Top startup news for today, Friday, January 11, 2019
Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Friday, January 11. Chariot, a Ford-owned private bus startup for commuters, is shutting down. Chariot, the private bus...
View ArticleTesla launches the first home charging station that can be mounted or plugged...
Yesterday, Tesla unveiled a new Wall Connector, a home and office charging solution with an existing NEMA 14-50 outlet. The new Wall Connector offers a 25 percent faster charge compared to the Gen 2...
View ArticleTop startup news for today, Monday, February 4, 2019
Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Monday, February 4. Tesla to acquire energy and battery tech company Maxwell Technologies for about $218 million. Tesla...
View ArticleAutonomous vehicle startup Nuro raises close to $1 billion from the SoftBank...
Nuro, an autonomous vehicle startup that is building robotic vehicles to deliver groceries and other items from the street, has raised close to $1 billion to transform local commerce through...
View ArticleAmazon leads $700 million investment in electric truck startup Rivian
The secretive Electric truck startup Rivian has been in the news lately. With millions of gas guzzlers on the roads, Rivian believes it can reduce the Carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere,...
View ArticleRenault-Nissan-Mitsubishi’s Alliance Ventures invests in EV charging platform...
With China’s effort to move away from fossil fuel and focus more on producing fuel-efficient and renewable energy sources, the country is targeting to have sales of more than 7 million electric...
View ArticleInnoviz secures $132 million to accelerate solid-state LiDAR production
Innoviz Technologies, a provider of high-performance, solid-state lidar sensors and perception software, has raised $132 million in Series C funding to accelerate solid-state lidar production. The...
View ArticleChinese All-Electric SUV Startup BYTON Announces Plans to Complete Its Series...
Last year, we wrote several stories about BYTON when the Chinese smart all-electric SUV startup came into the limelight to challenge Tesla and now Rivia, an all-electric SUV startup backed by Ford...
View ArticleAutoware open source self-driving startup Tier IV secures over $100 million...
Tier IV, an open source self-driving startup based in Japan, has raised over $100 million in total in a Series A funding round to commercialize self-driving technology in private areas, depopulated...
View ArticleFord takes on Tesla with a new all-electric F-150 truck that pulls over a...
Today, Ford Motors released a YouTube video of an all-electric F-150 pickup prototype truck towing 1.25 million pounds of double-decker rail cars carrying 42 F-150 pickups. The all-electric F-150...
View ArticleDeep tech startup Tier IV secures $9 million to develop autoware-integrated...
Back in July 2019, we wrote about Tier IV when the an open-source self-driving startup based in Japan raised “over $100 million” in a massive Series A funding round led by Sompo Japan Nipponkoa...
View ArticleTop tech startup news for today, Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Good morning! Below are some of the top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, August 27, 2019. Geotech startup What3Words helps you find any place on the planet without an address. What3Words is a...
View ArticleToyota unveils revamped hydrogen sedan Mirai to take on Tesla; driving range...
Japan’s biggest automaker Toyota is revamping and transforming its Mirai hydrogen sedan car in an attempt to revive the anemic sales, boost demand and take on its competitor, Tesla. Just before the...
View ArticleUpstream Security raises $30M Series B from Renault, Volvo Group, Hyundai,...
Upstream Security, an Israeli cybersecurity startup for connected vehicles, has closed $30 Million Series B investment to protect connected vehicles from escalating cyber threats; validates cloud-based...
View ArticleCharge expands its charging docking stations across the US and Europe to...
With some cities housing over 50,000 shared electric scooters from operators such as Bird, Lime, Spin and Voi, and more and more landing every week, something has to give. Cities are unable to cope...
View ArticleHyundai launches first car with solar roof charging system
We really dropped the ball on this one. Back in August, Hyundai Motor Company announced the launch of its first ever car with a solar roof charging system. The company claimed the groundbreaking...
View ArticleVolkswagen launches new mobile charging robots for electric cars
With more than 5.1 million electric cars on the roads globally, there is increasing need for infrastructure and charging stations to keep these cars moving. However, Volkswagen seems to have the...
View ArticleChina’s Geely and Mercedes-Benz invest $780 million to make electric Smart cars
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding), the Chinese parent company of Volvo, is teaming up with Mercedes-Benz to build “premium and intelligent electrified” vehicles under the smart brand. The...
View ArticleGermany poised to surpass China as the world’s leader in electric vehicle...
In 2018, China produced over 2.2 million electric vehicles (EVs). China is also projected to produce around 6.8 million battery electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) in...
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European Uber rival Bolt raises $110 million in new funding; now valued at...
The last time we wrote about Bolt was back in March 2018 when the startup was called Taxify. It later rebranded as Bolt to expand its transport options beyond private cars. Bolt is an Estonia-based...
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