TechCrunch Mobility: The Cybertruck experiment is over

Summary

• Tesla will stop manufacturing the Cybertruck next year.
• Approximately 71,000 Cybertrucks have been sold since deliveries began in November 2023.
• Cybertruck reservations reached 1 million in 2023, but the vehicle failed to achieve a 500-mile range or a price under $40,000.
• Zipline raised $1.5 billion this week, bringing its total valuation to $21.5 billion.
• Zipline plans to add 300 drone delivery sites across the United States in partnership with Walmart.
• Harbinger secured a $240 million Series D funding round for battery storage and defense applications.
• Humble Robotics raised $51 million in a Series A round, led by Obvious Ventures.
• Static Media acquired the automotive news site CarScoops.
• A Rivian spinoff ended an electric two-wheeler pilot project in Kenya to focus on consumer e-bikes and autonomous vehicles.
• Amazon made Uber Eats its official restaurant delivery partner for Prime members in the United States, ending its deal with Grubhub.
• Ferrari's first electric car, the Luce, is fully allocated for 2027.
• Ford launched a "privacy promise" to protect customer vehicle data and introduced a website for data education.
• May Mobility and Forterra advanced to phase three of the Department of Defense's ROADS prize challenge.
• Serve Robotics announced a new business line called Physical AI Services.
• Uber reported only four rides were ordered through an AI agent during its busiest week in October.
• Waymo will end its exclusivity agreement with Uber in Austin and Atlanta markets starting in January 2028.
• Senior reporter Sean O'Kane is leaving TechCrunch to cover Tesla at the Wall Street Journal.