On April 24, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy unveiled the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) new Automated Vehicle (AV) Framework as part of his transportation innovation agenda. The new framework will unleash American ingenuity, maintain key safety standards, and prevent a harmful p

On April 29, dSPACE announced its partnership with MAHA Maschinenbau Haldenwang GmbH & Co. KG, a leading manufacturer of workshop and vehicle inspection equipment, to develop and market test benches for the functional testing of automated and autonomous vehicles in workshops.
The jointly developed test benches will a

On April 30, Toyota Motor Corporation and Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo announced that they have reached a preliminary agreement to explore a strategic collaboration focused on accelerating the development and deployment of autonomous driving technologies.
Toyota and Waymo aim to combine their respective strengt

On April 29, Hyundai Motor Company and Plus unveiled a shared vision at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo 2025, outlining their collaboration on autonomous hydrogen-powered fuel cell trucks to accelerate the development of a hydrogen-powered freight network in the U.S.
The collaboration pairs Hyundai Motor

On April 28, the Integrated Transport Centre (Abu Dhabi Mobility) announced the expansion of its Autonomous RoboTaxi service, in collaboration with Autogo, a subsidiary of Kintsugi Holding, as part of a strategic partnership with Apollo Go, a subsidiary of China’s Baidu and a global leader in autonomous vehicle techn

On April 24, Atom announced that its upcoming car features an advanced ADAS Level 2.0+ system, utilizing a unique sensor set of sensors, radars, and cameras. It has a long-range radar that recognizes the presence of objects in the far zone in front of the car and determines the distance to them and their speed. It is

On April 24, Infineon Technologies AG introduced the XENSIV TLE4960x magnetic switch family, to support functional safety in autonomous driving applications.
These switches are the only ASIL B-compliant devices currently available that can serve a broad range of automotive uses, such as window regulators, sunroof ac

On April 24, Volkswagen Group of America Inc.’s autonomous mobility subsidiary Volkswagen ADMT, LLC, and Uber Technologies, Inc. announced a strategic partnership to deploy a fleet of thousands of all-electric, fully autonomous ID. Buzz AD vehicles within multiple U.S. markets over the next decade.
Testing will begin

On April 24, Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation (Toshiba) and IAV GmbH (IAV) agreed to enter a partnership to jointly develop new approaches for virtual validation of automated driving functions. Under the agreement, Toshiba and IAV will combine their respective expertise and technologies in automotive virtual val

On April 17, Helm.ai, a California-based provider of advanced AI software for high-end ADAS, autonomous driving, and robotics automation, introduced Helm.ai Driver, a real-time deep neural network (DNN) transformer based path prediction system for highway and urban Level 2 to Level 4 autonomous driving. 
The new mode

On April 22, Wayve announced that it has established a testing and development center in Yokohama, Japan. The new Yokohama center will enable Wayve to accelerate the development of AI-powered driving software in collaboration with leading automakers.
By incorporating training data from Japan’s complex road environmen

On April 22, Aeva announced that Inyo Mobility has selected Aeva as the exclusive LiDAR supplier for its upcoming autonomous shuttle program. It will integrate Aeva Atlas 4D LiDAR technology into Inyo’s autonomous vehicle platform. The Inyo CAB is a fully electric modular vehicle designed for sustainable, last-mile u

On April 21, the Integrated Transport Centre (Abu Dhabi Mobility), part of the Department of Municipalities and Transport, announced that it is participating in the 4th edition of the Electric Vehicles Innovation Summit (EVIS 2025), held in Abu Dhabi from April 21 to 23, 2025.
At the event, Abu Dhabi Mobility showca

On April 17, VW announced that it would unveil its first AI-powered, highly automated driving system at Auto Shanghai 2025 designed specially developed for China's complex traffic environments.
Built on a powerful System-on-Chip (SoC), the system can handle a wide range of driving situations. A VW model with this tec

On April 16,  Daimler Truck North America announced it has started delivering its latest flagship on-highway trucks to the autonomous testing fleet of Torc Robotics. These trucks are based on the recently unveiled Fifth Generation Freightliner Cascadia, which was introduced in 2024. The autonomous-ready version of th

On April 12, the first cooperative Level 4 autonomous model between DiDi Autonomous Driving and GAC Aion was unveiled. Adaptable to global deployment, the model is scheduled for mass production and delivery at the end of 2025.
This production model features a DiDi Autonomous Driving next-generation hardware platform

On April 9, self-driving tech startup Nuvo Inc. announced it raised USD 106 million in a Series E round from a mix of new and returning investors which will enable it to scale its AI-based technology platform and advancing commercial partnerships.
The round brings Nuro's total funding to USD 2.2 billion to date. The