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Mark Truman is back on the show under difficult circumstances: a major investor has failed to deliver on their commitments, and Arc is in administration (bankruptcy). With one week to get financing together, Mark explains the situation and appeals to investors to help bring his stunning vision of the future of motorcycling, the Vector, into reality.

Tarani Duncan of Shared has a deep background in micromobility, which she's leveraging into a company that seeks to offer a more sustainable and usable alternative to the ubiquitous stand-up scooters. Ed caught up with her at Shared's Portland HQ, to discuss what went wrong with "Scooter 1.0" and how to build a better micromobility business for the movement's next wave.

Jon Mullen, CTO of the simulation company Righthook, recently created an open scenario language and joins MergeNow to discuss his creation and its applications.

Karmic Bikes founder Hong Quan joins MergeNow to talk about his just-revealed Oslo eBike/eScooter hybrid and the evolution of Micromobility more broadly.

As the venture capital community's appetite for massive investments in AV developers wanes, companies that were floating on easily-raised cash are going to have to turn their science experiments into something more closely resembling actual business operations and companies like Renovo are helping them professionalize. On this week's Merge Now, Stinson shares Renovo's unique perspective as partner to countless companies in the autonomous drive space to shed light on this fascinating transition.

As The Drive's recent reporting on the struggles of the French autonomous low-speed shuttle company Navya demonstrate, building a business around autonomous drive technology in the short term is tough. One company that seems to have managed the challenge well is May Mobility, whose COO and co-founder Alysin Malek joins Merge Now this week to describe their approach to domains, technology and business development.

Mike Granoff reflects on his early efforts to rethink mobility and how they evolved into Maniv Mobility, a venture capital powerhouse that just closed a $100 million fund dedicated to supporting the future of transportation.

Bryan Salesky of Argo AI joins the show to reflect on how things have changed in the world of autonomous drive technology as it transitions from science experiment to real-world products and services

On this week's Merge Now, ARC CEO and former Jaguar Land Rover "special operations" engineer Mark Truman joins the show to explain all the wild technology going into ARC's futuristic Vector motorcycle, how these technologies are being used to enhance the rider's enjoyment as well as their safety, and where the motorcycle startup wants to go next.

Dan Albert joins Merge Now to discuss his new book "Are We There Yet?" which explores the lessons that automotive history holds for the future of our relationship with cars and driving.