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Despite its record scale, the deal’s co-co model highlights both rising ambition and lingering skepticism in a cooling market.

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Waze will lay off 5% of its global workforce, which equates to about 30 people out of its 555-strong global workforce.

Google-owned Waze to close sales office in Singapore and APAC

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Logistics startup Duckbill raises USD 30 million in pre-Series B round

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Tesla aspirant surges over 50% on trading debut after USD 1.5 billion upsized offering.

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China&#8217;s EV troika marches to Wall Street as Xpeng joins listing wagon

New proceeds could be used for research and development in autonomous driving technologies and global market development.

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The EV maker plans to enlarge its on-duty staff to 200 in the coming two weeks.

After devastating setbacks, EV maker Byton shows signs of resuming operations

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The startup intends to launch its robotaxi service in Shenzhen, Wuhan, and Wuhu in the near future.

Alibaba-backed AutoX launches driverless robotaxi services to the public

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An icon in China's entrepreneurship circles, Li Xiang now aims to stake his claim in the electric vehicle industry.

Meet 'China's Elon Musk' Li Xiang, founder of recently US-listed EV maker Li Auto

Meet &#8216;China&#8217;s Elon Musk&#8217; Li Xiang, founder of recently US-listed EV maker Li Auto

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