Norway’s wealth fund vote is latest blow to Musk’s $1 trillion pay package
Elon Musk is pushing for a $1 trillion performance pay package. Another major shareholder has said no.
Waymo’s robotaxi expansion accelerates with 3 new cities
Detroit, Las Vegas, and San Diego are next on Waymo’s robotaxi tick list.
TechCrunch Mobility: Everything said on, and off, the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
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San Francisco mayor: ‘We should be the testbed for emerging tech’
While San Francisco’s mayor Daniel Lurie is opening his arms to autonomous vehicles, other cities are more resistant. Boston, for instance, has considered a ban on autonomous vehicles in the city.
Uber to launch a premium robotaxi service in Waymo’s turf of San Francisco
The move puts Uber in direct competitor with Waymo, which has dominated the metro area.
Aurora expands self-driving trucks route to El Paso
Aurora’s first driverless route was from Dallas to Houston. This next one is Fort Worth to El Paso.
Glīd is building an autonomous shortcut to move freight from road to rail — catch it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Damoa pinpointed the problem: the complex, multi-step process moving a container from a ship to a freight train. He founded Glīd Technologies to try and solve it.
TechCrunch Mobility: The ‘robot army’ argument
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Ford isn’t going to make more F-150 Lightnings for a while
Ford is prioritizing its gas and hybrid F-150 trucks instead.
Redwood Materials raises another $350M to power up its energy storage business
The round was led by Eclipse and saw participation from Nvidia’s venture capital arm, NVentures.