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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: 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. . a special purpose acquisition company led by Callaway Capital with $146.6

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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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We’ll kick off mobility month with a TechCrunch Live event focused on building a better mobility fintech startup featuring Rachel Holt of Construct Capital and Caribou CEO Kevin Bennett. Meanwhile in the land of shared micromobility. TC Live, which is free, will be live-streamed beginning 11:30 a.m. SWTCH Energy Inc.

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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. The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Enlightenment Capital.

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LG announces the first 50 participants in its LG Nova program

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Nova itself is a counterpoint to profit-focused corporate venture capital outfits, and is instead focusing on abilities to collaborate with the LG conglomerate across the board, in a few key verticals: the metaverse, connected healthcare, smart homes, electric vehicles (EV) and the wonderfully fuzzily named tech for good.

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Daily Crunch: London-based SumUp pins $8.5B valuation with $624M debt-equity round 

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With folks and workers stuck at home, digital became the only way to collaborate, stay current and find a modicum of escape. Micromobility ain’t looking so hot these days, either, unfortunately. Carv, which came to venture capital by way of Kickstarter, claims its product can be retrofitted to any boot. Startups and VC.

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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).