WiTricity raises $63M for wireless charging for EVs
A Massachusetts-based charging venture called WiTricity has raised 63 million dollars in a new round of funding. Siemens AG contributed 25 million dollars to the round. Japan Energy Fund, Mirae Asset Capital, and the investors that had previously invested in the company Stage One, Airwaves Wireless Electricity, and Delta Electronics all participated in the investment. […]
Air Taxi Startup Skyports is funding a total of $26.1 million for airlifting people and cargo
London-based Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Skyports, which builds landing pads for air taxis, has completed the final closing of its $3.13 million Series B capital increase. Funding came from ST Engineering Ventures, the venture capital arm of ST Engineering. Singapore heavyweight joins Skyports’ investor roster, bringing total funding to $26.13 million. The first Series B […]
$36M Funding for French driverless electric vehicle Startup Navya
NAVYA, an autonomous mobility systems leader, announced the signing of a funding agreement with the Negma Group for a total nominal amount of €36 million. Under the agreement, the financing will be in the form of convertible bonds with an attached warrant allowing Negma to buy shares of Navya’s capital stock. Each share will have […]
Vienna: Tax Reform is intended to create incentives for E-Carsharing Providers
In order to achieve the ambitious goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2040, the City of Vienna is offering further incentives in the field of electromobility. A tax reform is intended to drastically reduce parking fees for e-car sharing providers from 2023. The City of Vienna would like to make the transition from petrol to environmentally […]
ELOOP CARSHARING EXTENDS FINANCING ROUND
Around a year after its last financing in the millions, the e-car sharing provider Eloop is now expanding the seed round by around another million euros. The Vienna mobility startup announced this recently in a press release in June. “With our capital and know-how, we can continue intensively drive the growth and innovation course of such a successful Austrian […]
World´s first AI-driven Autonomy-as-a-service Platform integrating Drones
Unmanned Life is the worlds first AI-driven Autonomy-as-a-service platform integrating drones of different types along with a variety of capabilities to work together as robust autonomous fleets.The SaaS Platform powers the deployment of commercial autonomous solutions for industry 4.0 solutions such as autonomous logistics, search and rescue, emergency response or inventory count, all from over the […]
Amazon starting drone deliveries in California town later this Year
Amazon announced that Lockeford, California will be “among the first” locations in the U.S. getting access to the company’s burgeoning drone delivery, Prime Air. Lockeford is a small, census-designation place of about 3,500, located roughly half an hour from Stockton. It’s also, fittingly, the one-time home of aviation pioneer Weldon B. Cooke.The company says it’s currently working […]
