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TechCrunch Mobility: The hidden human cost of robotaxis
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Proponents of autonomous vehicle technology have long argued that robotaxis and other self-driving vehicles will reduce crash incidents and make roads safer. Regent Craft , a Rhode Island electric startup developing and manufacturing electric seagliders, raised $120 million in a Series B round co-led by Mare Liberum and AE Ventures. (The seaglider is a class of vehicle called a wing-in-ground effect vehicle, or WIG.) Regent also secured about $120 million debt capital provided by Erebor Bank, which was launched by Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey.
Sean O’Kane, senior reporter, special projects, dug into data submitted to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and found that test drivers for Waymo and Zoox sustained more than two dozen injuries in 2024 and 2025 from hard braking or other sudden movements made by the autonomous vehicles.
Mubadala Capital , the alternative asset management arm of Mubadala Investment Company, agreed to acquire a majority equity interest in Arrive Logistics , a truckload brokerage based in Austin. But I might argue that its multiyear commercial agreement with PepsiCo, which was signed in June and is part of $600 million in contracted revenue, is the bigger deal here.
Vista Global Holding , a private aviation group based in UAE, is considering a European IPO that could raise more than a $1 billion, Bloomberg reported. According to a recent YouGov survey, more Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them.
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- Proponents of autonomous vehicle technology have long argued that robotaxis and other self-driving vehicles will reduce crash incidents and make roads safer.
- Sean O’Kane, senior reporter, special projects, dug into data submitted to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and found that test drivers for Waymo and Zoox sustained more than two dozen injuries in…
- But I might argue that its multiyear commercial agreement with PepsiCo, which was signed in June and is part of $600 million in contracted revenue, is the bigger deal here.
- Mubadala Capital , the alternative asset management arm of Mubadala Investment Company, agreed to acquire a majority equity interest in Arrive Logistics , a truckload brokerage based in Austin.
- Regent Craft , a Rhode Island electric startup developing and manufacturing electric seagliders, raised $120 million in a Series B round co-led by Mare Liberum and AE Ventures. (The seaglider is a class of vehicle…
- Vista Global Holding , a private aviation group based in UAE, is considering a European IPO that could raise more than a $1 billion, Bloomberg reported.
- According to a recent YouGov survey, more Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them.
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- businesslink