Bedrock Robotics, an autonomous vehicle technology startup founded by veterans of Waymo and Segment, has been operating quietly for more than a year. Now, it’s breaking cover with an $80 million funding round from investors Eclipse and 8VC. Bedrock Robotics is focused on developing a self-driving kit that can be retrofitted to construction and other… Continue reading Ex-Waymo engineers launch Bedrock Robotics with $80M to automate construction
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Chinese Robotaxis Are Gunning for Global Domination
This post originally appeared on Recode China AI. When Tesla rolled out its much-anticipated pilot robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, last month—a fleet of 10 to 20 Model Y SUVs with “robotaxi” stickers and minor modifications—the tech and automotive worlds paused in awe. But thousands of miles away, executives at China’s leading autonomous driving firms… Continue reading Chinese Robotaxis Are Gunning for Global Domination
Clean Technica: Tesla’s Humongous Market Cap Is Simply Greed & Fantasy004099
Last Updated on: 15th July 2025, 11:09 pm Look, I’ve got some good friends who are Tesla [NASDAQ:TSLA] shareholders. They are really good people. A few of them have had shares in the company for well over a decade. A couple of others joined the party more recently, but still years ago. I held Tesla… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla’s Humongous Market Cap Is Simply Greed & Fantasy004099
China’s Geely is officially bringing its luxury EV startup Zeekr private
China’s Geely Auto is officially taking its luxury EV subsidiary Zeekr private, just over a year after the company debuted on the New York Stock Exchange. The news comes two months after Geely offered to take Zeekr private, following President Donald Trump’s threats earlier this year to delist Chinese stocks from U.S. exchanges. When the… Continue reading China’s Geely is officially bringing its luxury EV startup Zeekr private
Bank Warns That Robotaxi Companies May Have Overlooked Severe Obstacles to Actually Making Money
They’re not convinced. Cost Benefit As Elon Musk’s Tesla triples down on an autonomous ridehailing service, analysts are ringing the alarm bells, warning that even if the technology were swiftly perfected, it could take many years for robotaxis to become profitable. As Business Insider reports, analysts at HSBC warn that the market for driverless taxis… Continue reading Bank Warns That Robotaxi Companies May Have Overlooked Severe Obstacles to Actually Making Money
We Are Having a Very Hard Time Believing the “Shape” of Tesla’s New Robotaxi Geofence Is a Coincidence
Tesla has expanded the area where its Robotaxis can operate in Austin, and it’s difficult — nay, impossible — to ignore its resemblance to something unmistakably vulgar. As folks immediately pointed out online, the crudely-shaped geofence is, essentially, a bathroom graffiti-level dick drawing — and given his puerile sense of humor, there’s a non-zero chance… Continue reading We Are Having a Very Hard Time Believing the “Shape” of Tesla’s New Robotaxi Geofence Is a Coincidence
Beyond Tesla: Under-the-radar stocks that could capitalize on the $1.2 trillion autonomous driving market
Driverless vehicles are no longer a moonshot, and it’s not just Tesla (TSLA) or Google’s (GOOG) Waymo that investors should have their eyes on. “You need semiconductors, you need sensors, and then the final piece of the jigsaw is software,” Bank of America analyst Martyn Briggs told Yahoo Finance. “All of those components are enabling… Continue reading Beyond Tesla: Under-the-radar stocks that could capitalize on the $1.2 trillion autonomous driving market
Beyond Tesla: Under-the-radar stocks that could capitalize on the $1.2 trillion autonomous driving market
Driverless vehicles are no longer a moonshot, and it’s not just Tesla (TSLA) or Google’s (GOOG) Waymo that investors should have their eyes on. “You need semiconductors, you need sensors, and then the final piece of the jigsaw is software,” Bank of America analyst Martyn Briggs told Yahoo Finance. “All of those components are enabling… Continue reading Beyond Tesla: Under-the-radar stocks that could capitalize on the $1.2 trillion autonomous driving market
Uber’s latest robotaxi partner is China’s Baidu
Uber has struck another deal with a robotaxi provider, and this time it’s with Chinese tech giant Baidu. The two companies announced Tuesday that they have agreed to a “multi-year strategic partnership to deploy thousands of Baidu’s Apollo Go autonomous vehicles (AVs) on the Uber platform” in multiple markets outside the U.S. and mainland China.… Continue reading Uber’s latest robotaxi partner is China’s Baidu
Tesla’s penis-shaped Robotaxi expansion illustrates how unserious the business is
Tesla has expanded the service area of its Robotaxi service in Austin, and it did so to draw a penis-shaped service map, seemingly for no other reason than to satisfy the juvenile humor of its CEO, but what it really achieved is to illustrate how unserious Tesla’s Robotaxi business is compared to other efforts. Last… Continue reading Tesla’s penis-shaped Robotaxi expansion illustrates how unserious the business is