The automaker's AI and robotics-focused investment arm expands its view to what's happening on the water.
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Getaround co-founder Jessica Scorpio leaves day-to-day role
Since launching Getaround at TechCrunch Disrupt New York in 2011, the car-sharing startup has expanded to over 90 cities and, more recently, raised a massive $325 million round of funding led by SoftBank. With the company in a good place and its co-founder and CMO Jessica Scorpio “really happy with where things are,” she told […]
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Apple just hired a Tesla designer. Let the speculation begin.
The hiring of a former Tesla designer has reignited speculation over Apple's self-driving car ambitions.
Andrew Kim was hired by Microsoft after his minimalist redesign for the company went viral in 2013. He then spent two years as a senior des...
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Audi’s Self-Driving Cars See the World With Luminar’s Lidar
VW's self-driving division Audi AID picked Luminar's system from a crowded field, impressed by its range and resolution.
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Uber looks to improve JUMP’s unit economics with next-gen bikes
As Uber continues to expand the footprint of JUMP bikes, it’s aiming to make the fleet of bikes smarter and easier to unlock, ride and charge. At Uber’s Pier 70 offices in San Francisco, JUMP Head of Product Nick Foley showed off the new bikes, which are aesthetically similar but should improve unit economics thanks to […]
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Skip unveils scooters with cameras and locks
Under the guidance of Shalin Mantri, a former product lead at Uber for its advanced technologies group, Skip is gearing up to make its scooters smarter and improve its businesses unit economics. “When I think about opportunities to figure out our unit economics,” Mantri, who joined Skip from Uber in November, told TechCrunch. “It’s no […]
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Nuro deploys autonomous delivery cars without safety drivers
A few months after Nuro deployed self-driving cars to deliver groceries in partnership with Kroger, the autonomous delivery startup is deploying its custom delivery bots. Up until now, Nuro was relying on Prius vehicles and safety drivers. Now, its delivery service in partnership with Kroger will be completely driverless and without a safety driver on board. Nuro has been […]
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Levandowski’s Pronto.ai plans to ship automated driving systems for trucks in 2019
Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer and serial entrepreneur who was at the center of a trade secrets lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, has taken his newest autonomous vehicle technology company out of stealth mode with a product aimed at the commercial trucking industry. Technically, Levandowski involvement in a self-driving trucking company was first revealed by […]
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2018 was the year self-driving cars hit a roadblock
It's been a long day. As you ride home from the office, you start to nod off. You close your eyes as the self-driving car merges onto the highway. When you’re zonked out 15 minutes later, the car changes your route because of traffic, and eventually you wake up at your destination. That’s the dream of autonomous cars — and some very smart people, including Google’.
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Anthony Levandowski Returns With a Self-Driving Truck Scheme
The former Googler and Uberista launches Pronto AI, and sends his robot on a cross-country trip to prove its skills.
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Uber to resume autonomous vehicle testing months after fatal accident
Uber has been granted permission by the state of Pennsylvania to reinstate tests of its autonomous vehicles, as first reported by Reuters. A spokesperson for Uber confirmed to TechCrunch that the ride-hailing giant received a letter of authorization from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and clarified that the company has not yet resumed self-driving operations. Uber halted testing of...
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Elon Musk’s ‘vision for transport’ is a 3D network of tunnels for autonomous electric vehicles
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s vision of an “entirely new system of transport,” which he unveiled Wednesday night at a splashy event in Hawthorne, California, wasn’t a reusable rocket like the ones he’s building at his nearby SpaceX headquarters. Nor is it an electric vehicle, like the Teslas he is producing at a factory in Fremont, California. […]
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Elon Musk’s underground tunnel has potential, but leaves a lot to be desired
At first, the alley looked like many others: cinder block walls, neglected asphalt, and chain link fences that back up on beige single family bungalows.
There was one big difference, though. At the end of this unnamed alley between 122nd and 120th st...
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Elon Musk Unveils the Boring Company’s Car-Flinging Tunnel
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO showed off the details of his latest scheme to slay traffic.
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With the E-tron, Audi Shows What an Electric SUV Can Be
The new battery-powered luxury ride is capable, comfy, and clever.
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Listen to a Tesla make 6 farting noises on demand
One of Tesla’s big selling points is the company’s ability to wirelessly push software updates to its electric vehicles. It’s what allows these vehicles to improve over time long after they’ve been purchased by customers. This week, one of those improvements was to deliver a few Easter eggs — as promised by CEO Elon Musk […]
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This Elon Musk Interstellar parody is the weirdest thing you’ll see all day
After leaving Elon Musk’s big Boring Company test tunnel reveal Tuesday night, TechCrunch stumbled upon a gem that only the interwebs can provide. And because farting Teslas and an “entirely new system of transport,” just wasn’t enough for the last 24-hour Elon Musk news cycle, TechCrunch is sharing what it found. To be clear, this […]
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Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Are Back on Pittsburgh Streets
Nine months after an Uber self-driving car killed a woman in Arizona, the company has resumed testing in Pittsburgh.
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Uber’s self-driving cars are back, just barely
Instead of a loud, triumphant return, Uber's self-driving cars made it back on the road in the most humble, modest way on Thursday. Nine months after one of Uber's autonomous vehicle struck and killed a woman outside Phoenix, Arizona, seven of the same Volvo XC90s loaded with sensors and cameras are back in self-driving mode in Pittsburgh. But the self-driving program looks a lot different than it...
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Uber reboots its self-driving car program
Uber Advanced Technologies Group has officially resumed on-road testing of its self-driving vehicles in Pittsburgh, nine months after the company halted its entire autonomous vehicle operation after one of its vehicles struck and killed pedestrian Elaine Herzberg in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe. The relaunch follows the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation decision to authorize Uber ATG […]
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