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If you’re a fan of electric cars or sports cars, you’ve surely seen the fight over Ferrari The first fully electric car, Los. Reaction has been swift and scathing for the five-seat electric car designed by an Apple veteran Jony Ive Its price is close to 650 thousand dollars.

Ferrari fans expressed their horror, critics compared it to the much cheaper Nissan Leaf, memes were created, and even one car designer (Lucid’s Derek Jenkins) He threw some shade.

Senior reporter Sean O’Kane asked a different question when the big Ferrari Lose debate blew up the Internet: Who is Lose for?

You will have to Read the full story To get its complete breakdown. But from my point of view, the more important question is whether the Luce is reserved for current Ferrari owners. After all, Ferrari owners often own more than one car. O’Kane points out that more than 80% of the 14,000 people who bought a Ferrari last year already own one of its cars.

According to Ferrari, there is demand for the electric car. Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna Claims Luce is already taking orders from old and new customers. Assuming demand outstrips the number of Luce EVs the automaker plans to build, the next question is, who will Ferrari choose? (Eekek)

Ferrari can be acquitted. Do you remember the Ferrari Purosangio, which was widely criticized when it was launched several years ago? This SUV is now considered a success. Sometimes it doesn’t matter if the product is hated. Ferrari doesn’t need global approval; It just needs enough buyers.

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Let’s move from EVs to EVs.

new Texas The law allows the DMV agency to exercise more control over the testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles in the state. Companies must now license AVs in the state, and the data is publicly available. Here’s what I found after spending some time using the AV tracker.

Waymo It is the leader by a large margin with 577 self-registered vehicles, followed by Afried With 317, only With 47 and Tesla With 42. Self-driving truck companies Aurora, Because artificial intelligence, Kodiak AIand Guaranteed can also be found. (To know all the details, you can read my story.)

Fleet size is just one metric – and it certainly doesn’t always translate into who has the most wins. After all, many of these companies have never launched commercial services in the state.

I’m most interested in the complaints feature of this new tool, which is also public record. To date, no complaints have been filed against the above-mentioned companies.

Offers!

A new single asset fund he manages Capital processing It has been taken Majority share In European e-scooter player Raid technology. Goldman Sachs Alternatives is the lead investor.

Harley davidson Sub electric motorcycle Livewire acquired Off-road electric start Moto dust. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Maternitan independent drone delivery company, It raised $33 million In a private placement offering and completed a reverse merger with Los Altos Ventures Corp.

revelan electric vehicle charging company closed Its passenger transportation business was merged last August with Volterra. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the combined business will operate under the Voltera brand and be led by Revel CEO Frank Rigg. Bloomberg reported.

Starka German drone manufacturer, is in talks to raise at least that 300 million euros The Financial Times reported that the value of the deal could reach 2.5 billion euros ($350 million), a round that could double its value to 2.5 billion euros.

Volara Motorsport Groupa holding company focused on motorsport and performance, acquired Lynx Motor Works, an Austin, Texas-based company, creates limited-production and re-imagined classic cars.

WeRoada Milan-based group adventure travel startup, It raised $58 million In the Series C round he led Airbnb. This brings the company’s total capital raised to nearly $100 million and will fund WeRoad’s move into the United States, starting with Austin.

Notable Readings and Other Stories

American Airlines will Install Starlink On more than 500 narrow-body Airbus aircraft starting early next year, it is the latest airline to choose a SpaceX unit for in-flight Wi-Fi. The deal provides a financial boost to Starlink, the space communications network and SpaceX’s only business unit with significant revenues.

Rivian It said it would begin deliveries of its new products R2 SUV On June 9th. Meanwhile, Rivian is being… Investigation By the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on how an electric vehicle manufacturer services the rear suspension components of its vehicles.

Slate Auto It is expected to announce pricing and begin taking non-refundable pre-orders for its low-cost electric car On June 24th. Deliveries are expected to take place later this year.

Volvo cars received a So specifications By the Ministry of Commerce, the Swedish automaker, in which China’s Geely Holdings holds a majority stake, is allowed to continue importing and selling its cars in the United States. The law, finalized in January 2025, effectively bans all Chinese vehicles from the US market as part of a crackdown on connected car technology with ties to China.

Waymo It began giving select riders in Los Angeles, Phoenix, and San Francisco access to its services The latest robotaxi: An all-electric vehicle similar to a minivan, designed to reduce costs and handle the use and abuse of hundreds of thousands of passengers. I had the opportunity to ride in the vehicle, a modified pickup truck made by Zicker called the Ojai (pronounced oh-hai). Stay tuned for my full review, which will be up this weekend. Here’s a teaser: Robotaxis has long had a magic problem. Ojai robotaxi starts to solve the problem.

Another thing…

It’s poll time! Maybe you secretly love Ferrari Luce and don’t want to be trolled. Maybe you hate it. We asked newsletter readers to share their opinions.

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And now there’s something else, real this time. Last week, I asked our newsletter readers: “Will SpaceX and Tesla merge?” Here’s how they answered. More than 51% chose “yes, within two years”; 34% chose “never”; And 14.5% chose “yes this year.” This means that more than 65% believe that merger is inevitable.