#Uber is piloting accounts for teenagers in India

#Uber is piloting accounts for teenagers in India

Uber has started piloting its teenagers-focused Uber for Teens service in India, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. Uber for Teens is live in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR and Mumbai, Uber confirmed to TechCrunch. The company said it would expand the service in the coming weeks to 35 cities, which include Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune. The…

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#Avride’s sidewalk delivery bots land in Japan

#Avride’s sidewalk delivery bots land in Japan

Avride sidewalk bots will start delivering restaurant orders and groceries in central Tokyo this week through a partnership with e-commerce giant Rakuten, the latest commercial expansion by the Yandex spinout into Northeast Asia. The Austin-based autonomous vehicle startup is one of four projects under Nebius Group, a Netherlands-based company formerly called Yandex NV that sold…

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#Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson steps down

#Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson steps down

Lucid Motors is changing CEOs for the first time in nearly six years. The company announced Tuesday that Peter Rawlinson is stepping down from the CEO and CTO roles that he’s held since before the company went public. Lucid appointed its chief operating officer Marc Winterhoff as its interim CEO. Rawlinson will serve as “strategic…

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#Hyundai’s new Tesla charging port comes up short

#Hyundai’s new Tesla charging port comes up short

“Lucky me,” I thought as I navigated the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 into the last spot of a Tesla Supercharging station in Palm Springs.  The EV didn’t really need any juice. But this refreshed compact all-electric SUV comes equipped with Tesla’s North American Charging Standard port; it was time to test out how well Hyundai…

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