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The Port of Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport say they’ve been hit by ‘possible cyberattack’

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The Port of Seattle, which also operates the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, said it was hit with a “possible cyberattack” that appeared to affect websites and phone systems. The port first noted the outages via social media on Saturday morning, with the airport then posting that it had “experienced certain system outages indicating a possible cyberattack.” […]

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Canoo’s chief technology officer is out amid wider reorg

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EV startup Canoo’s chief technology officer Sohel Merchant has left the company, two people familiar with his departure have told TechCrunch. Merchant was one of the members of Canoo’s founding team, who created the startup in late 2017. His departure from the company means that only one of those founding team members remains — chief

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Cruise’s robotaxis are coming to the Uber app in 2025

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Cruise, General Motors’s self-driving subsidiary, said it has signed a multi-year partnership with ride-hailing giant Uber to bring its robotaxis to the ride-hailing platform in 2025.  Cruise didn’t say when exactly customers would see its vehicles on Uber’s platform, but a spokesperson told TechCrunch that this partnership will follow the re-launch of Cruise’s own driverless

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Ford pivots on EVs, Waymo doubles its robotaxi ridership and Canoo leaves California

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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! Monterey Car Week is a wrap. And while it is still steeped in tradition, the collection of parties, auctions and car shows that were held throughout the

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Cruise recalls robotaxi fleet to resolve federal safety probe

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General Motors’ AV company, Cruise, has recalled its fleet of 1,194 self-driving cars to resolve long-standing trouble with unexpected braking. Cruise has shipped software updates to those vehicles that should mitigate the braking problems, and as such, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has closed its nearly two-year probe into the issue. The recall and

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Volkswagen ID.Buzz electric minivan will cost $59,995 for just 234 miles of range

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More than two years after being announced for the U.S., Volkswagen’s electric minivan is inching closer to the showroom floor. Today’s baby steps: a price and an EPA-estimated range. The 2025 ID.Buzz will set buyers back $59,995 for the Pro S trim, which includes seven seats, rear-wheel drive, and a 91 kWh battery. With those

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Ford says a pickup truck will be the first EV built on its low-cost platform

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The first vehicle that will be built on the low-cost EV platform Ford’s been developing in secret will be a mid-size pickup due out in 2027, the automaker announced Wednesday morning. The news comes as part of a much larger rewriting of Ford’s electrification plans. The company is abandoning a plan to make an all-electric

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Beyond Math’s ‘digital wind tunnel’ puts a physics-based AI simulation to work on F1 cars

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Simulating the real world is a tremendously complex problem if you want to do it at any useful level of fidelity. Traditional techniques are holding back design teams at vehicle and aerospace companies, but Beyond Math is putting AI on the task with a new way of simulating the world that could save them days

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