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Last week, I held SxSW, Austin in Austin in an annual technological, film, comedy and music festival. I recommend Scroll our live blog All transport, AI, social media, creative economy – mainly technological news – news.
He developed with some good and bad results for years. Protected bike strips have been a positive development that I thanked for several lime scooters and two fashion e-bike e-bikes around the city. Austin is also becoming a center for autonomous vehicle activities with the Europe headquarters, launched a Zoox test and commercial robotaxi service on public roads.
I was lucky to adapt with two Waymo Robotaxis – all walking fulls happen with the Uber application, so it is never guaranteed. I also had a courtesy of a coordinated match. As I wrote earlier this week, Waymo and Uber are completely wild in which the Uber works together. That is.
Oh, and that’s what I Discovered in Way-Uber Robotaxi Ride. Tip: Some updates to the user interface.
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Deals!
Prime correspondent Sean O’Kane, a new enterprise company called in a deep dive Leithmotif Silently made a lot of deals in the last 16 months. At about 20 initials, the company focuses on a portfolio, which includes housing companies, space and battery plays and four nuclear fusion.
This is not an interesting part. Here: All the money in the Foundation came from the Volkswagen group. See the full story Why the German car giant won $ 300 million to the first fund of Leitmotif.
Other deals that receive my attention …
Carpool logisticsA vehicle logistics platform, Raised $ 12 million In a financial round headed by Wavecrest growth partners in the series, Carmax, impel founders Devin Daly and Michael Quigley and the automotive industry veteran David Metter.
Dagus EnergyA starting starting in battery materials, Raised $ 6 million In a seed tour led by the morning with the participation of unnamed individual investors.
NirvanaA AI-based insurance platform, which uses real-time driving telematics and 20 billion truck driving data to build and manage insurance policy for trucks, Raised $ 80 million A number of calin rain led by a general catalyst. Lightspeed Venture partners and Valor capital partners also attended. Investment, 830 million dollar money Nirvana values.
Northerly are presented for bankruptcy In Sweden, Europe’s latest blow, the Chinese giants have ended the attempts to create a battery that can rivals.
Reads outstanding and other Tidbits
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Rivana a rolled a roll Then The driving assistance system for driving driving, founder and CEO RJ scary, took part in the Onstage in Austin in SXSW. A new silent feature competes with Ford and GM, which has similar silent systems in competition with Rivana Ford and GM, and similar silent systems sitting in certain conditions and locations.
Autonomous Vehicles
Hug face AI united with startups Expand Lerobot – A collection of open AI models and tools that will help build Real-World Robotics Systems – with a training set to allow you to walk environments such as city streets as the autonomy of robots and cars.
Trucks VC General Partner Rilly Brennan There was an interesting column, Don’t Ridehailing Mistake for Ridehailing.
Travis KalanickFormer Uber Director, thinking of the company’s decision Refuse the Autonomous Driving Program It was wrong. Reminder: When Uber ATG burned the cash In 2020, Aurora was sold.
Unfortunate continues to expand – this time Silicone valley. And this came with expansion Hundreds of parking tickets.
Electric vehicles, charging and batteries
This Coin 400 Off-Road Race – Two EVS – Rivian R1T Truck and a Chevrolet Silverado Home Zr2 Off-Road Road Race Truck Concept – to the test.
Rad strength Lost CEO and won a new to an interval for several days.
President Donald Trump Tesla said he would tag the violence against his dealers Local terrorism – Another sign of deep support for elon musk. As a reporter Sean O’Kane Notes, “Tesla Takeyvers”, as they see by the federal government all over the world in Tesla dealers, the Federal Government (CEO of Tesla and the largest shareholder) and its Government Efficiency Department. Some of the protests resulted in the signs of Tesla, fired charging stations, even a dealer with Molotov cocktails.
The wheels of this week
This week I drove two e-bikes from Austin Mod bikes. I will focus on the newest Groovethis It started early in the week.
I spent 24 hours GrooveWith a sorbaed-up beach cruiser with a power bike appearance and feeling of electric bike. There was a previous groove, but the mod stopped bikes. Now it is back and updated, including the frame, battery, torque sensor, smart screen and engine.
The bike itself is polished with sport and many thoughtful detail $ 1,999 Price It looks like a burglary. The design is easily thought out with an integrated cycling lock that is easily readable and easy-to-managed management and framework.
Groove is a throat and pedal assistant bike and saw that it was easy to pass between different modes. I rarely trusted only the throat, because the help provided a large amount of Oomph. The bike has 275 pounds of share loads and reaches the high speed of 28 miles per hour. Yivin has 50 miles away; However, it has a binary battery option that opens up to 100 miles.
A note, though: Wow, this bike is heavy. Although this is generally a good thing, people should give you a little time to adapt to their weight.
I also tested MOD connectionAllows users to pair a lumos ultra smart helmet sectizer and manage your turn signals directly from the bike. The closed cycling helmet felt more visible to drivers as Austin walked the busy streets.
What is the “wheels of this week”? Whether it is a walk in an electric or hybrid car, e-bike or even autonomous vehicle, it is a chance to learn about the various transport products we tested.
