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Self-driving tech startups are driving off a cliff on public markets

Posted on Oct 14, 2022 in Finance, Markets, Perspective

A few years ago, public market investors sometimes lamented the lack of opportunities to directly invest in future-shaping technologies...

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Mobileye IPO: Should you buy?

Posted on Oct 14, 2022 in Finance, Markets, Perspective

Investors have been waiting almost a year for Intel (INTC -1.93%) to file the paperwork to spin off its autonomous vehicle technology...

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Hyundai to spend $12.6B on software-defined vehicles

Posted on Oct 12, 2022 in Finance, News, Technology

TOKYO — Hyundai Motor Group says it will invest billions of dollars into developing software in a move to speed product development and...

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Intel’s self-driving company Mobileye files for an IPO

Posted on Oct 2, 2022 in Cars, Finance, News

Intel’s self-driving technology firm Mobileye has filed for an initial public offering (IPO), according to a filing with the Securities...

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Investors bank on China’s alternatives to Nvidia’s auto chips

Posted on Sep 26, 2022 in Finance, Perspective, Technology

In China, a crop of homegrown chip companies has popped up as Beijing strives to decouple from America’s advanced technology and manage...

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Bosch invests in Chinese autonomous driving chip developer Cambricon Singo

Posted on Sep 22, 2022 in Finance, News, Technology

Beijing (Gasgoo)- Bosch-affiliated venture capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC), has completed its investment in China’s...

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Carmakers play numbers game in $53 billion self-driving splurge

Posted on Sep 15, 2022 in Finance, Perspective, Technology

In BloombergNEF’s latest road transport outlook report, we see autonomous vehicles accounting for roughly 8% of the kilometers that...

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Suzuki invests in Applied EV

Posted on Sep 12, 2022 in Finance, News

Suzuki Motor Corporation (hereinafter “Suzuki”) has invested in Applied Electric Vehicles Ltd (Headquarters: Australia, CEO: Julian...

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In leaked memo, Aurora CEO weighs spinouts, layoffs and acquisitions against sale to big tech

Posted on Sep 3, 2022 in Finance, News, Trucks

The chief executive of autonomous vehicle developer Aurora Innovation presented a swath of cost-cutting and cash-generating options to its...

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$52M federal grant boosts mobility innovation in Michigan

Posted on Sep 2, 2022 in Finance, News, Technology

(TNS) — The Detroit Regional Partnership Foundation is to receive a $52.2 million federal grant from a Department of Commerce program to...

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Why we invested in Faction

Posted on Aug 31, 2022 in Finance, Perspective, Technology

TDK Ventures has identified the energy-saving and environmental advantages that electric vehicles can deliver as a major focus area for...

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Baidu’s (BIDU) Apollo Go service strikes 1 million EV autonomous ride milestone in China

Posted on Aug 30, 2022 in Cars, Finance, News

Chinese tech giant Baidu (BIDU) beat Wall Street’s Q2 earnings estimates on Tuesday despite several headwinds in China’s economy. Baidu’s...

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Bosch-backed self-driving startup WeRide weighing IPO, sources say

Posted on Aug 23, 2022 in Finance, News

Chinese driverless technology startup Guangzhou WeRide Technology Co. is considering an initial public offering that could raise about...

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Geely to acquire TuSimple’s Asia-Pacific business

Posted on Aug 21, 2022 in Finance, News, Trucks

Chinese automotive maker Geely plans to buy the entire stake of autonomous driving company TuSimple’s Asia-Pacific business. The...

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Riverland Community College gets $348K for AV tech program

Posted on Aug 19, 2022 in Finance, News, Technology

(TNS) — Riverland Community College recently secured a $348,486 in grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced...

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Autonomous driving developer Momenta invests in SAIC Motor’s Xiangdao Chuxing

Posted on Aug 15, 2022 in Finance, News, Technology

Beijing (Gasgoo)- SAIC Motor’s ride-hailing arm, Xiangdao Chuxing, announced the completion of its Series B financing round, raising over...

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Autonomous driving developer PhiGent Robotics completes 2nd settlement of Series A

Posted on Aug 15, 2022 in Finance, News

Beijing (Gasgoo)- Beijing-based autonomous driving solution provider, PhiGent Robotics, announced the completion of the second settlement...

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StradVision announces close of $88m Series C funding round

Posted on Aug 9, 2022 in Finance, News, Technology

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — StradVision, an AI-based perception processing company for Autonomous Vehicles and...

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Black Sesame Technologies breaks $500M in round-C funding

Posted on Aug 8, 2022 in Finance, News, Technology

On August 8, Black Sesame Technologies, an autonomous driving computer chip company, announced its completion of round-C+ financing led by...

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Autonomous driving startup GoFurther.AI secures round A+ financing

Posted on Aug 8, 2022 in Finance, News

GoFurther.AI, an autonomous driving company, announced the completion of the company’s round A+ of financing on August 8. This financing...

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