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Cruise and Waymo score a win and a surprising deal between electric aircraft rivals

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It’s the shared micromobility operator that has gained a rep for growing at a steady, sustainable pace, rather than moving fast and breaking things? NABSA ’s fourth annual state of shared micromobility report shows that ridership in North America has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Micromobbin’ You remember Veo , right?

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The Station: Elon’s Tesla share sale, Ford teases a second EV truck and GM’s Cruise spending ramps

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Meanwhile in the land of shared micromobility. Populus is partnering with cities and operators like Bolt , Tier and Voi in a European Union-funded, data-sharing initiative that will measure carbon reductions of micromobility. But it’s also an encouraging finding! FreeWire Technologies , the EV charging company, raised $125 million.

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The Station: Intel eyes an IPO for Mobileye and how Elon influenced Autopilot

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Micromobbin’ I don’t want to get ahead of myself here, but are we close to reaching the point of no return on our micromobility revolution? All of the stars appear to be aligning towards the potential for exponential growth in micromobility adoption. You also can send a direct message to me at Twitter — @kirstenkorosec.

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The Station: Rivian trims its workforce and a supply chain-tainted earnings season begins

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Micromobility is feeling the pain as well. The respective boards at JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines approved a merger agreement at a diluted equity valuation of $3.8 billion loan from the agency to help it finance the construction of new lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities. — Rebecca Bellan.

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The Station: Restructuring ripples and the next investor darling of the EV era

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Micromobbin’ Before we dive in, I just wanted to spotlight a piece from TechCruncher Annie Saunders on why micromobility might only ever just be a fun way to get around , rather than something that can truly augment public transit. You also can send a direct message to @kirstenkorosec. Check it out (TechCrunch+ subscription required).

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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities

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Both micromobility and telemedicine seem very crowded at this point, and we believe the current market leaders in these sectors will become the winners. We will see a lot of new opportunities from decentralized finance and a shift to a truly global economy where borders and barriers will be surpassed with smart technology.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

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Fintech (specifically embedded finance or financial SaaS), synthetic bio. Areas such as vertical banking, embedded finance, compliance as a service and consumer finance consistently get overlooked by young Israeli founders. Yonatan Mandelbaum, TLV Partners. What trends are you most excited about investing in, generally?

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