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Uber sells air taxi business Elevate to Joby Aviation, shedding its last moonshot

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“This deal allows us to deepen our partnership with Joby, the clear leader in this field, to accelerate the path to market for these technologies.” ” These tools and new team members will be invaluable to us as we accelerate our plans for commercial launch.”

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Tier Mobility acquires Spin from Ford, marking entry into North America

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Tier Mobility, the Berlin-based micromobility operator that has been steadily taking over Europe, is making a sweeping entry into North America by acquiring Spin from automaker Ford. At the time, Bear said the move would help accelerate the company’s path to profitability via its strategy of pursuing exclusive or limited vendor markets.

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VanMoof raises $128 million to become the world’s leading e-bike brand

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With today’s funding round, the startup plans to double-down on its current strategy. The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated plans to transform European cities — and prioritize bikes over cars. How four European cities are embracing micromobility to drive out cars. While the company started in Europe, the U.S.

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Uber spins out delivery robot startup as Serve Robotics

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Other co-founders include Dmitry Demeshchuk, the first engineer who joined the Serve team at Postmates and MJ Chun, who previously led product at Anki and has been heading up product strategy at Serve. The company is launching with 60 employees with headquarters in San Francisco and offices in Los Angeles and Vancouver, Canada.

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The Station: Rounding up the Tesla Cyber Roundup, a Waymo change up and the mysterious disappearance of Bolt Mobility

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Bolt had appeared to be on an upward trajectory last year after acquiring the assets of Last Mile Holdings, which opened up 48 new markets to the micromobility operator. However, there’s also space to push micromobility companies to provide more protections. . It’s all very mysterious. Rebecca Bellan. A little bird. Deal of the week.

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Daily Crunch: Pentagon locks down unsecured email server that exposed sensitive military data

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Success breeds IPO : Shared vehicle company Lime reported its first profitable year, with Rebecca writing that “Lime has figured out how to make shared micromobility a sustainable business.” Aria has more. So what happens when you are good at what you do? The company is now eyeing an initial public offering.

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Revel founder Frank Reig a year later on driving EV adoption in big cities

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That doesn’t do anything for the city, and it doesn’t accelerate any transition. At this point, we’re sort of waiting for COVID to be over officially until we really start to think about expanding our micromobility footprint. . “The way we think about stations is at scale.

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