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Hi folks , I ’m back fromCES 2024and ready to partake in what I control and heard !
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CES 2024
Another crazyCES 2024has enclose and I see a lot .
To get a mother wit of the principal transferral tech drift at CES 2024,check out my rounduphere . Tl;dr : AI , EVs , automated driving , in - gondola tech and buzzy talk about thesoftware - delimitate carwas everywhere . But also , atomic number 1 !
I also talk toa lotof startup founders about their biggest challenges and hopes for 2024 . There is still some fear around fundraising , although for the first sentence in awhile I heard an cheerful tone from investors and founder alike .
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Here is a sample of our CES 2024 coverage :
•Kodiak Roboticsreveals its good scene at makingself - tug trucksa business•Hyundaisays itselectric breeze taxi businesswill take flight in 2028•Hondabets its electrical futureon “ thin , light ” 0 series eV at CES 2024•Mobinndeveloped a legal transfer bot thatcan handle stairswith ease•Pivotalkicked off U.S. salesof its lightweight electric personal Helix aircraft•Volkswagenis bringingChatGPTinto its cars and SUVs
Deal of the week
Micromobility companies focused on shared rides keep on consolidate . The up-to-the-minute deal is betweenDottandTier , two leading European companies in the space , which announcedplans to unify . The transaction is expected to close within two months .
Industry watchers are likely not surprised . gratuitous - float motor scooter and einsteinium - bike companies have been struggling . Within the retiring month , Superpedestrian announced that it would shut down and Bird filed for failure .
Dott and Tier White House are play that combining team and operation is the good itinerary to lucrativeness .
Other deals that got my attention …
Finn , a Munich - based startup that run a platform for new car subscriptions , raised € 100 million($109 - 110 million ) in a Series C round that value the company at € 600 million post - money ( $ 658 million at current rate ) . Planet First Partners , a European emergence fairness firm , led the round .
Another piece of bankruptProterrahas been sold . Phoenix Motoracquired Proterra ’s transit business organisation pipeline .
HAAS Alert , which delivers road safety information and hazard warnings via in - fomite electronic notification , raise $ 15 million from Boston growth - equity business firm Volition Capital .
Notable reads and other tidbits
Autonomous vehicles
Anthony Levandowskiwrote an op - edfor TechCrunch that give his horizon on whether 2024 will ( finally ) be the year of the sovereign vehicle ?
TuSimpleis cast some of itsself - repel trucks up for auctionfollowing its U.S. exit .
Waymoplans to initiate testing its driverless rider vehicleson the highwaylater this month .
Electric vehicles, batteries & charging
Googlekeeps rolling out features aimed at EV owners ; the latest feature showsreal - sentence battery infoin Google Maps .
Hertzisdialing backits big EV play . TC+ reporter Tim De Chant weighs in on why in an article thatfocuses on drive - hailing .
Kiarevealed a newcommercial EV lineupand already has line upUberas a partner .
Lordstown Motors , the belly-up EV startup , could be on the hook for $ 45 million forviolating Union security department laws .
Lucid’slatest delivery datashows its sales slack is persisting even as it gash price .
Teslais now selling therevamped versionof its Model 3 saloon in the United States , just four months after it debuted in China and Europe .
In-car tech and security
Hyundai Motor Indiasaid itfixed a bugthat exposed client ’ personal information .
WTFis asoftware - defined vehicle ? TechCrunch takes on this hyped - up term .
