Texas Sues GM Over Location Privacy in Connected Cars

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...

Weekly Connected and Autonomous Vehicle News

💲 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...

U.S. Government on Verge of Banning Chinese Software for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

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...

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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...

Weekly Connected and Autonomous Vehicle News

✔ 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

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...

Weekly Connected and Autonomous Vehicle News

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 Signs Location Tech Deal With Microsoft

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...

Weekly Connected and Autonomous Vehicle News

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...

China Quietly Gathering Data via Self-Driving Cars in the United States

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...