On February 11, Aurora Innovation announced it has tripled its driverless trucking network to 10 routes following its latest software release, and plans to expand across the southern U.S. with more than 200 driverless trucks in operation by the end of 2026. Aurora says its commercial truck capacity is now fully commi

On February 12, WeRide and Uber Technologies, Inc. launched the first commercial Robotaxi service in downtown Abu Dhabi, marking the Emirate's first autonomous vehicle (AV) deployment in its city center. WeRide now has over 200 Robotaxis in the Middle East. 
Riders using the Uber platform and travelling to or from th

Valeo Group (Valeo) announced that its extended reality (XR) gaming system, branded “R:Racing”, will be introduced in series production with the Renault Filante, a model developed and manufactured in Korea.
The technology was first presented at the South by Southwest (SXSW) event in 2024 and is described as the first

ETAS GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, announced that it will present solutions for the development, functional safety assurance, and industrialization of embedded and automotive software at embedded world 2026 in Nuremberg, Germany, from March 10–12.
The company will focus on the use of artificia

On February 10, Tata Technologies Limited announced that its battery intelligence platform, WATTSync, is ready to support India’s forthcoming Battery Aadhaar digital identity and traceability framework while remaining aligned with the EU Battery Regulation (EU BR 2023/1542). The platform enables seamless generation a

On February 9, the first mass-produced bZ4X Robotaxi rolled off the production line. This marks that Pony.ai’s strategic partnership with Toyota China and GAC Toyota has entered a new stage of mass production and large-scale operations.
The bZ4X Robotaxi production line built by GAC Toyota and Pony.ai, where TPS (Toy

On February 7, Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & Information Technology, launched Qualcomm’s 2 nm semiconductor chip at the company’s Bengaluru facility.
The minister mentioned that the government’s semiconductor effort has moved from getting initial fabs and ATMP units under

On February 9, Tata Motors Limited (formerly TML Commercial Vehicles Limited) announced the incorporation of a wholly owned subsidiary named AIEQU Mobility Limited, established on January 19, 2026, in India. The company received the Certificate of Incorporation from the Central Registration Centre, Registrar of Compa

On February 10, Baidu, Inc. and Uber Technologies, Inc., in partnership with Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), announced the next phase of their global partnership. They are bringing the Apollo Go autonomous ride-hailing service to the Uber platform in Dubai.
Expected to launch in the coming month, the ful

The Symposium on International Automotive Technology (SIAT) 2026 event in Pune provided clear signals on how upcoming vehicle launches and market growth in India are likely to evolve over the next few years. While the event was technical in nature, its emphasis on validation, safety, and digital engineering offers an

CES 2026 took place from January 6 through January 9, 2026. During the event, QNX unveiled its Alloy Kore foundational vehicle software platform developed with Vector while also highlighting its QNX Everywhere initiative which provides free non-commercial QNX licenses. This interview was held with Patryk Fournier, Se

On February 9, Ouster, Inc., a leader in sensing and perception for Physical AI, announced that on February 4, it closed the acquisition of StereoLabs SAS, a pioneer in AI vision and perception solutions. With this acquisition, Ouster now offers Physical AI's first unified sensing and perception platform, combining h

On February 6, Waymo introduced its Waymo World Model, a frontier generative model that sets a new bar for large-scale, hyper-realistic autonomous driving simulation. The Waymo World Model is built upon Genie 3, Google DeepMind's most advanced general-purpose world model that generates photorealistic and interactive

On February 5, CARIAD developed a new Soft Stop function designed to deliver extremely smooth braking, with no jerks, no noise, and high efficiency. The function replaces the traditional braking approach with intelligent software. Instead of directly applying the driver’s brake input, the system recalculates how the

On February 6, Pony.ai signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Moore Threads, a Chinese developer of full-featured GPUs.
Focusing on the large-scale application of Level 4 autonomous driving, the two companies will launch in-depth collaboration on the training and optimization of Pony.ai’s PonyWorld model and V

SenseAuto and Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFMC) jointly launched a mass-produced generative intelligent driving solution for multiple DFMC vehicle models. The solution integrates a one-stage end-to-end architecture, a diffusion model, and a training methodology combining “reinforcement learning and an autonomous driv

Vector Informatik GmbH (Vector) has integrated KD’s KD7251 optical Ethernet transceiver with its VN5650 Ethernet Interface, enabling the validation and testing of optical Automotive Ethernet links within its established Ethernet measurement and simulation environment.
The solution supports IEEE 802.3cz optical Ethern

On February 5, 2026, the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) and Humanetics India signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on research and technology initiatives aimed at improving automotive safety and mobility outcomes in India. The partnership establishes a framework for cooperation in

On February 5, the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) announced that it has presented next-generation vehicle connectivity technologies in the US. The demonstrations highlighted innovations in V2X tolling, non-terrestrial networks (NTN), and safety and awareness, and brought together leading automakers, telecom operato