On July 23, China’s State Council Information Office (SCIO) announced that the director of the Traffic Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) answered questions from reporters on how to regulate and manage the intelligent driving systems for New Energy Vehicles on sale.
Regarding such an issue

On July 23, OnTime, a GAC Group mobility platform, held a launch event for its Robotaxi+ strategy, where the Xinghuo and Xinghe expansion plans were released.
-          The Xinghuo plan was developed to expand OnTime’s Robotaxi operating area and fleet scale and form a Robotaxi fleet of over 10,000 units.
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GM’s Cruise unit announced it was cutting 101 jobs across three locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to state filings with the Employment Development Department posted July 3.
This latest round of layoffs will see Cruise cut 85 jobs at the company’s Bryant Street location in San Francisco. The company i

On July 23, Maextro announced that the Maextro S800 sedan, the first cooperative model between JAC Group and Huawei, makes the debut of Huawei’s ADS (Advanced Driving System) 4 solution.
The Maextro S800 employs an all-directional stereoscopic perception system with 36 assisted driving sensors including one 192-line

On July 24, AEye announced that its flagship Apollo lidar has been fully integrated by NVIDIA into their DRIVE AGX platform, a critical part of NVIDIA’s highly touted autonomous vehicle ecosystem.
NVIDIA’s designation gives AEye direct access to a global network of top-tier OEMs who are currently working with NVIDIA

On July 23, the General Transport Authority of Saudi Arabia launched the initial implementation phase of autonomous vehicles in Riyadh, the capital. This is a qualitative step aimed at empowering technology and expanding the implementation and development of a smart and safe system for the Kingdom's transport sector.

Ficosa International, S.A. (Ficosa) contributed to the pilot tests of the European SELFY project in Austria and at the ADAS/CAV test circuit at Applus+ IDIADA, in Baix Penedès, Catalonia, Spain, which replicated real metropolitan scenarios. The tests successfully detected over 95% of vulnerable road users and more th

Beijing Horizon Robotics Technology R&D Co., Ltd.  (Horizon Robotics) announced that GoFurther.AI, a supplier of intelligent logistics products, launched a Level 4 autonomous driving solution for urban last-mile logistics scenarios.
Adopting a fully domestically produced hardware architecture, where dual Journey 6M c

On July 21, Rivian Automotive announced plans to open an office in London to further the company’s AI and autonomous driving ambitions. Rivian is looking to tap into top artificial intelligence engineering talent in London to complement its growing team in Palo Alto, California.
The Rivian Autonomy Platform currently

On July 17, Waymo said that it will now offer autonomous rides through its partnership with Uber Technologies across 90 square miles of Austin, Texas. The service, which launched in Austin about four months ago, previously covered about 37 square miles.
As of late March, Waymo robotaxis accounted for 20% of Uber ride

On July 21, UK Roads Minister launched a public consultation on the new Automated Passenger Services (APS) permitting scheme. This will shape how self-driving taxis, private-hire vehicles, and buses are regulated in Great Britain.
The focus will be on safety, innovation, world-leading rules, and accessibility. Self-d

On July 15, Pronto.ai, Inc., the industry leader in scalable, affordable, OEM-agnostic Autonomous Haulage Systems (AHS), announced it has completed its acquisition of SafeAI Inc., another pioneer in safety-focused, multi-sensor autonomous solutions for heavy industry. The transaction further establishes Pronto as the

Announced on July 17, 2025, WeRide (NASDAQ: WRD) has launched Southeast Asia’s first fully driverless Robobus service at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), Singapore, operating without a safety officer on board. 
Approved by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) after a year of safe trials, the Robobus now serves the public o

On July 17, the Lucid Group and Uber Technologies announced a next-generation premium global robotaxi program created exclusively for the Uber ride-hailing platform.
Expected to first launch later in 2026 in a major U.S. city, the new robotaxi service combines the software-defined vehicle architecture of the Lucid Gr

On July 15, Apollo Go forged a strategic partnership with Uber, a mobility service platform. The two companies will jointly promote the expansion of Apollo Go to several global markets and deploy thousands of driverless vehicles.
According to the plan, the two companies will first deploy Apollo Go’s 6th-generation dr

On July 11, at an exhibition for AI-enabled unmanned driving scenarios hosted by the People’s Government of Liuzhou City, Guangxi Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (Guangxi Auto Group) showcased several autonomous vehicles and was granted one of Guangxi’s first functional low-speed driverless vehicle testing licenses with f

On July 16, Aeva, a Mountain View, California provider of next-gen sensing and perception systems, announced an expanded partnership with Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) to advance the commercialization of autonomous vehicles through enhanced production of Aeva’s state-of-the-art 4D LiDAR technology.
As part of th

On July 14, Zenzic-UK Ltd. announced that the UK Government has announced a further GBP 150 million to help grow the nation’s Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) industry. The CAM Pathfinder programme is aimed at addressing the challenges of bringing CAM vehicles to market and runs until 2030. It is delivered by t