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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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Seattle Cybertruck became fleeting tourist destination

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You could argue whether Cybertruck owners crave attention, but attention they receive, often by critics poking fun at the vehicles. People seem to particularly delight at Cybertruck mishaps, as when one arrived on Nantucket back in May and promptly got stuck in the sand.  Perhaps it’s little wonder then that a damaged Cybertruck in Seattle’s

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Thousands of Avis car rental customers had personal data stolen in cyberattack

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Car rental giant Avis is notifying hundreds of thousands of people that their personal information and driver’s license numbers were stolen in an August cyberattack. The New Jersey-headquartered company said in a data breach notice filed with several U.S. attorneys general over the past week that it discovered intruders in one of its business applications on

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EV startup Ather seeks to raise $370 million in India IPO

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Indian electric scooter manufacturer Ather Energy plans to raise about $370 million by issuing fresh shares in an initial public offering, according to its draft prospectus filed on Monday (PDF), as the startup seeks to capitalize on growing demand for electric vehicles in the world’s third-largest auto market. The Bengaluru-based lossmaking startup, which competes with

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Public EV startup with an indicted CEO is looking to raise an additional $100 million

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It’s tempting to think the trend of EV startups merging with special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) to go public has ended, seeing how many of them are struggling or defunct. But that’s not quite true. A startup called Thunder Power Holdings went public on the Nasdaq exchange in June through a SPAC, and is now

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Transport for London outages drag into weekend after cyberattack

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Transport for London, the government body overseeing the U.K. capital’s public transit system, said it is experiencing online outages due to an “ongoing cyber security incident” set to drag into the weekend.  TfL, which runs the London Underground (known as the Tube), buses and trams across London, said that while the city’s public transit system

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Lyft restructures its micromobility business and Volkswagen brings ChatGPT to US vehicles 

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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! Short week, shorter newsletter. For all the U.S.-based readers, I hope you had an enjoyable Labor Day.  Before we jump into the news fray, here is one

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