Lime Files IPO Registration, Reports Positive Free Cash Flow and Growing Uber Partnership

Uber’s total financial commitment to Nuro, including participation in the startup’s Series E round last year and future milestone-based investments, is nearly $500 million, according to a source familiar with the deal. Nuro is testing Lucid vehicles in autonomous mode with a human safety operator in the driver’s seat.

Last month Nuro expanded testing to allow Uber employees to request an autonomous ride in a Lucid robotaxi with a human safety operator still on board.

Nuro received a driverless testing permit from the Department of Motor Vehicles and a permit from the California Public Utilities Commission. Autonomous trucking companies also disclosed new commercial traction. Kodiak AI locked in a commercial contract with Roehl.

’s log-hauling operations in Alberta, Canada. Kodiak AI announced a collaboration with General Dynamics Land Systems to create autonomous ground vehicles for defense applications. 50 each.

10 before the $100 million raise announcement. Kodiak AI’s stock price fell 37% in after-hours trading after the financing and Q1 earnings release. Elsewhere, Moment Energy raised a $40 million Series B funding round led by Evok Innovations.

Rocsys raised $13 million in an extended Series A round led by Capricorn Partners. Aurora has started hauling loads in driverless trucks in Texas for distribution giant McLane. The later-release 2026 Tesla Model Y is the first vehicle to meet the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s new benchmark under the updated New Car Assessment Program.

Volkswagen is now Rivian’s largest shareholder, pushing Amazon out of the top spot. TechCrunch reported all of the above developments.