The Silicon Valley AV startup has not started driverless testing yet.

Lucid Motors pulled its guidance for the year, as it navigates swelling inventory and a companywide cost-cutting measure.

Some officials praised Tesla's Full Self-Driving system for strong performance in city tests.

The company said the change is expected to mainly affect its two-wheel services in its largest market.

Grab posted a record quarterly revenue of US$955 million in Q1 2026.

VW Group's stake will continue to grow under the $5.8 billion joint venture with Rivian.

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The startup has put a spin on repurposing EV batteries, CEO Edward Chiang told TechCrunch.

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A sensor that can simultaneously capture depth and image data has long been a "holy grail," Ouster CEO Angus Pacala told TechCrunch.

Within hours he'd thrown up a website — a janky, one-hour job, by his own admission — and by Sunday, 36,000 "founding patrons" had pledged nearly $23 million, crashing his servers in the process.

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Praveen Neppalli Naga, Uber's chief technology officer, revealed the plan in an interview at TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, describing it as a natural extension of a nascent program the company announced in late January called AV Labs.

Rivian has reworked its loan deal with the Department of Energy and now expects to borrow $4.5 billion to build its new factory in Georgia, down from the original amount of $6.6 billion.

The perpetually struggling EV company made the payments while being investigated by the SEC. That four-year probe was ultimately closed in March.

The move signals Google’s push to bring more advanced, conversational AI into the driving experience.

Hertz is creating a new affiliate company called "Oro Mobility" to provide fleet management solutions "across a range of mobility segments."

Uber announced several new features on Wednesday during its annual event, which push far beyond the company's original ride-hailing purpose and deeper into its users' lives.

BMW i Ventures is interested in startups working on agentic AI and physical AI, as well as industrial software, advanced materials, and manufacturing and supply chain technologies.

Hanoi launched 10 new electric bus routes with 288 vehicles in early April.

Mercedes will pair the system with its own software, allowing driving on highway and city roads while the driver remains attentive.

The company did not diclosed the value, but estimates put it at about 10 trillion won (US$6.7 billion).

Annual EV sales in Vietnam surged from 7,000 in 2022 to nearly 175,000 in 2025.