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Hyundai Motor eyes acquisition of Korean lidar-free self-driving startup 42dot

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trillion WON) through 2030 into autonomous driving software technology and electric vehicle-related businesses. Hyundai Motor, which has said it aims to secure 7% of the global electric vehicle market by 2030, earmarked $9.2 billion (12 trillion WON) for connectivity and autonomous driving software investment.

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World to host 3 billion humanoid robots by 2060, Bank of America estimates

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Bank of America analysts predict that humanoid robot (HR) development will accelerate rapidly, with global annual sales reaching 1 million units by 2030 and a staggering 3 billion humanoid robots in operation by 2060.

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Japan’s Terra Drone gets $14M lift from Saudi investors

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The Japan-headquartered company, which builds drone software, hardware and uncrewed aircraft traffic management software, said the new capital brings its total raised to $97 million since its inception in 2016. It declined to comment on its post-money valuation.

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EV charging operator Bump unlocks $180 million

TechCrunch

It is an equity and quasi-equity $180 million deal that will be progressively unlocked from 2022 to 2030. If it’s a hardware issue, third-party companies can also be contacted 24/7 in case they need to go there in person to fix something. With today’s new funding, Bump plans to roll out 25,000 charging stations by 2030.

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Water quality and distribution monitoring software Ketos raises $18 million

TechCrunch

The company said it would use the funding to develop new capabilities for its combined hardware and software service that provides information into water quality and the existence of potential damage to water pipes for distribution and disposal of water. Silicon Valley Bank provided the company with $3 million in debt financing.

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Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule will not be ready fly crew until March 2024

TechCrunch

In spite of this late schedule, NASA and Boeing managers affirmed their confidence that Starliner will be able to fulfill all of the contracted missions under the CCP before the ISS decommissioning in 2030. We’ve bought hardware for six flights plus [the crewed test flight]. It still fits us well in the window that we have.

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Bechtle: Pursuing a Multi-Faceted Sustainability Strategy

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Providing hardware, software, and IT solutions and services, the company also delivers an extensive array of cloud offerings from dedicated private clouds to deployments with the world’s largest hyperscalers, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.