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Infineon teams up with India’s CDIL to explore business in light EVs, energy storage solutions

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Infineon Technologies, Germany’s leading semiconductor manufacturer, has partnered with India’s six-decade-old chipmaker CDIL Semiconductors to tap into emerging business opportunities in the South Asian nation. The partnership aims to support India’s transition to electric mobility and renewable energy, both of which rely heavily on power semiconductors. India, the world’s most populous country with over 1.4 […]

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Trump gives Big 3 automakers one month reprieve for Canada, Mexico tariffs

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President Donald Trump has delayed tariffs on automobile imports from Canada and Mexico for one month after requests from executives at the Big Three automakers — General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis — according to Politico. The reprieve comes less than two days after Trump issued 25% tariffs on all goods from the U.S.’s neighbors, which

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Volkswagen’s cheapest EV ever is the first to use Rivian software

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Volkswagen’s ultra-cheap EV called the ID EVERY1 — a small four-door hatchback revealed Wednesday — will be the first to roll out with software and architecture from Rivian, according to a source familiar with the new model. The EV is expected to go into production in 2027 with a starting price of 20,000 euros ($21,500).

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Hyundai pairs up with Yandex spinoff Avride to develop robotaxis

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Hyundai Motor Company and Avride have agreed to jointly develop autonomous vehicles in a tie up that will deepen the relationship between the two companies. The deal will focus on autonomous vehicle technology designed for robotaxis. The two companies will also look into other use cases for the technology, including autonomous delivery services using Avride’s

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Ben Horowitz donates Cybertruck fleet to the Las Vegas police

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Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz has donated a fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, the department has confirmed to TechCrunch. The Cybertruck fleet is the latest entry in a list of gifts Horowitz has given to the Las Vegas police — a relationship TechCrunch revealed in detail late last year. The

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Tesla applies for ride-hail permit in California — but there’s a catch

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Tesla applied for a permit with the California Public Utilities Commission to operate a transportation service in the state — a required first step if the automaker wants to eventually operate a robotaxi service there. Tesla’s application for a transportation charter-party carrier permit was first reported by Bloomberg. TechCrunch has independently confirmed with the CPUC

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Waymo has doubled its weekly robotaxi rides in less than a year

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Waymo is logging more than 200,000 paid robotaxi rides every week, according to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who shared the stat about the tech giant’s subsidiary on X. Waymo commercially operates robotaxis in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. The 200,000-weekly trips milestone is notable for a company that was providing only 10,000 rides a

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Lucid loses its CEO, and ‘founder mode’ comes for Flexport

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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! Lucid Motors delivered a surprise this week when it announced that CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson was resigning. Speculation about the departure, which includes vacating a board

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