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TechCrunch Mobility: Applied Intuition’s eye-popping valuation, the new age of micromobility, and Waymo’s wild weekΒ 

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility β€” your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free β€” just click TechCrunch Mobility! Waymo might be the largest commercial robotaxi operator β€” offering 250,000 paid rides per week β€” but it is hardly smooth.Β  The past seven days in Waymo’s […]
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TechCrunch Mobility: Uber Freight’s AI bet, Tesla’s robotaxi caveat, and Nikola’s trucks hit the auction block

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility β€” your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free β€” just click TechCrunch Mobility! For those U.S.-based readers out there, enjoy the long Memorial Day weekend, and if you’re on the road, expect it to be crowded. AAA projects 45.1 million […]
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Luminar secures up to $200M following CEO departure and layoffs

Lidar company Luminar reached a deal with Yorkville Advisors Global and another unnamed investor that could bring another $200 million into its coffers through the sale of convertible preferred stock over an 18-month period. The agreement, which was announced in a regulatory filing Wednesday, follows an abrupt change in leadership and layoffs. Earlier this month, […]
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TechCrunch Mobility: Google’s Gemini is coming to your car, chaos comes for Luminar, and the Amazonification of Uber 2.0

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility β€” your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free β€” just click TechCrunch Mobility! OK, who placed their bet on General Motors being the landing spot for Aurora co-founder and chief product officer Sterling Anderson? Not me. But here we are. […]
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TechCrunch Mobility: Tesla denied β€˜Robotaxi’ trademark, Aurora loses a co-founder, and tariffs start to take a toll

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility β€” your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free β€” just click TechCrunch Mobility! Remember last week when Aurora met a major milestone β€” just squeaking by under its own deadline β€” and launched a driverless self-driving truck service? Welp, this […]
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Aurora co-founder Sterling Anderson is leaving the self-driving truck startup

Sterling Anderson, a veteran of the nascent autonomous vehicle sector and co-founder of Aurora, is resigning just a week after the company launched its commercial self-driving truck service in Texas. Anderson held the chief product officer position at Aurora. The resignation was posted in a regulatory filing along with the company’s first-quarter earnings report. His […]
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