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Croatian autonomous-mobility company holding fleet ownership and local service operations for the Zagreb robotaxi deployment, whose app handled initial rider booking and payment.
STL Partners estimates public opposition has delayed or cancelled about $42 billion of European data center investment, against about $77 billion in the U.S. Governments there have begun turning local objections into national planning and grid rules.
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Bolt aims to put at least 25,000 driverless Lucids on European roads under a non-binding framework with no order and no date, while the only EU-wide approval route for a fully automated car allows 1,500 of a type a year.
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Pony.ai and Verne have taken the safety driver out of a 22km route in Zagreb and left the bookings inside Uber. The partners want more than 2,000 cars on European roads, and the union-wide small series path allows 1,500 a year.
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The first autonomous rides in the UK arrive with a licensed driver in every seat and a fare no higher than a normal Uber, and the $8.6 billion valuation is really a bet on the regulatory approval still to come.
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Standard UberX and Uber Comfort riders in two Dubai districts can now be matched with an empty Baidu Apollo Go car. The "Autonomous" button raises the odds; it is not the gate.
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Two sources tell CNBC the chipmaker is introducing Nordic data-center operators to firms holding its GPUs. That puts the supplier inside the siting decision.
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The Zagreb launch with Pony.ai and Verne adds a distribution channel, not a new capability. The safety operator stays because European rules, not the software, set the pace.
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The August 14 announcement names no cities, no dates, no per-city vehicle counts and no supervision model. What it does describe is who buys the cars.
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