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Bolt raises $182M to expand its on-demand transportation network in Europe and Africa

TechCrunch

In the midst of a major second wave of coronavirus infections across Europe, an Estonian startup that’s building an on-demand network to move food and people around in cars, on scooters and ( most recently ) on bikes across developed and emerging markets in EMEA is announcing a major round of funding. billion ($4.3

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FlixMobility raises $650M+ at a $3B valuation to double down on buses and other transport in the US

TechCrunch

As consumers around the world slowly start to get moving again — fingers crossed that new waves of COVID-19 cases do not set that back — one of the big players in on-demand mass transportation services is announcing a growth round to move with them. market as well as across Europe.

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Optibus taps $100M at a $1.3B valuation for its AI-based mass transit operations platform

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Optibus , which uses AI to help public transportation bodies and their mass transit partners plan and operate their networks, has raised $100 million, funding that it will be using to continue expanding its product set and wider business footprint, CEO and co-founder Amos Haggiag said in an interview in London this week.

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Local Motors, the startup behind the Olli autonomous shuttle, has shut down

TechCrunch

Experiencing first-hand the skill and dedication of the people I worked with, I have no doubt AVs (like Olli) are the future of transportation.” The first generation of the shuttle debuted in 2016 in National Harbor, Maryland at a mixed-use development.

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Builders and VCs explore the impact of air mobility on urban planning at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch

What role should it play — in existing cities and when designing future urban transportation systems? Will the public widely accept and use it? Other companies where Gysin held CEO and EVP positions include Asempra, McData Corporation, Novell/Volera, PGSoft and Silver Spring Networks. What are the costs and benefits?

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The Station: Arrival slashes EV targets, more Tesla FSD controversy and NHTSA loses its captain

TechCrunch

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. I don’t have much to say about this since anyone who follows the most basic tenets of society and uses logic understands it is wrong and ridiculous. 63% of riders said they used micromobility to connect to public transit.

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Taking the Pulse: Private 5G

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It makes sense that the two verticals—retail, distribution and transport, plus manufacturing—fast-tracked their private 5G plans the most (73% and 63%, respectively) given the perfect storm of events: An exodus of staff (employees on furlough or working from home). Over time, the business use cases will proliferate.

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