Moove, an African mobility fintech that offers vehicle financing to ride-hailing and delivery app drivers, has raised $100 million in a funding round as it plots expansion into new markets. Moove did not say who is leading the round, but sources close to the deal confirmed to TechCrunch that Uber led the Series B round, … Read more
VATICAN CITY — Lingering respiratory and mobility problems are continuing to take their toll on the Pope. Pope Francis again asked an aide to read his remarks and was unable to get back onto his popemobile Wednesday, as lingering respiratory and mobility problems continued to take their toll on the 87-year-old pontiff. Francis presided over … Read more
TechCrunch Mobility is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility – your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. This week, read about autonomous vehicle company … Read more
An exosuit developed for running and walking at Chung-Ang University, S. Korea Chung-Ang University The hit Marvel character Iron Man was first dreamed up in 1961 but the popular film franchise starring Robert Downey Jr as ace inventor Tony Stark is so contemporary and fresh in our minds that the character’s impregnable superhero suits still … Read more
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You probably haven’t heard of autonomous vehicle operator May Mobility because the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company is exceptionally good at avoiding the types of headlines generated by other AV companies. In its six years in operation, there haven’t been any injuries, crashes, blocked intersections, or mass layoffs. While there have been some struggles, the company … Read more
The World Economic Forum states that Africa has an average annual demand for 2.4 million cars and 300,000 commercial vehicles. This demand is increasing because of a continent-wide increase in disposable income, strong middle-class growth and rapid urbanization. But while most cars meeting this demand are used, car ownership in Africa is less than 45 … Read more
Raz Mobility A smartphone is a close to necessity in right this moment’s society, however for a big portion of the inhabitants, this expertise has remained inaccessible. Raz Mobility is out to vary that with the introduction of the SmartVision 3, a smartphone designed particularly for the visually impaired. Because the title implies, this is … Read more
Bingrui Yang is aware of a factor or two about {hardware}, software program and the way folks work together with them — expertise picked up throughout stints at Apple, Zoox and Cruise. Now he’s making use of these methods of the commerce to RVs with Pebble Mobility, a California-based EV startup he based that goals … Read more