Stellantis teams up with Pony AI to develop robotaxis in Europe 

Stellantis teams up with Pony AI to develop robotaxis in Europe 

Automaker Stellantis and Chinese autonomous vehicle company Pony.ai have signed a nonbinding agreement to build robotaxis for deployment in Europe.   The collaboration will integrate Pony’s self-driving software into Stellantis’ electric medium-size van platform, which is built with advanced sensors to support autonomous vehicles. The companies plan to first deploy test vehicles based on the…

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India’s Airbound bags .65M to build rocket-like drones for one-cent deliveries

India’s Airbound bags $8.65M to build rocket-like drones for one-cent deliveries

Airbound, an Indian drone startup, has raised $8.65 million in seed funding led by Physical Intelligence co-founder Lachy Groom, as it begins a drone-delivery pilot with a private hospital and works toward one-cent delivery using its ultra-light, blended-wing-body aircraft. The seed round includes participation from Humba Ventures and Airbound’s existing investor Lightspeed Venture Partners, as…

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