<p>We’re down to the final two days before TechCrunch Sessions: AI unites the broader AI community at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall on Thursday, June 5! Expect a packed agenda with top speakers, expert panels, top-tier networking, and Side Events from our partners. One of our speakers is Andrei Papancea, CEO and co-founder of NLX, who [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Joby Aviation has signed an MoU with investor and Saudi Arabian conglomerate Abdul Latif Jameel (ALJ) to distribute up to 200 electric aircraft valued at about $1 billion over the coming years. </p>

<p>Tesla has filed trademark applications for the term &#8220;Tesla Robotaxi,&#8221; after the company&#8217;s previous attempts to secure trademarks for its planned self-driving vehicle service hit roadblocks.</p>

<p>Three days from now, the future of AI walks through the doors of TechCrunch Sessions: AI at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. This Thursday, June 5, TC Sessions: AI brings together the minds shaping what’s next. Builders, dreamers, and disciplined thinkers tackling what AI can — and should — become. Whether you’re fine-tuning LLMs or figuring out [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Musk and others in his orbit have been calling members of Congress directly, according to Bloomberg.</p>

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<p>A little-known patent infringement lawsuit could have big implications for Uber — and potentially dozens of other companies. Carma Technology, a company formed in 2007 by serial entrepreneur and SOSV founder Sean O’Sullivan, filed a lawsuit earlier this year against Uber alleging the company infringed on five of its patents that are related to the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Volteras has raised $11.1 million to expand its connected car offerings to automakers and companies that want to interact with EVs.</p>

<p>Stellantis told TechCrunch it would be pivoting to an Android-based system.</p>

<p>A Detroit landowner is in violation of city codes for storing unsold Tesla Cybertrucks in his parking lot. </p>

<p>Zurich-based robotics startup Rivr is partnering with Veho to deliver parcels in Austin. </p>

<p>Self-driving truck startup TuSimple sent a trove of sensitive data to a Beijing-owned firm after committing to the U.S. government that it would cease such transfers under a national security agreement</p>

<p>In April, Tesla sold 7,261 vehicles in the European Union, European Free Trade Association, and U.K., a 49% year-over-year decline.</p>

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<p>Lidar company Luminar reached a deal with Yorkville Advisors Global and an unnamed investor that could bring another $200 million into its coffers through the sale of convertible preferred stock over an 18-month period. The agreement, which was announced in a regulatory filing Wednesday, follows an abrupt change in leadership and layoffs. Earlier this month, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Luminar, the lidar company founded by recently replaced CEO Austin Russell, is going through another restructuring, according to a recent regulatory filing. This new round of layoffs, which the company did not provide figures for, follows extensive cuts to the workforce in 2024. Luminar cut about 30% of its workforce in 2024, a reduction that [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The first test of Tesla&#8217;s long-promised robotaxi service in Austin, Texas next month will initially be limited to specific areas the company deems &#8220;the safest,&#8221; CEO Elon Musk told CNBC in an interview Tuesday. Tesla&#8217;s cars are &#8220;not going to take intersections unless we are highly confident [they&#8217;re] going to do well with that intersection, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Amazon&#8217;s autonomous vehicle unit Zoox is about to start testing its self-driving vehicles in Atlanta, Georgia, a precursor to eventually offering public rides in the city. Zoox told TechCrunch on Tuesday that it has completed the &#8220;initial mapping phase&#8221; in Atlanta and will begin autonomous driving later this summer. Atlanta is the seventh city in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>SparkCharge raised $15.5 million in equity and secured a $15 million loan to expand its fleet charging operations.</p>

<p>Cairo-based Sylndr has raised $15.7 million as it expands beyond online used car sales into auto financing, servicing, and tools for dealers. Development Partners International’s Nclude Fund led the round. The company, which operates in Egypt’s fast-growing but underdigitized vehicle market, said the latest round includes both fresh equity and previously unannounced seed financing. Sylndr [&hellip;]</p>