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Ample to bring EV battery swapping to Mitsubishi trucks in Japan

San Francisco startup Ample is bringing its modular electric vehicle battery swapping technology to Mitsubishi Fuso’s electric trucks this winter, the company said Tuesday. This marks the first

These are all the automakers that have pulled out Russian operations

Countries around the world are tightening sanctions against Russia in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine last week. As a result, companies are limiting, halting or fully exiting busin

Exploring the many faces of sidewalk delivery robots with Cartken’s Anjali Jindal Naik

"Sidewalks, to us, seem like the best way to get to an origin and an end destination. So that's kind of where we've landed."

China’s robotaxis charged ahead in 2021

Autonomous driving startups in China are in an arms race to put passengers in their machine-driven vehicles. Every few weeks, news arrives that another major player has got the greenlight to launch a

Chinese robotaxi unicorn WeRide bags over $600M in 5 months

It’s hard to keep up with the fundraising spree in China’s autonomous driving industry these days. Guangzhou- and California-based robotaxi company WeRide, which counts Renault-Nissan-Mits

Rivian to begin deliveries of electric pickup truck in June 2021

Rivian has started to run a pilot production line at its factory in Normal, Illinois, as the electric vehicle startup prepares to bring its pickup truck and SUV to market in summer 2021. In an email s

Maniv Mobility General Partner Olaf Sakkers is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility

In case you haven’t heard, TC Sessions: Mobility is back for a second year. This one-day event, which will be held May 14 in San Jose, promises to feature some of the best and brightest engineer

W(hy)TF are Japan and South Korea in a trade war?

Another week, another trade war. And unlike most trade wars these days, this one didn’t originate from the confines of the Rose Garden with the Marine One whirlybird in the background. No, like any

With global ambitions, VC firm Maniv Mobility raises $100 million from automakers, suppliers

What started as an accident has turned into a venture firm with a global reach and backing from some of the biggest corporations in the automotive and transportation industries. Maniv Mobility, the Is

Symphony, a messaging app that’s been a hit with Wall Street, raises $165M at a $1.4B valuation

Slack’s rapid rise and upcoming IPO are clear signs of the ripe opportunity to be had in the field of enterprise messaging. Today, a startup that’s built a messaging product specifically f

Amazon leads $700M round in electric automaker Rivian

Rivian, the electric automaker that debuted its first two vehicles just three months ago, has raised $700 million in a round led by Amazon. The news follows a report earlier this week by Reuters that

An inside look at Rivian’s EV ambitions from AI batteries to electric jet skis

For a CEO who insists his electric vehicle startup doesn’t want to be Tesla, Rivian founder RJ Scaringe can sound a lot like Elon Musk. Just weeks before unveiling Rivian’s first vehicles — an a

Rivian debuts an electric pickup and SUV designed to look good while getting dirty

Rivian has kept a relatively low profile since the automotive startup with Midwestern roots launched in 2009. Those days are over. CEO and founder RJ Scaringe unveiled two all-electric vehicles this w

Google partners with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi to put Android into millions of vehicles

Google will partner with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, the largest auto alliance in the world by vehicle sales, to put Android-based infotainment systems into millions of cars, the companies told Wall St

GreyOrange raises $140M to develop fully-automated robotics for warehouses

GreyOrange, a Singapore-headquartered firm that develops robots for warehouses, has pulled in a $140 million Series C funding round as it targets more expansion and growth. The company was started in

The race to build autonomous delivery robots rolls on

It’s been a busy year in delivery robot land. Starship Technologies sounded the starting gun to bring autonomous delivery vehicles to market with a $17.2 million round led by Daimler back in Jan

Hitachi And Mitsubishi Stop Domestic Production Of TVs, Optical Discs

Two big Japanese electronics companies, namely <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/hitachi">Hitachi</a> and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/mitsubishi">Mitsubishi</a>, are to stop producing parts

EMIRAI: Mitsubishi Shows Futuristic Car Interface (Video)

At the Tokyo Motor Show 2011, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/mitsubishi">Mitsubishi</a> took the wraps off EMIRAI, a near-future concept that will become reality in about 10 years (if the company

CEATEC 2011: Mitsubishi Showcases Semispherical Display (2.7M Diameter)

The <a href="http://www.ceatec.com/2011/en/">CEATEC 2011</a> exhibition started today in Chiba (just outside of Tokyo), and what I saw was either disappointing (like gear that's already <em>available

Mitsubishi Shows LCD TV With Red Laser Backlight

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mitsubishi_laser-620x465.jpg" /> Mitsubishi Electric yesterday showed a <a href="http://www.mitsubishielectric.co.jp/news/2011/0216-d.ht
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