Techcrunch Mobility: Eye Evaluation of Medical, New Micromobility, Waymo’s Wild Week

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And emo It may be the largest commercial robotics operator – it offers 250,000 paid trips per week – but it is barely smooth.

The past seven days in the world of Waymo show the extent of the prosperous Robotaxi works. Company Limited service in the country On June 13, before the “La Kings” protests against President Donald Trump and his policies.

A few days later, Waymo announced it was Expansion of the Robotaxi service area Another 80 square miles in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay area, and the Silicon Valley.

Now Waymo is looking for the largest city in the United States: New York City. One note on New York City: This will be a waymo marathon. The company applies to obtain a permit to test its independent vehicles in the city, but even if it is approved, this test will not mean without a driver. The summary vehicle (no human being behind the wheel) will really require a change in the state law. We expect the pressure activity in the state to be drifted.

Let’s get into the rest of the news.

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Deals!

Applied intuition He continues to attract investors, and has an eye evaluation to show him.

The tumultuous starting start, which makes programs that help companies and government agencies to develop independent vehicle solutions such as simulation and data management programs, closed a $ 600 million from the F and Giving Series. This tour, which was led by Blackrock and Kleiner Perkins boxes, paid its evaluation to $ 15 billion. Yes, 15 billion dollars.

Among the other investors were the Investment Authority in Qatar, the Investment Council in Abu Dhabi, Greycroft, and more. The current investors at General Catalyst, Lux, Elad Gil and Mary Meeker’s Growth Bond also participated.

Reminder: The tour comes only one year after the completion of the E -$ 250 million series, which put the company with a value of $ 6 billion.

Other deals worth indicated …

Artcher Aviation antiquities An additional $ 850 million Through a direct offer of 85 million shares at a price of $ 10 per share. In its announcement, the company noticed that this after President Trump’s executive order to implement an EVTOT pilot program in the United States.

Saora C.StemsSouthern California -based emerging company develops wires for space, Rapid 25 million dollars On a joint tour by Dylan Field, co -founder and CEO of Figma Design Software; VC FIRM CIV; General catalyst; Peter Thil Institutional Fund; Sikoya Capital Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC; Andreson Horwitz.

micromobility

This newsletter had a dedicated section for Micromobility, a reflection of his popularity at the time. Micromobility has gone through a period of monotheism and tightening capital, forcing the industry to grow. But this did not disappear, and for this reason I returned it this week (and sometimes in the future).

Reporter Rebecca Billan hosted a round table Voi Fredrik Hjelm CEOand Birds involved in SEO Michael WashingouchiAnd CEO of Dott/Tier Henri Moissinac At the Micromobility EUROPE event in Brussels. Here are some of her visions of the painting and the broader event:

• Common micromobility has evolved from a general inconvenience to a viable form of public transport. Cities like Paris are now distributing four -year contracts, which will help operators to the roots.
• Europe has spent easier time than US Washinushi, which is believed to be North America, is late for 18 to 24 months in Europe to accept Micromobility as a public transport.
• Companies that have survived in the past few years are better and stronger, and are now working on profitability and deepening growth in basic markets. Bird, for example, is estimated that it is 12 to 18 months from the positive cash flow.
• Those operators do this in several ways. Voi, for example, is clicking on LLMS to convert the user notes into effectable visions in actual time. Voi also said that she will be interested in holding companies, such as Bolt’s Micromobility, to deepen her foothold.
• All companies said they are planning to add more electronic bikes to this mix. Washinushi also indicated that birds give priority to the use of data to spread vehicles in the right place and time.
• Executive managers also said they want to see more cities in terms of imposing motorcycle hats, contestant behavior, and creating a customized infrastructure such as protected cycling corridors.

Other micromobility news …

Honda A connection vehicle fired in the last tilted completely called Fastport Equad.

Equad comes in sizes based on the same basic platform, small and large. Both are smaller than the smallest small Cooper but can carry between 320 and 650 pounds. They have pedals, and their maximum speed is limited to 12 miles per hour (20 km per hour), both of which are requirements to maintain the legality of the bicycle.

Vanamoof She returned and launched the first electronic bike since bankruptcy. Reporter Rebecca Billan digs the same and What has changed in vanmoof.

Bilan also presented a List of startups Exit from the Micromobility scene in the early stage in Europe.

Promise readings and other tales

Independent vehicles

Zoo I opened the first Full production facilityWhere you expect to build one day 10,000 robots per year.

Electric cars, batteries and shipping

Timing I had a partnership with Electrify Expo to Full week’s EV test engines. This is an interesting step by Tesla, which historically used other methods along with the events of external parties such as automatic offers or opponents to attract new customers. Electrify Expo can also make a target for demonstrators behind Tesla Takedown.

Car sharing and horseback ride

ZoomcarHe said the Indian auto sharing market The infiltrator has reached the personal data Of at least 8.4 million customers, including their names, phone numbers and car registration numbers. The company became aware of the accident after some of its employees received external contacts from the representative of the threat, who claimed that he had been able to reach the company’s data.

The future of the trip

the Paris Air Show It included a lot of news in the framework of the sophisticated category called “The Future of the Trip”. Many to cover everything here, but there were some prominent points: an advertisement from American Point Minister Sean Duffy The Federal Aviation Administration and four other organizers will cooperate in Advanced road map for air mobility (AAM); Artcher Aviation Display Midnight plane Delegations from more than 20 countries hosted; and Beta techniques I became upper The first electric plane To fly in the show.