Driverless Report

Two major legal proceedings this week focus on location privacy… The Texas Attorney General's Office has sued GM GM 0.00%↑ over the alleged unlawful gathering and sale of location information from 1.5...

💲 China's Autonomous Vehicle Startup WeRide Seeks Us IPO at $5 Billion Valuation. “WeRide, a Chinese autonomous vehicle company, is officially gearing up for a...

Level 3 automation and above software could be barred… The U.S. government, specifically the Commerce Department, plans to ban Chinese software for connected and autonomous vehicles, according...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 🚍 Self-Driving Truck Startup Aurora Innovation Raises $483 Million in Share Sale Ahead of Commercial Launch. “The company, which had arranged to sell...

✔ Uber and BYD Partner to Accelerate Global EV Transition. “Uber UBER -5.77%↓ and BYD announced a partnership designed to bring 100,000 new BYD electric vehicles onto the Uber platform across...

Alphabet To Invest $5 Billion in Waymo Large investment comes as Waymo expands further into San Francisco So much for autonomous vehicle funding drying up. Alphabet GOOG -0.01%↓ announced this...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 🙁 GM's Cruise Abandons Origin Robotaxi, Takes $583 Million Charge. “GM GM -0.05%↓ reported a financial charge of $583 million in the second quarter that is...

TomTom’s maps and traffic will power Microsoft products through end of decade TomTom said this week that its maps and traffic data will be...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 🏛 FCC to Vote on Auto Safety Spectrum Rules. “The rules would allow in-vehicle and roadside units to operate cellular-vehicle to-everything...

Chinese robotaxis have logged 1.8 million miles in California alone There is growing national security concern over the data Chinese robotaxi firms are gathering in...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 🤷‍♂️ Waymo Robotaxi Pulled over by Phoenix Police After Driving Into the Wrong Lane. “A police officer pulled over a self-driving Waymo vehicle in Phoenix...

Verizon Business VZ -0.46%↓ and Livermore, Calif.-based Monarch Tractor, which offers the MK-V electric smart tractor, have partnered to support sustainable farming practices via autonomous tractors connected through Verizon’s network. The...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 😮 BMW Is the First Car Manufacturer To Receive Approval for the Combination of Level 2 and Level 3. “BMW is the first...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 😮 Tech Giants Invest $200 Million in Waabi for Fully Driverless Trucks. “In an announcement on Tuesday, Waabi stated that it had raised $200 million in an...

Company has burned through $8.2 billion since 2017, hopes to restart testing There is hope for Cruise, the robotaxi company that was forced to cease operations...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 🚘 Chinese EV Makers, and Their Connected Vehicles, Targeted by New House Bill. “The bill, introduced by U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, comes as the trade...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: Overland AI Secures $10 Million in Funding Overland AI has secured $10 million in seed funding, led by Point72 Ventures with participation from Shasta Ventures, Ascend VC, Pioneer...

Swift Navigation this week announced a partnership with SK Telecom SKM -1.46%↓ to launch AI-powered, location products in the Republic of Korea.  The companies have designed and deployed, and...

Biggest series of investigations since the advent of autonomous driving… It’s been a tough couple of weeks for autonomous vehicle companies as the National Highway Traffic...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 💲 Waymo Says Its Robotaxis Are Now Making 50,000 Paid Trips Every Week. “The Alphabet-owned company has announced on Twitter/X that it's now serving more than 50,000 paid...