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Qualcomm acquires Israel-based Autotalks, a fabless chipmaker that improves safety in bikes, cars, and other vehicles, sources say for between $350M and $400M

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :

Aviva Links, which aims to make chips to enable low-latency data-sharing in connected cars, raises $26.5M Series A led by Marvell Technology's founders

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE :

Quanergy Systems, which makes lidar sensors and perception software for autonomous cars, will go public via a SPAC merger at an implied valuation of $1.4B

Amazon plans to acquire podcast network Wondery, which will join Amazon Music

Wondery will be a part of Amazon Music, which launched podcasting in September. — Amazon is also exploring podcasts for Audible and local. — The company owns a sizable chunk of the smart speaker marke...

Amsterdam-based Catawiki, an online auction site that specializes in selling high-value collectors' items like classic cars, raises €150M from PE firm Permira

Kaye Wiggins / Financial Times :

Yandex says it is spinning out its self-driving car unit from its Uber joint venture, buying out some of Uber's share, and investing $150M into the new company

Self-driving cars are still many years away from becoming a ubiquitous reality, but today one of the bigger efforts to build …

Lyft has acquired Halo Cars, a small startup that lets ride-hailing drivers earn money via ad displays mounted atop their cars

way too hideous.

Software Motor Company, which develops software to make electric motors in HVAC systems more efficient, raises $25M from BMW to apply its tech to electric cars

Eric Walz / Futurecar.com :

Sources: Tesla is buying computer vision startup DeepScale, which has raised ~$18M to date, as it works toward creating truly driverless cars

Lora Kolodny / CNBC :

DoorDash buys Scotty Labs, which raised $6M in VC funding to help remotely control self-driving cars, quietly hires co-founders of high precision map maker Lvl5

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