Audi is revolutionizing the world of sports streaming. The luxury car company is officially taking its special relationship with sports to the next level through an innovative partnership with DAZN sports streaming service that will allows sports lovers to experience live sports, highlights and even documentaries directly from the driver’s seat—the driver’s seat that sits directly in front of […]
An AI model from over a decade ago sparked Nvidia’s investment in autonomous vehicles
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote Tuesday at the company’s GTC 2025 conference stuck with tradition and was chock-full of announcements. But the company also snuck in a little history lesson. During the automotive portion of his speech, Huang referred to AlexNet, a neural network architecture that gained widespread attention in 2012 when it won a […]
Elon Musk’s DOGE comes for agency that regulates autonomous vehicles
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is firing nearly half of a small government team that regulates autonomous vehicles, the Washington Post reported. The firings are part of a broader 10% reduction at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as a result of firings of probationary workers and buyout offers, the Post reported, citing […]
Lyft restructures its micromobility business and Volkswagen brings ChatGPT to US vehicles
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Short week, shorter newsletter. For all the U.S.-based readers, I hope you had an enjoyable Labor Day. Before we jump into the news fray, here is one […]
India’s EtherealX puts $5M seed toward fully reusable launch vehicles
EtherealX, an Indian space startup, has raised $ 5 million in a seed funding round as it plans to develop fully reusable medium-lift launch vehicles, making satellite launches cost-effective and time-efficient. Space launches have multiplied in recent years. However, despite the number of players, launches still involve substantial transportation costs and considerable waiting periods. For […]