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

Reports on May 13 say that work has been underway on the North side of the Gigafactory Texas complex for a few months now for Cortex 2.0, a companion to the site’s existing Cortex supercluster.
Initially, the site was listed as the Central Campus Support facility, but recently, local city filings have updated the nam

On May 16, ECARX Holdings Inc. announced the debut of its EXP01 processor built on the RISC-V architecture at the RISC-V Summit Europe 2025, which was held from May 12-15, 2025, in Paris. ECARX showcased EXP01, its first processor design built on the 32-bit RISC-V ISA. EXP01 uses a dual-core safety architecture in wh

On May 15, LG Electronics (LG) showcased its cutting-edge Internet of Things - Non-Terrestrial Networks (IoT-NTN) technology at the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) conference in Paris, France, from May 12 to 15. The highlight of the event was a live demonstration conducted throughout Paris, featuring a vehicle equip

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, BMW announced that it is making AI a part of almost every process across the company to work faster and more accurately, not just in production and logistics.
The tech race in the auto industry will be decided in China, where AI is used widely. That's why BMW is teaming up with top Chinese tech firms to br

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 13, EnergyHub, a leading provider of grid-edge flexibility, and FLO, a leading EV charging network operator, announced a collaboration aimed at expanding driver participation in EV managed charging programs across North America. 
Residential customers with FLO chargers can now enroll in EnergyHub programs and

On May 14, Basemark appointed Excalibur Inc. as its authorized agent for the Japanese market. Excalibur Inc. is a business development and engineering consultancy that brings deep industry knowledge and strong networks within the Japanese automotive sector, particularly through multiple development engagements with T

On May 14, Tata Elxsi announced that it had been selected by Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India for vehicle software engineering and software defined vehicles (SDV) development. Tata Elxsi will help scale next-gen automotive development and innovation. 
Tata Elxsi has domain experience across autonomous, el

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

Harman International Industries, Inc. (Harman) has become one of the first to open-source a full connected services platform to boost the development of software-defined vehicles (SDVs).
The platform is now publicly available through the Eclipse Connected Services Platform (ECSP) project, which is already being used

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

Responding to questions on what Ford is doing with its new electrical architecture programs, Ford EV design head Doug Field recently explained what the company is doing.
Rather than cancelling its next-generation FNV4 (fully-networked vehicle) electrical architecture, it is merging that effort with its existing, evol

On May 9, Indra announced that it is working on a new project to improve toll payments using cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology in collaboration with Audi U.S., and Qualcomm Technologies. The system aims to reduce traffic, simplify toll payments across the U.S., and improve the driving experience.
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