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Waymo fills the Cruise void overseas and a salute to icon Jean Jennings
- Jean Jennings, an automotive journalism icon and founder of Automobile Magazine, passed away at age 70. Her impact on the industry was huge, and her death prompted official statements from major organizations like Ford, showing the influence of her work.
- The Biden administration has approved a $1.25bn loan to EVgo, which will use the funds to expand its EV charging network by installing 7,500 chargers at 1,100 locations throughout the US over the next five years.
- Reports suggest Honda and Nissan are in talks to merge their operations, with the move potentially forming one of the world's largest carmakers. The deal may also include Mitsubishi.
- TuSimple co-founder Xiaodi Hou is pushing shareholders to change the board and replace it with members who will support liquidating the company. The move comes just months before the autonomous trucking start-up's planned initial public offering.
- Ram has delayed the launch of its electric pickup truck to 2026 because of sluggish demand and will put its range-extended Ramcharger truck in front of it instead.
- The Environmental Protection Agency has given California the ability to ban sales of most new gasoline and diesel vehicles starting in 2035, a move which is likely to be reversed by the incoming Trump administration.
- Waymo is partnering with Japanese companies taxi-hailing app GO and Nihon Kotsu to bring robotaxis to Tokyo in 2025. The move comes just after Cruise was planning a similar operation with Honda in Japan in 2026.
- EV insurance provider Bikmo has raised over $5.9m in a new funding round led by Puma Growth Partners.
- Boston-based advanced battery tech start-up Nanoramic has raised $44m in a round led by General Motors Ventures and Catalus Capital. Backers also include Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, Top Material and existing investors, such as Fortistar Capital and WindSail Capital Group.
- Croatian autonomous drone systems developer Orqa has secured $6m in seed funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Radius Capital, Decisive Point and existing investor Day One Capital.
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