Driverless Report

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 🙂 Waymo Opens Robotaxi Service to Anyone in Los Angeles, Marking Its Largest Expansion Yet. “, anyone in LA will be able...

Trying to grab a piece of the potentially lucrative autonomous vehicle market, rideshare giant Lyft LYFT 2.66%↑ has announced partnerships this week with May Mobility, Intel-owned INTC 4.83%↑ Mobileye and Nexar. In the first deal,...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 💰 Waymo's Latest Funding Round Boosts It to a $45 Billion Valuation. 💲 DeepRoute Raises $100 Million in Push To Beat Tesla's FSD in...

Despite legions of naysayers in the media, there is strong financial interest in autonomous vehicles as Waymo closed $5.6 billion in an investment round late last...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 👉 Tesla's Robots and Self-Driving Cars vs. The World. “In short, while AI-powered robots and robotaxis are becoming more capable, they're not...

Colorado-based autonomous truck provider Outrider has raised $62 million in an oversubscribed Series D financing round.  The round, led by Koch Disruptive Technologies, raises the amount of...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 🏛 U.S. Probes Tesla's Full Self-Driving Software in 2.4 Million Cars After Fatal Crash. “The opened an investigation into 2.4 million Tesla TSLA 3.08%↑ vehicles equipped...

🚗 Uber Eyes Cybercab Partnership as Autonomous Vehicle Market Stalls. “Following the Cybercab’s lackluster unveiling last week, Uber UBER 0.24%↑ CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says he’d like to partner with Tesla in the robotaxi game. Khosrowshahi...

Industry lukewarm about announcement, Apple cancels autonomous vehicle program altogether In a much-anticipated announcement, Tesla TSLA 0.00%↑ honcho Elon Musk last week rolled out two autonomous vehicle models, the Robovan and the Cybercab.  At...

California Vetoes Intelligent Speed Assistance Legislation ISA, which uses mapping and other location technologies, will be delayed for years in the United States as a...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 🙂 Google’s Waymo Chooses Hyundai Ioniq 5 for Autonomous Driving Fleet. “Waymo plans to integrate the Ioniq 5 into its Waymo One fleet, which currently operates in select...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 🏛 GM's Cruise Self-Driving Unit To Pay $1.5 Million Fine Over Crash Disclosure. “The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on that General Motors' GM 0.16%↑ self-driving car...

The U.S. government, specifically Department of Commerce regulators, are issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would prohibit the sale or import of connected vehicles equipped with...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 🚗 Waymo's Driverless Cars Are Coming to These Cities Next. “The Georgia and Texas Waymo experiences, set to launch early next year, will be...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 😠 Chinese Cars as Military Threats? It’s Not Science Fiction. “Gaming out what Chinese-manufactured cars can do on U.S. soil—for a government that makes...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 🏛 Self-Driving Truck Company TuSimple Settles Fraud Lawsuit for $189 Million. “TuSimple reached a $189 million settlement of a lawsuit accusing the self-driving...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 🚖 Waymo Expands in Los Angeles After Extensive Santa Monica Testing. “This month, autonomous riding service Waymo announced a major expansion across the Los...

Uber Technologies UBER 0.00%↑ and General Motors’ GM 0.00%↑ Cruise late last week announced a multiyear partnership that will bring robotaxis to the rideshare...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 😮 GM's Cruise Recalls Nearly 1,200 Robotaxis to Close US Probe. “General Motors' GM 0.00%↑ Cruise unit has agreed to recall...

Ambitious plan sees full highway V2X integration by 2036 Saying it will save lives, the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) late last week announced its national...