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Lucid Motors This week conveyed the surprise when CEO and CTO announced Peter Rawlinson he was resigned. The hypothesis on the departure of the departure when Rawlinson did not participate in the fourth quarter of earnings.
Great correspondent Sean O’Kane have all the detailsHome manufacturer, including the highest point (for the present) and the company’s goals move forward. Rawlinson will be at some capacity, although he won’t be there and there will be no decision-making authority. The company said that the Chairman of the Board and Saudi Arabia’s Sovereign Wealth Foundation – Sovereign Wealth Foundation – the Sovereign Wealth Foundation will play the role of “Strategic Technical Consultant” to the Sovereign Wealth Foundation, he said.
Where does Lucid go here? More EVS – ie new gravity needs to sell water and reduce costs. This is not a small feat, especially in the end of Lucid, the beginning of 2026 is developing a new average medium-medium vehicle platform (more $$$).
I wanted to emphasize an article before jumping into the rest of the news Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen and features and features that new products and loading and lodistics begin spreads. Many of these new products use AI that are not caught in my eyes.
This is the tempo of the roll. Petersen Techcrunch explained that such as half an annual ads are a number – à la airbnb. Petersen is the fact that the founder of Airbnb founder Brian Chesky is the strategy that inspires the strategy. This viral moment For Paul Graham’s fuel “Founder mode” Essaymay end. However, the last movement of Petersen does not change this management strategy soon.
Some birds
Remember the Great Tour Cruise The deserts taking place at the beginning of this month? For those who do not have a parent company Gm Announced that he will try Cruise’s workforce about 50%. The remains of the cruise are expected to transfer to the main company’s general engines, because the manufacturer’s own resource management system is to improve the supreme cruise and ends private autonomous vehicles.
Some small birds have occurred several more work paths since the initial tour, ie the cruise marketing team – about eight people were fired. We will hear that the financial and legal departments will be followed after the end of the transition.
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Deals!
Let’s start with the world of transport-adjacent delivery. Last month the Dutch Food Delivery Giant Eat only eating be scattered Grubba For $ 650 millionPart of the $ 7.3 billion assessment organization was at the beginning of the delivery in 2020. Now it’s just one who eats food.
Global Tech Company Procurement reached one agreement to get Just accept it for 4.1 billion euros in cash. If the transaction is over, the Prosos will become the fourth largest food delivery group in the world.
Other deals that receive my attention …
Airo groupAerospace and defense company located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Washington, DC, are estimated $ 100 million. The company wants in NASDAQ Extraq.
CircuitA short trip, electric service solutions start, Raised $ 17 million B as part of a round of round. The Special Investment Company involved the MKB, as well as existing investors in Tribeca Venture partners and an impact engine.
Donut laboratoryA subsidiary of Verge motorcycle developing electric motors and other related technology, Raised 15 million euros. The company’s anchor investor Risto Siilasmaa is the former chairman of the Board of the founder of CyberCuritury F-SECURE and Nokia. Siilasmaa will also join the Donut Laboratory board.
CumA African start, which offers a walk, trade, tool financing and digital banking through collisions, Benin, Gabon and Cameroon, Raised $ 30 million in a B-Financing Tour. The tour, SAS shipping agencies and Al Mada enterprises, which are $ 15 million in capital and $ 15 million debt.
FarewellA Bengaluru, India based start, which provides financing for commercial and passenger homes, Won $ 2.5 million from flourishing businesses.
Reads outstanding and other Tidbits
Autonomous Vehicles
Aaa Released the annual request for the adoption of the consumer’s interest and advanced driver assistance systems and robotaxis. TL; Dr.: It is less enthusiastic to self-driving vehicles – only 13% of the surveyed drivers consider it a decrease in 18% in 2022. Meanwhile, Adas is high interest in interest, especially around the features such as automatic emergency brake.
Euride Delivery robots in the autonomous sidewalk made it to Japan. Yandex has Spinout Launched trade operations At the Central Tokyo with a fleet of about 10 robots.
Electric vehicles, charging and batteries
Aston Martin Cut 170 Jobs and planned to launch a house back (will it ever happen?). The company will work in the Ultra luxury hybrid model instead.
Last week, I stressed how Sean and the article he looked at organized Tesla seizes actionThis is the result of protests in the Tesla hall in dozens of US. Now the Tesla seizure movement wins some traction. The question will last and the protesters will affect the bottom line of Tesla as hopefully hopes.
Series of energyA beginner developing electric semitrals, mixes its execution deck. Founder and CEO But the Javid The President and CTO transfer to the role of the company, the company told Techcrunch. Amazon is the new CFO of the former CFO of Zoox, which helps the architect of the architect of the architect of the architect.
The future of flight
Joby Aviation released his earnings And here’s what we know. The beginning of electric vertical flight and landing is ready to deliver a plane to Dubai in 2025 when the start of the vehicle is ready for passenger transportation. The company now has five plane in the test fleet and has made progress in four scenes of the type certificate. Joby said that in the next 12 months, the FAA certification process took the last step. But this expensive chase: Joby’s net loss for 2024 was $ 608 million.
Car technology
Four years ago, Google Enel was fined 100 million euros by the Italian authority to refuse a third-party electric car charging application developed by the Android Auto Platform. Great correspondent Natasha Lomas wrote about new judge The European Union’s Court of Justice confirmed his views on the guardian organization that Google could abuse the initial block of Google.
Up? Cjeu decided creates conditions for technological giants, which creates adaptation to each other that can apply more to the app makers who want to connect their belongings to basic platforms.
The wheels of this week
There is nothing this week but adjusted.
What is the “wheels of this week”? Whether it is a walk in an electric or hybrid car, e-bike or even autonomous vehicle, it is a chance to learn about the various transport products we tested.
