Connected and Autonomous Vehicles:
🏛 DOT Streamlines Process for Autonomous Vehicles Without Traditional. “U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is accelerating the Part 555 exemption process, which allows manufacturers to deploy vehicles that lack steering wheels, brake pedals, or mirrors.”
🤔 Telsa Robotaxis to Roll in Austin on June 22? “Elon Musk first promised a self-driving Tesla TSLA 0.00%↑ would complete a cross-country trip from Los Angeles to New York by the end of 2017. That drive never happened.”
👉 FCC Seeks Public Input on Adding Connected Vehicle Technology to the Covered List.
🚕 Baidu Apollo Go Robotaxi Fleet Reaches 1,000-Vehicle Milestone. “In the first quarter, Apollo Go provided more than 1.4 million rides, up 75 percent year-on-year.”
😎 SoftBank and Cubic³ Partner to Bring Connectivity to Vehicles Across All Corners of the Globe.
😉 Waymo Is Returning to NYC, but It Still Needs a Change in the Law To Provide Driverless Rides.
😐 Amazon’s Zoox Opens Its First Major Robotaxi Production Facility.
👉 Uber Taps AI Firm Wayve to Pilot Fully Driverless Rides in the UK. “The pilot will be Uber’s UBER 0.00%↑ first foray into so-called “Level 4” autonomous driving, which doesn’t require a safety driver to be present.”
🚘 Amazon and Stellantis abandon their ambitious project to revolutionize connected cars.
🙂 Nvidia Chief Says This Is Decade of Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles.
😕 Pirelli’s Smart Tires May Be in Trouble In the US.
😮 Stellantis pivots to Google’s Android as in-car partnership with Amazon ends.
🚗 Amazon’s Zoox Self-Driving Taxi Company Inks Vegas Resort Partnership.
😧 Tesla’s FSD Runs Over Child Mannequin, But It’s Not To Blame.
😑 OPPO Licenses cellular Standard-Essential Patents to Volkswagen Group for Connected Vehicles.
🖐 Nexar and Flywheel team up to modernize taxis with connected vehicle technology.
🎖 Aurora driverless trucks have logged 1,200 miles in Texas.
👍 Innoviz Technologies launches InnovizSMART.
🏅 TIER IV launches autonomous test vehicle development kit.
