On December 1, 2025, NVIDIA released various open-source physical AI models and tools as well as new digital AI models and datasets to support AI research. One of the models released by NVIDIA was Alpamayo-R1 (AR1), the world’s first industry-scale open reasoning vision language action (VLA) model for autonomous driv
Innoviz Technologies Ltd. announced that Daimler Truck and its subsidiary, Torc Robotics, selected Innoviz as their short-range lidar supplier for the future series production of SAE Level 4 autonomous Class 8 trucks. Innoviz will supply its InnovizTwo Short-Range lidar sensors, integrating them into the autonomous F
On December 2, TTTech Auto announced that it has secured a significant expansion of its collaboration with a major Korean OEM. The extended agreement includes a substantial increase in production volume for TTTech Auto’s MotionWise safety middleware.
MotionWise acts as the safety mastermind within the vehicle archit
On December 2, Wayve launched GAIA-3, a new generation of its generative world model designed to accelerate the evaluation and validation of its autonomous driving AI. At 15 billion parameters, GAIA-3 is double the size of GAIA-2, with a video tokenizer that is also twice as large, enabling a more faithful representa
On December 1, Wayve announced the acquisition of Quality Match, a German startup. Founded in 2019, Quality Match brings deep expertise in interpreting and analysing data used to train AI models for applications such as advanced assisted and automated driving. This acquisition reflects Wayve’s continued investment in
On November 26, Perrone Robotics, Inc. and Perrone Robotics Innovations, LLC (“Perrone Robotics”) announced that they have filed lawsuits asserting infringement of its patented automated vehicle and robotics technologies by seven major automakers: Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, and Nissan.
The compla
On November 24, Pony.ai signed a comprehensive in-depth cooperation agreement on autonomous mobility with Sunlight Mobility, a Chinese mobility service platform, to promote the launch of autonomous mobility services in China’s first-tier cities.
Under the agreement, the two companies will develop an autonomous fleet
On November 28, Verne announced that it has produced and tested 60 verification prototypes for the upcoming robotaxi service. The company is currently focused on ongoing testing of its autonomous driving systems in Zagreb, along with other preparations for a service launch planned for spring 2026.
As part of the Nati
As Tesla has found it difficult to get approval from European authorities for what it markets as Full Self-Driving, or FSD, in the U.S., it posted on X on November 23 that its “main path” to getting FSD green-lit for Europe is through RDW, the organization that handles the approval and registration of vehicles in the
On November 18, Waymo, a part of Alphabet Inc., said it began autonomous driving operations in Miami, Florida, and over the coming weeks will do so also in Florida in Orlando, as well as in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas in 2026.
Waymo says it has built a generalizable Driver, powered by Waymo’s demonstrably
On November 26, WeRide announced the launch of Level 4 fully driverless Robotaxi commercial operations in Abu Dhabi. This marks the first driverless deployment in the Middle East, as well as the first city outside the United States to host fully driverless operations on the Uber platform.
Public commercial operation
On November 22, at the Auto Guangzhou 2025 motor show (exhibition period: November 21-30), SAIC Maxus unveiled the eDeliver RoboBUS and eDeliver RoboVAN driverless vehicles.
Both vehicle models adopt the Hongtu intelligent HD-map-free algorithm to eliminate the need for HD maps for mapping and shorten commercializati
Several South Korean media sources reported that HL Klemove Corp., an autonomous driving solution specialist of the HL Group, was chosen as a core company for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Future Vehicle Alliance led by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources of South Korea. By participating in this alliance
On November 25, ride-hailing platform Bolt announced a partnership with Pony.ai to bring autonomous mobility to Europe.
This partnership will bring Pony.ai's Level 4 autonomous driving technology into Bolt's extensive ecosystem. The partnership will initially focus on real-world testing, safety validation, and experi
On November 21, Tensor and GreenMobility A/S, Scandinavia's largest EV car-sharing operator, announced a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to explore a potential strategic collaboration. The parties are discussing the future purchase and deployment of up to 2,000 Tensor Robocars in Denmark, with an initial rollout e
On November 25, TIER IV announced a collaboration with HORIBA MIRA, a UK-based automotive engineering and testing services provider, to accelerate the development and commercialization of autonomous driving technology in Europe.
As the first step in their collaboration, the two companies will begin demonstrating auto
On November 21, at the Auto Guangzhou 2025 motor show (exhibition period: November 21-30), Xiaomi EV unveiled the enhanced Xiaomi HAD (Hyper Autonomous Driving) system.
For the first time, the enhanced Xiaomi HAD system has introduced the large model training method of “reinforcement learning + world model”, where la
On November 18, GAC Hyptec became China’s first automaker to be licensed for testing Level 3 autonomous driving at up to 120km/h on expressways.
The vehicle model for testing is the Hyptec A800, the first flagship sedan developed by GAC Group in cooperation with Huawei, which will be exhibited at the Auto Guangzhou 2
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