Caocao Mobility announced on August 5 that it had recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Dazhong Transportation (Group) Co., Ltd (Dazhong Transportation) to jointly explore a new model for large-scale Robotaxi operations in Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta region.
Under the agreement, the two part

On August 5, Amazon's Zoox announced it will begin offering paid robotaxi rides in Las Vegas.
Beginning August 10, Zoox will offer passengers in Las Vegas pricing similar to the "comfort" tier offered by other ride-hailing companies. The "comfort" tier typically offers newer, roomier vehicles at fares about 20%-40% h

Astemo, Ltd. announced on August 5 that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with TIER IV, Inc. to jointly develop a next-generation development platform centered on an AI development foundation, with the aim of strengthening core technologies for next-generation driver assistance and autonomous dr

On August 5, AEye, Inc. announced that its flagship Apollo lidar sensor has been validated on NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor, the compute platform anchoring the next generation of NVIDIA-native autonomous vehicles.
Apollo is validated with sensor-to-compute interoperability confirmed against NVIDIA DriveOS, placing AEye as a

On August 5, Transport for London (TfL) granted Private Hire Vehicle licences to several Wayve’s autonomous all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles. Wayve has a partnership with Uber for autonomous rides in London. Built and trained on UK roads, Wayve’s autonomous driving technology has been testing on London’s cha

On August 5, Moove raised USD 250 million at a USD 2.1 billion valuation in a Series C funding round led by Mubadala Investment Company and co-led by Woven Capital, Toyota’s Growth Fund, and Ion Pacific. Other existing investors also contributed to this round.
The funding will support the expansion of Moove’s autonom

On July 29, South Korean AI software company StradVision announced that it had signed a contract to supply a front-camera-based AI vision perception solution for Aptiv’s advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) programs for commercial vehicles in India. Aptiv is a global Tier 1 automotive supplier. The contract is va

On July 28, 2026, the City of Riverside showcased Ohmio’s autonomous shuttle platooning technology. The autonomous demonstration highlighted Riverside’s progress in creating an ecosystem for clean technology development and manufacturing. Ohmio is developing fully electric, low-speed autonomous shuttles focused on sa

According to information disclosed on the official website of the Anhui Provincial People’s Government on July 31, it recently issued the Action Plan for Accelerating the Development of Digital and Intelligent Supply Chains in Anhui Province (2026–2028).
The Plan calls for advancing the digital and intelligent transf

Zhejiang Geely Farizon New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group Co., Ltd (Farizon Auto) announced on July 31 that its Xinghan H had recently completed a real-world multi-truck autonomous platooning test at the Shandong High-speed Intelligent Connected Expressway Test Base (Laiwu section), becoming the first new energy com

On July 31, 2026, Atlas Energy Solutions Inc., an energy solutions provider, announced that it is working with Kodiak AI, Inc., a provider of Physical AI-powered autonomous driving technology, to expand its autonomous truck operations to support oilfield logistics in the Permian Basin. Atlas will expand its driverles

On August 3, WeRide and GreenMobility, Denmark's leading shared electric mobility provider, announced a strategic partnership to deploy autonomous shared mobility services in Denmark. The partnership combines WeRide's Level 4 autonomous driving technology with GreenMobility's leading local fleet operations and shared

StradVision Inc., a South Korean AI software company, has received an order from Aptiv PLC, a global automotive parts supplier, for multi-camera-based vision recognition software. The contract is valid from July 2026 to September 2027, and the sales under the deal are expected to reach Korean won (KRW) 23.71 billion.

Waymo introduced new in-cabin features for its Ojai autonomous ride-hailing vehicle, including Gemini in Waymo, a conversational AI assistant designed to enhance the passenger experience. Riders can use voice commands to adjust cabin settings, ask questions about nearby locations, and access general information. Gemi

According to the World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference (WICVC) on July 27, the media roundtable for the 2026 WICVC was held in Beijing.
The conference reported that China has issued more than 20,000 testing and demonstration licenses nationwide, opened over 57,000 km of testing and demonstration roads, and

On July 30, 2026, Zoox, Inc., announced that it had received the first commercial exemption from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to deploy its purpose-built autonomous robotaxis. With the exemption, Zoox has approval to begin charging fares for its robotaxi services. Under the exemptio

Zhengzhou Yutong Group Co., Ltd (Yutong Group) announced on July 29 that China’s first airport autonomous passenger shuttle bus project was officially launched on July 28 at Urumqi Tianshan International Airport in Xinjiang.
Yutong’s autonomous passenger shuttle bus is equipped with features including autonomous obst

On July 27, CaoCao Mobility announced the official launch of its Robotaxi testing program without a safety operator in the driver’s seat.
The test is being conducted on real urban roads in Binjiang District, Hangzhou, using an operational model in which ride requests are triggered from designated pickup points. While

On July 29, Momenta announced that it has received Germany-wide L4 testing approval from the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA), which allows Momenta to test its L4 autonomous driving technology across urban environments in Germany. It will also accelerate the progress of its ongoing projects in Germany, including planned ro

Aurora Innovation, Inc. announced a new customer agreement with Charger Logistics for the deployment of Aurora’s second-generation driverless trucks featuring the Aurora Driver system. Charger Logistics is an asset-based transportation and logistics company providing services throughout North America. Charger Logisti