On May 20, Musk reiterated his robotaxi plan for Austin, Texas and added some new details. There will be ten vehicles in the Robotaxi fleet when it starts at the end of Jume. 
The Cybercab, which was unveiled in October 2024, will not be available initially, as those cars will likely be produced in 2026.
Musk says th

On May 8, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sent a letter to Tesla Field Quality Director Eddit Gates,  regarding its planned rollout of a Robotaxi platform in Austin, Texas with full self-driving (FSD).
NHTSA would like information on Tesla’s development of technologies for use in ‘robo

On May 16, weeks after launching its driverless trucking service, Aurora Innovation announced it will put backup human drivers behind the wheel.
The move comes after Paccar publicly objected to Aurora’s use of its vehicles in a report that quoted a Paccar spokesperson, who said, “We will not agree to commercialize an

On May 15, Scania announced that it is working with Combient Foundry, a platform that connects top Nordic companies with startups to develop new technologies together. So far, Scania has started about 25 pilot projects with startups, and many have led to new tools and methods now used in the company.
Here are the thr

On May 16, WeRide launched fully driverless robotaxi trial operations in Abu Dhabi, the first deployment of its kind in the Middle East. Starting this quarter, a fleet of WeRide’s robotaxis will be piloted on public roads without a safety driver. 
Commercial driverless rides and additional service areas will be intro

On May 14, WeRide opened up eight special demonstration operation routes for autonomous driving mobility services in central Guangzhou, forming China’s first 24-hour autonomous driving mobility service network that covers the core area of a top-tier city.
Not only does the 24-hour network span core landmarks in Guang

On May 14, Plus completed real-world testing of its semi-autonomous truck technology in Germany with partners DSV, dm, and IVECO.
It was the first road test in Germany. After months of testing, training, and validation, the trucks carried goods between Krefeld and Hennef under real conditions, showing strong results

On May 14, Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc. said it is recalling 1,212 self-driving vehicles operating on the company’s older fifth-generation automated driving system (ADS) software for updates and to address the risk of collisions with chains, gates and other roadway barriers after the U.S. National Highway Tr

On May 7, WMG at The University of Warwick announced that Solihull & Coventry Automated Links Evolution (SCALE) project started a trial for autonomous vehicles. A self-driving fully-electric shuttle service is launched at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham.
By the summer, the route will be extended in f

On May 12, S.RIDE Inc., the company behind the taxi app “S.RIDE”, entered a partnership with Wayve Technologies Ltd. As Wayve’s Data Collection Partner, S.RIDE will support the training of Wayve’s AI models for driver assistance and autonomous driving by collecting public road data in Japan, primarily in the Greater

On May 9, SAIC Mobility, an SAIC Motor strategic sub-brand for mobility services, closed a Series C financing worth over CNY 1.3 billion. By introducing industrial capital and local government resources, the financing enables SAIC Mobility to create a new model for regional synergistic development and pave fast lanes

The 2025 Commercial Vehicle Show reaffirmed its status as the UK's premier event for the road transport industry.
The 2025 Commercial Vehicle Show, held at Birmingham’s NEC from April 29 to May 1, reaffirmed its status as the UK’s premier event for the road transport industry. This year’s show spotlighted the sector’

Huawei isn’t just a supplier—it’s rewriting the rules of how cars are made in China.
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On May 5, MAN Truck & Bus announced that it has successfully completed the ATLAS-L4 project after 3 years of work, in collaboration with 12 partners from industry, research, and software sectors. The project was focused on developing Level 4 autonomous trucks for highway transport between logistics hubs. Around 150 e

On May 6, Pony AI Inc. (Pony.ai) partnered with Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) to deploy its robotaxis on the Uber platform.
The partnership will launch in a key market in the Middle East later in 2025, with plans to expand to other international countries over time. The Uber riders will be offered the option to tak

On April 30, WeRide was officially granted the first driverless equipment road testing licenses by the People’s Government of Nansha District of Guangzhou. This means that the company has been permitted to conduct road testing of its Robovan W5 driverless logistics vehicle in Nansha District.
Tailored for urban freig

Waymo announced it is investing in a new vehicle manufacturing plant in Mesa, Arizona along with its manufacturing partner Magna Steyr, where it plans to build more than 2,000 Jaguar I-Pace vehicles through 2026 with Waymo’s fully autonomous technology, which it designs and assemble in the U.S.
Magna built the I-Pace

On May 1, Waymo announced in a research paper that its Waymo Driver is making significant strides in reducing severe crashes and improving the safety of those most at risk.
The paper, accepted to be published in the Traffic Injury Prevention Journal, expands on Waymo’s Safety Impact Hub research, providing a deeper a

Several media sources reported that Magna International announced plans to launch driverless vehicles on the streets of Toronto later in 2025.
The Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) recently notified Magna that its application into Ontario’s Automated Vehicle Pilot Program (AVPP) has been approved, allowing it