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Tesla mulls cars tailored to China amid mounting criticisms
Tesla is working on vehicles tailored to Chinese customers as complaints about the standard of its electrical cars send shock waves through the internet in the country. The American EV giant is mulling new products which are going to be designed from the ground up to get China, Grace Tao, a vice president in Tesla,…
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Why it’s not surprising to see nine-figure AI rounds
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. If you want it in your inbox every Saturday morning, sign up here. Ready? Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. This week, Scale…
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All the tech crammed into the 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS
Mercedes-Benz lifted the final veil Thursday on its flagship EQS sedan after weeks of teasers, announcements and even a pre-production drive in which TechCrunch participated. The company peeled off the camouflage of the EQS — the electric counterpart to the Mercedes S Class — and revealed an ultra-luxury and tech-centric sedan. The exterior is getting…
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Ford takes aim at Tesla, GM with its new hands-free driving system
Ford will debut its new hands-free driving feature on the 2021 F-150 pickup truck and certain 2021 Mustang Mach-E models through a software update later this year, technology that the automaker developed to rival similar systems from Tesla and GM. That hands-free capability — which uses cameras, radar sensors and software to provide a combination…
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A ‘more honest’ stock market
Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week, I talked about Clubhouse’s slowing user growth. Well, this week news broke that they had been in talks with Twitter for a $4 billion acquisition, so it looks like they’re still pretty desirable. This week, I’m talking about a story I published a couple…
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The Aston Martin DBX is a tale of two vehicles
The Aston Martin DBX is the newest ’s first SUV — as well as the bets for its iconic British luxury car maker couldn’t be much greater. Just like Astons before this, the DBX is handsome. Its sculptural form stretches out to unapologetic ample proportions, also stands out in the audience of SUVs that frequent…
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Crypto-currency pioneer Diana Biggs joins digital assets startup Valour as its new CEO
Crypto-currency pioneer and early Bitcoin thought-leader Diana Biggs has joined Swiss-based startup Valour, which lets investors easily buy digital assets through their bank or broker. The move is significant with the news that Tesla has bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin, thus massively boosting the mainstream markets for crypto assets. Biggs explored the potential for…
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Daily Crunch: DoorDash acquires Chowbotics
DoorDash acquires a salad-making robotics startup, Twitter confirms subscription plans and Tesla makes a big bet on bitcoin. This is your Daily Crunch for February 8, 2021. The big story: DoorDash acquires Chowbotics DoorDash has acquired the Bay Area startup behind Sally, a salad-making, vending machine-style robot that added contactless ordering last fall. DoorDash says…
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Daily Crunch: Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon CEO
The Bezos age is ending, Uber acquires Drizly and Tesla remembers 135,000 automobiles. This is the Daily Crunch for February 2, 2021. The huge story: Jeff Bezos will resign since Amazon CEO Amazon announced today that founder Jeff Bezos would be transitioning from CEO to executive seat from the next quarter of the year. Andy…
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Steve Jurvetson and Maryanna Saenko on their new fund, SPACs and the great tech exodus
Future Ventures — cofounded by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson and Maryanna Saenko, a colleague of Jurvetson at his last firm, DFJ, as well as an investor previously with Airbus Ventures and Khosla Ventures — has closed its second fund with $200 million in capital commitments, say the pair. In a wide-ranging conversation yesterday…