Lilium in deep trouble, Pony.ai to IPO and Uber to buy Expedia?
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is a weekly mobility industry update
from ride-hailing & DRT through micromobility & delivery to autonomous & flying cars.
Toyota 💰500M Joby, Tier becomes Dott, Waymo 🤝Hyundai
Uber 🤝 WeRide, autonomous defence contracts and new US ban on China
Uber 🤝Turo, Lyft 🛠️micromobility and Rapido $200M
Uber +AV, -€290M, -P2P & +⚡, Waymo 100K, Wheels $1 and H1 EV sales +12.4%
Zepto $340M, Autofleet $110M, Archer $580M & JLR to stop selling cars
Uber + Lyft + Deliveroo profitable, Ola Electric successful IPO and Zeelo marks 10 million rides
Rapido raises $120M, Delivery Hero consolidating businesses and EHang delivers 10 vehicles
Grab acquires Chope & cancels Trans-cab, Waymo $5bn & tests Zeekr, Vertical Aerospace successful flight and independent contractors in California
Robotaxis at a ¼ of taxi cost, hydrogen eVTOLs and a mapping battle in India
Flix raises €1 billion, Eve $94M, Archer $55M
VW invests in Rivian, Verne is the new autonomous player, and DoorDash-Deliveroo deal falls
Zepto ($665M), Wabbi ($200M) and Tier IV ($54M) raise, Chapter 11 for Fisker and CoachUSA, Getir restructures
Cruise gets $850 million, Musk $45 billion, Swiggy 10-min gourmet delivery and a week of events
Voi threatens to exit London, Joby acquires Xwing and Fisker’s collapse is imminent
Flink €100M, Skyports $110M, nextbike sold, Fisker dangling and Getir down
Surf Beyond, Ryde, InDrive & Applied Intuition are on 🔥, Minneapolis, Phantom Auto & fisker 🧊 and Goodbye MaaS Global
SIXT invests in Blacklane, acquisitions in delivery, Mercedes level-3 and Joby delivers
Getir raises $500M, Ola Electric $140M & Revel €115M; Kolors acquires Urbvan; and trouble in SF
Bird running out of money