EVs

Fisker owners get help with recall repairs as court approves liquidation plan

Fisker’s plan to liquidate its assets has been accepted by the bankruptcy court in Delaware. And with it, the issue of who should pay for labor costs associated with a pair of recalls on the bankrupt EV startup’s SUVs is finally settled. Fisker has also reached a deal with American Lease, the buyer of its

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

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

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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Fisker bankruptcy hits major speed bump as fleet sale is now in question

Fisker’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy has hit a major snag, as the company buying the startup’s remaining fleet of electric SUVs says it might not complete the purchase because of a surprising technical issue. The buyer, a New York-area leasing company called American Lease, says in a new filing that Fisker now believes there is no

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Uber to launch OpenAI-powered AI assistant to answer driver EV questions

Uber is continuing its push to bring more electric vehicles onto the ride-hail and delivery platform, and it thinks giving drivers a chatbot to answer all their EV questions will help. Starting early 2025, Uber will launch an AI assistant for drivers in the U.S. powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o. At launch, the assistant will only answer

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Fisker’s plan to make owners pay for recall repairs is illegal, DOJ says

The U.S. Department of Justice says bankrupt EV startup Fisker’s plan to make owners pay for labor costs related to multiple recalls is illegal, according to a new filing. The DOJ, writing on behalf of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), said in a filing submitted to Fisker’s bankruptcy docket Monday that the “scheme”

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Lucid Motors sets third straight quarterly sales record ahead of Gravity SUV launch

Lucid Motors has now officially sold more EVs this year than it did in all of last year, and with three months to go in 2024. The milestone comes after Lucid announced Monday it delivered 2,781 vehicles in the third quarter of 2024. That’s a third straight record quarter for deliveries, though Lucid is still

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Fisker’s HQ abandoned in “complete disarray” with apparent hazardous waste, clay models left behind

The headquarters Fisker used in its waning days was recently abandoned and left in “complete disarray,” with drums of apparent hazardous waste, automotive equipment, and even vehicles and full-size clay models left behind, according to the landlord. The chaos was described in a new filing that was submitted to Fisker’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy docket Friday

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