Solid Power, the solid-state battery developer backed by Ford and BMW, is hitting the public markets running with a spike in stock price shortly after trading opened Thursday. The company is one of a handful in the electric mobility space to have gone public via a merger with a blank-check firm. Solid Power announced the… Continue reading Solid Power ramps up solid-state battery race with public market debut
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Volkswagen closes three new partnerships to amp up EV production
Volkswagen has entered into three new partnerships related to electric vehicle batteries, as the German automaker looks to transition its entire portfolio of cars, trucks and SUVs to zero-emission vehicles by 2040. The three separate partnerships, all of which were announced Wednesday, are with materials technology group Umicore, battery specialist 24M Technologies and Vulcan Energy… Continue reading Volkswagen closes three new partnerships to amp up EV production
Autonomous driving startup Deeproute.ai prices L4 solution at $10,000
Deeproute.ai, an autonomous vehicle startup with offices in Shenzhen and Fremont, California, unveiled an ambitious self-driving solution on Wednesday. The package, named DeepRoute-Driver 2.0, is a production-ready Level 4 system that costs approximately $10,000. The price tag is incredible given the hardware used: five solid-state lidar sensors, eight cameras, a proprietary computing system, and an… Continue reading Autonomous driving startup Deeproute.ai prices L4 solution at $10,000
EV maker Arrival to build high-voltage battery module assembly plant in North Carolina
Arrival, the electric vehicle manufacturer that aims to break up the assembly line in favor of multiple microfactories, is investing $11.5 million to build a high-voltage battery module assembly plant in Charlotte, North Carolina. The plant will provide batteries for electric buses and vans produced at the company’s microfactories in Rock Hill, South Carolina and… Continue reading EV maker Arrival to build high-voltage battery module assembly plant in North Carolina
Uber spinout Serve Robotics gets $13M seed round to expand sidewalk robot deliveries
Serve Robotics, the autonomous sidewalk delivery company that spun out from Uber-owned Postmates in March, has closed an expanded seed round at $13 million. The company will use the funds to accelerate its expansion plans into new customer segments and geographic areas, which will require them to build more sidewalk robots to fuel that growth.… Continue reading Uber spinout Serve Robotics gets $13M seed round to expand sidewalk robot deliveries
EV automaker Lucid Group under investigation by SEC
Lucid Group has been subpoenaed by securities regulators investigating the electric automaker’s merger that enabled it to become a a publicly traded company. Lucid said in regulatory filing Monday morning that the Securities and Exchange Commission requested certain documents related to its investigation. “Although there is no assurance as to the scope or outcome of… Continue reading EV automaker Lucid Group under investigation by SEC
Argo releases standards for how self-driving cars should act around cyclists
Argo AI, an autonomous driving technology company, teamed up with advocacy group the League of American Cyclists (LAB) to come up with guidelines for how self-driving vehicles should identify and interact with cyclists. The goal is to set a standard for other AV companies in the industry to follow, particularly as the self-driving industry moves… Continue reading Argo releases standards for how self-driving cars should act around cyclists
The Station: Didi delists, a plea for the Chips Act and crypto for in-car purchases
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hello readers: Welcome to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. Welp,… Continue reading The Station: Didi delists, a plea for the Chips Act and crypto for in-car purchases
The Polestar Precept is a cypher for the EV automaker’s future
Polestar will spend the next three years executing a lofty electric vehicle launch schedule that will culminate with the Precept concept, a “Rosetta Stone” of sorts that provides a physical representation of the company’s future. Polestar, the former Volvo company that spun out to become its own brand, refers to the concept as its “manifesto.”… Continue reading The Polestar Precept is a cypher for the EV automaker’s future
Porsche invests in German startup aiming to be a one-stop shop for carbon neutral homes
Porsche’s venture arm has taken a minority stake in 1Komma5, a five-month-old German startup aiming to offer households everything needed for a carbon neutral home, including energy storage, charging infrastructure for electric vehicles and solar. The investment, the amount of which was not disclosed, follows a series of deals made by Porsche Ventures in the… Continue reading Porsche invests in German startup aiming to be a one-stop shop for carbon neutral homes