On February 11, Atom announced that it has tested the Drive Assist function, which is part of the advanced driver assistance system (ADAS). Its test drivers drove a carrier vehicle from Moscow to Kazan along the M12 highway in autonomous driving mode.
Of the 732 kilometers covered, 95% of the journey was completed en

On February 10 through a post on X, Lyft CEO David Risher announced that Lyft plans to launch fully autonomous robotaxis in Dallas, Texas, U.S. “as soon as 2026”.
The robotaxis will be equipped with Mobileye Drive technology for its fully autonomous operations. Lyft will partner with Marubeni, a Japanese conglomerate

On February 11, JLR announced a USD 180 million investment in its 50,000 square feet USA technology hub in Portland, Oregon, as part of its global effort to develop and introduce next-generation connectivity and autonomous driving technologies in future JLR vehicles.
Over the next decade, the engineers will develop

May Mobility announced the launch of its first commercial driver-out autonomous transportation service in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, U.S., transitioning its operations to a full driverless service. The launch of the service in Peachtree Corners represents May Mobility’s third driverless operation and its first publi

On February 10, BYD hosted a strategic conference on intelligentization, releasing an intelligent driving strategy to equip all its models with the God’s Eye (DiPilot) advanced intelligent driving system.
The God’s Eye system consists of the following three technical schemes.
-          God’s Eye A (DiPilot 600), a t

On February 11, Verne announced that VGP, a pan-European provider of logistics and semi-industrial real estate, has started construction of its first autonomous vehicle production facility in Croatia in VGP Park Zagreb, in Lučko. 
The start of construction marks VGP’s first investment in Croatia. The production facil

On February 9, Deepal, a Changan Auto sub-brand, signed an agreement on comprehensively deepening business cooperation with Huawei in Chongqing to fully promote cooperation on intelligent connected vehicles and popularize intelligent driving.
Under the agreement, Deepal will expand cooperation with Huawei’s Intellige

On February 4, General Motors confirmed it is cutting about half of the workers from the Cruise LLC driverless car unit, as it decided to halt its robotaxi service and absorb the operations into its broader business.
Several of Cruise’s leaders are leaving as total staff reductions amount to about 1,000 positions. Mo

W Motors, the first luxury sports cars maker in the Middle East, partnered with Valeo to co-develop an advanced last-mile autonomous delivery project.
In the partnership, W Motors brings its expertise in luxury automotive design, while Valeo contributes its expertise in electrification and autonomous systems, to del

On February 4, General Motors announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of GM Cruise Holdings LLC following the approval of GM’s merger offer by the Cruise Board of Directors. 
Now as a wholly-owned subsidiary of GM, Cruise will work collaboratively on autonomous vehicle technology and advanced

On January 29, Deloitte and May Mobility announced a new alliance to enhance safety in autonomous vehicle (AV) transportation through advanced data and analytics. Their collaboration aims to help municipalities and businesses optimize rider and community safety by leveraging insights from May Mobility’s AV deployment

On February 4, Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.) partnered with Waabi, an AI company building self-driving technology, to deliver safe and efficient autonomous freight transport integrating the Volvo VNL Autonomous with the Waabi Driver.
Waabi’s next-generation AV2.0 approach, based on an end-to-end AI model, enabl

On January 29, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on an earnings call following the release of Tesla’s Q4 2024 that Tesla will launch “unsupervised full self-driving in Austin as a “paid service” in June.
The statement is in line with what he said during Tesla’s previous earnings call when he claimed Tesla will “launch unsuper

On January 29, Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo announced it plans to expand testing of its autonomous driving technology in over 10 new cities in 2025.
In addition to ongoing trips to Truckee, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Upstate New York and Tokyo, the expansion includes testing in San Diego and Las Vegas, with mo

On January 29, rFpro announced that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has adopted the rFpro-powered AV elevate simulation platform to speed up the development of automated driving technologies.
The collaboration allows AMD to use AV elevate's advanced simulation capabilities to fine-tune and test its automated parking sy

On January 27, Alexander Dennis completed the first Enviro100AEV autonomous electric bus for the Connector project in Cambridge, UK.
The project is led by the Greater Cambridge Partnership and backed by Innovate UK, which includes Alexander Dennis, Fusion Processing, IPG Automotive, dRISK, and Gamma Energy. It is par

Announced on January 27, 2025, Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has launched a Request for Proposal (RFP) to seek industry’s proposals to pilot autonomous public bus services. The RFP is expected to close by Q2, with the contract expected to be awarded by 2025.
Through this pilot, LTA aims to assess the tec