. Von Holzhausen played a central role at Tesla leading the design team on the Model 3 and Model Y, as well as the Tesla Semi. But

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Palantir now owns nearly 9% of EV startup Faraday Future — here’s why

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Palantir now owns 8.7% of struggling electric vehicle startup Faraday Future, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The data-mining company was granted more than 800,000 shares in the EV startup on October 2 “as payment for certain outstanding receivables” — the equivalent of roughly $2.4 million judging by Faraday

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Baidu to expand Apollo Go robotaxi service outside of China

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Baidu, the Google of China, will roll out its driverless ride-hailing service overseas as it seeks to compete with the dearth of autonomous vehicle companies at home.  The Beijing-based company seeks to deploy its Apollo Go robotaxi service in Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Middle East, sources familiar with the matter told The Wall Street

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The Boring Company’s Las Vegas loop is attracting riders, and trespassers

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The Boring Company’s 2.4-mile underground Loop in Las Vegas is proving anything but boring for management, with at least 67 trespassing occurrences since 2022, according to a deep dive by Fortune.   Designed for Tesla models to shuttle passengers underneath the Las Vegas Convention center, others who’ve found their way into the tunnels include a skateboarder,

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