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Gogoro CEO resigns as subsidy fraud investigation continues

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Gogoro, the Taiwanese electric scooter manufacturer and battery swapping giant, said its CEO and chairman Horace Luke has stepped down amid subsidy fraud allegations, according to a regulatory filing. Gogoro allegedly used Chinese parts for e-scooters to reduce manufacturing costs, despite reporting that it used locally made parts to qualify for government subsidies. In a […]

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Port of Seattle shares ransomware attack details

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The Port of Seattle released a statement Friday confirming that it was targeted by a ransomware attack. The attack occurred on August 24, with the Port (which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) saying it had “experienced certain system outages indicating a possible cyberattack.” The Port is now describing this as “a ‘ransomware’ attack by

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A fight is brewing as TuSimple tries to move $450M to China and pivot from self-driving trucks to AI animation

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TuSimple, once a buzzy startup considered a leader in self-driving trucks, is trying to move its assets to China to fund a new AI-generated animation and video game business. The pivot has not only puzzled and enraged several shareholders, but also threatens to pull the company back into a legal morass mere weeks after reaching

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Waymo robotaxis to become available on Uber in Austin, Atlanta in early 2025

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Uber users in Austin and Atlanta will be able to hail Waymo robotaxis through the app in early 2025 as part of an expanded partnership between the two companies.  Waymo’s autonomous vehicles have been available on the Uber app in Phoenix since October 2023. Uber has been snatching up self-driving partnerships across its ride-hail and

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Faraday Future gives CEO and founder raises and bonuses after delivering 13 cars

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Faraday Future is doling out big raises and bonuses to its CEO as well its founder, despite having delivered just 13 cars in its 10-year history, and recently laying off or furloughing the majority of its workforce. The company announced in a regulatory filing Wednesday that CEO Matthias Aydt’s salary is getting bumped from $400,000

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Autonomous delivery startup Nuro pivots and another Indian EV scooter startup takes the IPO road

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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! The transportation beat just keeps on truckin’ — or scooting along, depending on your preferred vehicle and speed. And this week, our coverage ran the gamut from

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Nuro pivots to license self-driving tech to carmakers, mobility companies

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After multiple rounds of layoffs in 2022 and 2023, Nuro is pivoting its business strategy to focus more on the startup’s core autonomous driving technology instead of owning and operating a fleet of low-speed, on-road delivery bots. The company said on Wednesday it would start licensing its autonomous vehicle technology to automakers and mobility providers,

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London’s transit agency drops claim it has ‘no evidence’ of customer data theft after hack

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The cyberattack hitting Transport for London (TfL), the government body that runs the U.K. capital’s transit system, is now dragging into its second week. Although the transit system remains operational and unaffected by the cyber incident, some TfL online and digital customer services remain offline. In a brief update on its cyber incident page, TfL

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EV warranty startup Amber launches a remote diagnostic service for Teslas

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EV warranty startup Amber is expanding nationwide, bringing on new vehicles and offering a new remote diagnostic scan — all signs that the one-year-old company is putting its recent $3.18 million seed round to good use. The startup launched an aftermarket warranty product for Tesla vehicles called AmberCare — which is a suite of warranty

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Lucid Motors’ Gravity SUV will have Tesla charging built in

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Lucid Motors is just a few months away from finally launching its electric SUV, and the company now says the upcoming vehicle — dubbed Gravity — will have Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) built right in, making an adapter unnecessary. Lucid announced the news ahead of a planned “Technology and Manufacturing Day” event at

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