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Transport team in Techcrunch – Okay, at least I and a great reporter, Rebecca Billan – on the road. Destination: Sxsw, annual conference on technology, music, films and culture in Austin. We have both paintings and if you are in SXSW, please check out and present yourself.
We will keep our eyes and ears open to the transportation news that comes out of the event, including interviewing the CEO of RVian RJ Scaring on stage. And you all know that I will explore the city And emo Robotxi, which is only available across Uber program.
Our SXSW panels include March 11 interview with Autodesk Dara Treseder Marketing officials, San Jose Matt Mahaan will focus on Transfer urban areas. On March 12, Rebecca will talk to Execs from GM, Dolby and Google about Entertainment in the carAnd I will meet Wing CEO Adam Woodworth, Wal Mart Vice President for Dreaches, Warren Moore, and Professor of North Texas University Clinton Portell about The future of delivery of drones.
Before we jump to the rest of the news, I wanted to address the definitions that were enacted before Trump administrationWhich is expected to increase the auto industry.
We will follow the developments of spreading this policy, including President Trump’s decision Delay tariff On the imports of car from Canada and Mexico for a month, after requests from executives in the three adult auto manufacturers. hunting? The management of GM, Ford and Stellantis expects To transfer any external operations To the United States by April 2.
I feel safe in this prediction: this will not happen.
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when Volkswagen The cheapest EV has revealed so far, there have been a few clouds and gestures about the programs that made us wonder. A small bird confirmed what was going on in our minds.
Fuld Fulis Sagon is called EV called the identifier. Offer with software and architecture from Rural. EV enters production in 2027 at a start price of 20,000 euros (21,500 dollars), and will be the first to ship with Rivian’s architecture as part of a A joint venture of $ 5.8 billion Last year between the German auto industry and the EV maker.
Other cheap EV, called ID.2all, which is supposed to be released in 2026, depends on architecture and programs E3 1.1 developed by the VW software unit, according to our source.
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Deals!
Let’s call this deal that Didi dreams. I am talking about the Chinese ride company Dedicated And chase new funds for the unit of independent vehicle technology that can Its value of $ 5 billion.
DIDI Distromous Driven, the DIDI unit that it created in 2020, has A total of $ 1.55 billion so far. The sources familiar with the matter said Bloomberg (who was reported to the journalistic precedent) that the unit aims to collect several hundred million dollars and hold talks with investors, including a fund based in Beijing, to measure interest.
In news of another giant deal, the Chinese electric car maker Byd 5.6 billion dollars In selling basic stocks. The company sold 129.8 million basic shares in the deal, more than expected.
Other deals caught my attention …
AidenIt is a complex technology and start data privacy, A collection of $ 4.2 million In the seed financing round led by Nuri Venture Partners. Other investors include whether insurance, Tengro Ventures, Band of Angels, Mextors Fund, Start Equity Ventures, Conxcity, Weltham Capital, as well as a group of investors of owners and family offices. San Francisco, based in San Francisco, which was founded by the former Volvo engineers, raised $ 6.1 million so far.
Kant CEO Anthony Aquila He is Buy almost everything Of the startups of EV from bankruptcy. the price? 4 million dollars.
CableThe company that has developed electrical charging systems in the movement for the automatic fleets, is raised 15 million dollars In the A Reverty Toyota Ventures series. VC, IL Ventures and Payton Planar Magnetics Ltd. Mobilion and Dorm Energy-Tech.
California Clean transportation voucher program Release $ 33 million in prizes To treat mobility gaps and reduce air pollution, including electrical school buses and electronic bikes.
Promise readings and other tales
Independent vehicles
Avride He has another partnership, this time with Hyundai. Companies agreed to Development of separate vehicles jointly. The deal will focus on the AV technology designed for robotics. Avride also expands its fleet of Hyundai Ioniq 5 compounds, which will be combined with a self -driving system. Date note: Waymo and Hyundai also have a deal.
Polytechnic from Milan Set a new independent speed record with independent Indy with a MC20 CoupeWhich reached 197.7 miles per hour.
Uber CPO Sashin Kansal She recently talked about his career in the riding and promotion company in October. the Spreading independent vehicles Through 14 Uber partnerships (and perhaps more in the future) is the next big challenge for the new product head.
the And Emo on UberRobotaxi service He now lives in Austin. This means that Uber users in Austin now have a choice between Waymo and the human driver. Talk about Waymo, the company records more than 200,000 paid robotics robots Every week – double the weekly robotics riding in less than a year.
Electric cars, shipping and batteries
Andrink Horwatz The co -founder Bin Horwitz donated Tesla electronic fleet To the Las Vegas Police, the capital. It has a history of gift technology.
Volvo Unveil Es90 thenThe first of the wholesale production of the company, which includes an estimated 435 miles of the range in the framework of the WLTP classification system in Europe. Enjoyable fact: This Volvo is equipped with Iris Leader from Luminar integrated into the car roof line.
horseback riding
Timing Apply for a permit With the Public Utilities Committee in California to operate the state’s transportation service. It is important to note that Tesla’s request to obtain the decrease of the rented pregnant transport company is different from the Lyft and Uber horseback applications. TCP statement means that the company – in this case Tesla – owns vehicles and uses employees as engines. It is also a first step required if the auto manufacturer wants to run the Robotaxi service at the end.
Uber She experiences her teenagers that focus on Uber to serve teenagers In India. The service lives in Bangaluru, Delhi NCR and Mumbai. The company plans to expand the service in the coming weeks to 35 cities, including Ahmedabad, China, Hyderabad and Bion.
Hurrications this week
Nothing this week, but don’t be upset.
What are the “wheels this week”? It is an opportunity to learn about the various transport products that we test, whether it is an electric car, hybrid, cyclical, or even a trip in an independent car.