Kyle Vogt, the former founder and CEO of self-driving car company Cruise, has a new VC-backed robotics startup focused on household chores. Vogt announced Monday that the new startup, called the Bot Company, has raised $ 150 million from former Github CEO and investor Nat Friedman, Pioneer founder and investor Daniel Gross, Spark Capital general […]
TechCrunch Mobility: Cruise robotaxis return and Ford’s BlueCruise comes under scrutiny
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. It was another wild week in the world of transportation, particularly in the EV startup and automated driving industries. […]
Cruise robotaxis are back in Phoenix — but people are driving them
Cruise is redeploying robotaxis in Phoenix after nearly five months of paused operations, the company said in a blog post. The catch? The cars will be in so-called “manual mode,” so they won’t be driving themselves. Cruise will resume manual driving of its autonomous vehicles to create maps and gather road information in certain cities, […]
Arsenal Cruise Past Luton Town To Return To Premier League Summit
Arsenal coasted to a 2-0 win over struggling Luton on Wednesday to dislodge Liverpool from the top of the Premier League table, once again edging ahead in a thrilling three-way title tussle. Gunners captain Martin Odegaard opened the scoring midway through the first half and an own goal just before the break gave the much-changed […]
Arsenal vs Luton Town final score, result, stats, highlights as Gunners cruise back to Premier League summit
Arsenal moved back to the top of the Premier League as they eased to a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Luton Town at Emirates Stadium. Sunday’s goalless draw with champions Manchester City allowed Liverpool to edge two points ahead of the Gunners at the summit. Jurgen Klopp’s team will now have to fight to regain that […]