<p>Uber is expanding its presence in Turkey with its latest acquisition.  The ride-hail and delivery giant has acquired an 85% controlling stake in Trendyol Go, the online meal and grocery delivery business based in Istanbul, for about $700 million in cash. The deal gives Uber instant market share for Uber Eats in the country, where [&hellip;]</p>

<p>DoorDash said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy its U.K. rival Deliveroo for $3.85B, and CRM software startup SevenRooms for $1.2B.</p>

<p>Waymo has played coy for years about exactly how many Jaguar I-Pace EVs are in its autonomous fleet — a figure that covers vehicles used in testing and commercial robotaxi operations. On Monday, the Alphabet company finally provided a peek at the commercial side of the fleet. Waymo said Monday, as part of a larger [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Elon Musk has long been credited with turning Tesla into a beacon of innovation, the visionary who pushed the world into an era of electrification. But his slide into politics &#8212; specifically his alignment with President Trump and activities within the federal government &#8212; has dragged Tesla into uncertainty.&nbsp; For many would-be Tesla buyers, the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tesla&#8217;s new car sales in Spain fell 36% in April to just 571 vehicles year-over-year, Reuters reports. That slump comes as sales of electric cars made by other brands rose in the Iberian country. Tesla sales in Spain mirror those in Europe generally, which plunged in the first four months of the year by 37.2%, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>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! Your usual host Kirsten has passed the reins to me, Rebecca Bellan, for the day, and I want to talk about Aurora Innovation and its last-minute save.&nbsp; [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Uber announced Friday yet another autonomous vehicle partnership as it leverages its dominant ride-hail and delivery position while relying on partners to supply the self-driving tech it isn&#8217;t building in-house. Today, the lucky startup is Chinese self-driving firm Momenta. The tie-up comes a day after Uber added Ann Arbor, Michigan-based May Mobility to its roster [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Startup May Mobility plans to deploy its autonomous vehicles on the Uber platform by the end of 2025, starting in Arlington, Texas, as part of a multi-year partnership. The tie-up with Uber offers May Mobility a chance to grow beyond offering shuttles within campuses and planned communities, while Uber adds May Mobility to its growing [&hellip;]</p>

<p>According to a new, brow-raising WSJ report, Tesla&#8217;s board quietly began searching for Elon Musk&#8217;s potential successor about a month ago, approaching executive search firms as the carmaker faced protests, plummeting sales, and shrinking profits while Musk waded into Washington to slash government spending. Board members reportedly met with Musk to express concerns about his [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Autonomous vehicle technology startup Aurora Innovation says it has successfully launched a self-driving truck service in Texas, making it the first company to deploy driverless, heavy-duty trucks for commercial use on public roads in the U.S.&nbsp; The launch comes just as Aurora hits its deadline; in October, the company delayed its planned 2024 debut to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Rivian built up a stockpile of batteries for its trucks, SUVs, and commercial vans before and after the election of Donald Trump, a strategy used to soften the blow of the president&#8217;s tariffs, according to Bloomberg News. The company apparently bought an undisclosed number of lithium iron phosphate batteries from Chinese firm Gotion before the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Waymo and Toyota have agreed to explore a possible deal that could one day lead to a new vehicle designed for ride-hailing and even bring self-driving tech into consumer cars. The two companies have signed a preliminary agreement to look into developing and deploying an autonomous vehicle platform, according to a blog posted by Waymo. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tesla board member and Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia acquired about 4,000 shares of the automaker&#8217;s stock, a purchase that has a value of about $1 million and change, according to a regulatory filing. That&#8217;s not a significant stock purchase, and certainly not for the billionaire board member, as Electrek noted in its reporting. It&#8217;s notable [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A mysterious investor out of London has asked a bankruptcy judge in Delaware to stop the sale of EV startup Canoo&#8217;s assets to its CEO, calling it a &#8220;flawed&#8221; process. Charles Garson, a U.K.-based investor with no obvious ties to the EV startup, offered $20 million for Canoo&#8217;s assets, according to a filing. A lawyer [&hellip;]</p>

<p>DoorDash has asked a California Superior Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Uber that accuses the food delivery company of stifling competition by intimidating restaurant owners into exclusive deals. DoorDash argues in its motion that Uber&#8217;s claim lacks merit on all fronts. On a post on its website on Friday, DoorDash said, &#8220;the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>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! Busy week, so let’s get to it. Starting with federal regulations! Woohoo. Exciting stuff.&nbsp; I’m talking about the U.S. Department of Transportation’s new Automated Vehicle Framework, which [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Slate Auto, the buzzy new EV startup that broke stealth this week, is close to locking in a former printing plant located in Warsaw, Indiana as the future production site for its cheap electric truck, a review of public records shows. The company is expected to lease the 1.4 million-square-foot facility for an undisclosed sum. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A new American electric vehicle startup called Slate Auto has made its debut, and it&#8217;s about as anti-Tesla as it gets. It&#8217;s affordable, deeply customizable, and very analog. It has manual windows and it doesn&#8217;t come with a main infotainment screen. Heck, it isn&#8217;t even painted. It can also transform from a two-seater pickup to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Troubled electric vehicle startup Faraday Future&#8217;s board of directors has appointed founder Jia Yueting as the company&#8217;s co-CEO, three years after he was sidelined following an internal probe into allegations of fraud &#8212; a probe that led to an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission that remains ongoing. Jia will serve alongside current CEO [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tesla has started testing its autonomous ride-hail service with employees in Austin and the Bay Area ahead of the company&#8217;s planned robotaxi launch this summer. &#8220;FSD Supervised ride-hailing service is live for an early set of employees in Austin &amp; San Francisco Bay Area,&#8221; the company posted Wednesday on X. FSD stands for &#8220;Full Self-Driving,&#8221; [&hellip;]</p>