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December 20, 2024
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility ' your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. This will be the last newsletter of 2024! But don't worry, we'll be back in 2025 ' sign up here to get it in your inbox every week. Thank you for reading and your emails. I love to get them. Happy holidays and have a Happy New Year. I didn't meet Jean Jennings until long after she had cemented her status as an automotive journalism icon. By then, Jennings (formerly Lindamood) had been editor of Car and Driver and had helped found Automobile Magazine ' where she would eventually become editor-in-chief ' and launched a website called Jean Knows Cars. Jennings died December 16 at age 70 after living with Alzheimer's disease. To say she was well known in the industry is an understatement. To give you an idea of her impact, Ford CEO Jim Farley and Chairman Bill Ford issued an official statement on her death, and Stellantis designer Ralph Gilles and many, many others in the... learn more