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For this day, your usual host, Kirsten, has sent Rebecca Bellen to the garden, and I want to talk about Aurora Innovation and its last minute savings.
Aurora promised to launch the US first full autonomous commercial trucking service in April this year after withdrawing the original film of 2024. Only with (idiom) minutes, to save, Arora removed the win.
Aurora says more than 1,200 miles are underway this week with Harsbach Motor Lines and Uber Freight this week with Harsbach Motor Lines this week. It’s with the same truck, for now. Aurora plans to build “tens of self -driving trucks” and extend to El Paso and Phoenix by the end of 2025 as it continues to carry more freight work for consumers with a fleet of autonomous trucks.
This is a huge step for aurora and the industry. But since Trump’s prices have grinded on a lot of shipment, is Aurora in a well -positioned position to catch the moment, or can a long delay endanger his survival?
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AerovronmentIs a drone maker, Completed the pursuit of this Space and Defense Engineering Company Blue Hall. In a $ 4.1 billion All Stock Agreement, the integrative companies will become a new type of defense tech that becomes a new type of defense tech called AV that can make all fighters’ domains: wind, land, sea, space and cyber.
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Real irregularitiesA defensive aerospace start -up building spacecraft and software, a defensive focus for US national security missions, Collected $ 260 million In a series C -round headed by VC firm Excel.
Remarkable reading and other indicators
Autonomous vehicles
Mobility Is the latest to join DigitRoster of autonomous vehicle colleagues. Both announced plans to be deployed this week May the autonomous vehicles of May on the Uber platform By the end of 2025, as part of a multi -year partnership, Texas begins in Arlington.
LoveFor, for, for,. Chinese AV startup, also working with Digit. Two plans Launch Momanta Robotics on Uber The platform starting in Europe in 2026.
Vimo And Toyota Are Looking for an agreement This can one day lead to a new self -driving vehicle that is designed for riding health and possibly even personal autonomous vehicles. It’s just the early days, so think about the relaxation of their emerging relationships.
Electric vehicles, charging, and batteries
orangeThe bankruptcy proceedings are still underway, and now a mysterious investor in London has asked the judge Stop sales Among the assets, its CEO of EV startup, is called “poor process”. He is throwing a Million Million for assets, which makes Keno’s CEO Anthony Ekila’s Million 4 million bidding Trump.
Revenue One is sitting on the beautiful The storage of batteries For his trucks, SUVs and commercial vans he developed before and after Donald Trump’s election. This will soften the president’s prices, which are strictly hitting the auto industry.
Slate autoFor, for, for,. Seeing Bozie New Jeff Bezos -backed EV Startup that was broken from stealth last week, watching A printing plant located in Warsaw of IndianaAs a future place where it will produce its cheaper electric truck.
TeslaAllegedly started the board Shopping for a successor CEO Elon Musk has appreciated the brand and his margin when the chief’s chief in Washington. Tesla Chair Rubin Danholm refused to report the Wall Street Journal.
While we are on the topic of Tesla’s board, let’s take your attention toward the board members who are Gibia (who are also Is connected to the Dodge) Gibia Received about 4,000 shares Tesla stock is worth 1 million in stock, which is noteworthy as the board members are very low to see stocks to buy directly.
Miscellaneous
Ford Is Turn off its FNV4 software architecture moveA project that once considered it necessary to compete with EV leaders like Tesla. Closing the initiative means eliminating years of development that will integrate the software of vehicle vertically in Ford’s gas and electric lineup.
Jabi aviation Transfer Its horizontal to vertical flight with a pilot on the board for the first time. This is an important step because the company operates on the FAA certification.
Related to the ride and delivery
Dardish California judge wants Reject legal fodder Filed by Digit The delivery company has been accused of threatening restaurant owners in special deals. Dordsh said that the legal action was nothing but a frightened tactic by Ober to avoid “real competition”.