On May 7, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America announced in a California state filing that it is closing down its Long Beach research and design campus starting this summer.
The 32,100‑square‑foot Long Beach complex closure will be permanent by the end of 2026, with a combination of layoffs and an unspe

On May 4, 2026, Tata Technologies secured a series of new deal wins. In Q4, the company closed a long-term strategic engagement with a North American commercial vehicle OEM spanning PLM, testing and quality assurance, MES, and project management, and a multi-year deal with a Tier-1 automotive supplier to scale a glob

On May 13, Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) announced the initial availability of its open source SoDeV reference platform. AGL SoDeV is an open-source reference platform for building software-defined vehicles. It combines the AGL Unified Code Base (UCB) with Linux containers, VirtIO, the Xen hypervisor, Zephyr RTOS, and

On May 8, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that GM has agreed to pay USD 12.5 million to settle claims it illegally sold personal and driving data of hundreds of thousands of California drivers to two data brokers between 2020 and 2024, despite GM’s own privacy policy reassuring drivers it would not se

On May 14, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced the establishment of Honda Digital Innovation India Private Ltd. (HDII), a wholly owned subsidiary incorporated on April 10, 2026, and headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It is capitalised at INR 300 million, and it will provide digital services to expand customer touchpo

On May 14, Nuro, Inc. announced that it is establishing operations in Germany, creating its first on-the-ground presence in Europe and extending the Nuro Driver, its scalable Level 4 AI driver, into another major global market. Located in Munich, Nuro’s office will serve as its European hub, supporting engineering, o

Announced on May 14, 2026, Mitsubishi Motors entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with FPT Japan Holdings, part of Vietnam’s FPT Corporation, a leading technology and IT services provider, to explore collaboration in software and digital technologies, including a potential future joint venture.
The partne

On May 8, GM announced that new research from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) confirms the measurable progress of the advanced safety features in GM vehicles. GM’s safety and driver assistance features that come standard in U.S. models, even those under USD 30,000, include at a mi

Vector Informatik GmbH (Vector)’s CANoe development and test platform has received safety certification from TUV SUD for use in safety-related systems across several industries, including automotive sector.
The certification confirms that CANoe is qualified for use in development processes in accordance with standard

On May 12, Rivian introduced Rivian Assistant and Rivian Unified Intelligence unlock hands-free utility with Connect+. In its latest software update, the AI-powered Rivian Assistant will roll out to all compatible Rivian Gen 1 and Gen 2 owners who subscribe to Connect+ or are in an active trial.
Rivian has created an

On May 12, Ouster, Inc., a leader in sensing and perception for Physical AI, announced its new Rev8 OS family of digital lidar sensors are qualified to run on the NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion platform for accelerating development and deployment of level 4 autonomous vehicles.
Featuring the world’s first native color lidar,

On May 8, Honeywell announced that Quantinuum, a leading, full-stack quantum computing company, has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to an initial public offering of shares of its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market

On May 11, Mahindra AI, the Mahindra Group's dedicated AI division, disclosed that it deployed nAIna, an AI conversational voice agent powered by ElevenLabs Text-to-Speech, ahead of the XUV 7XO SUV launch in January 2026. The agents handled outbound calls to fresh and lost leads, responded to inquiries, registered qu

On May 6, IG Metall union announced that it is opposing the closure of the Berlin site of automotive engineering service provider IAV, which employs 1,250 people. IAV's management informed the workforce about its restructuring plans, which will particularly affect Berlin and foresee the elimination of up to 1,400 job

On May 5, the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) and the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a framework for cooperation on tolling, including Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X)-enabled tolling use cases. 
By aligning IBTTA’s leadership in tolli

On May 12, Mercedes-Benz announced its partnership with n8n, a German-based automation firm, to launch a global platform that lets employees create and use AI-powered workflows in their daily work. The goal is to expand AI from small pilot projects to regular use across all areas, such as R&D, production, sales, fina

On May 6, P3 announced the launch of its AI Factory in India under the brand P3 re:invent. Initially launched in Chennai and Pune, the P3 AI Factory and its team have begun operations, while the expansion into Bangalore is already underway as the next phase of growth. Over the next three years, P3 aims to scale the I

On May 5, GM announced that its plant teams are using machine learning models and AI-driven analysis to optimize quality checks, making those checks faster and more efficient. Smarttools like Device Level Analytics, WeldBrAIn and vision systems help GM workers spot issues early, protect quality and make quick, confid

On May 11, Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, announced a landmark engineering initiative with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. to build its next-generation software-defined vehicle (SDV) platform. 
The collaboration would involve Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System to provide a standardized,

On May 6, IVEX announced a new software that will integrate Euro NCAP’s 2026 Protocols into IVEX’s NCAP Evaluator. Euro NCAP recently demonstrated its 2026 testing protocols and is preparing for official vehicle evaluations across all safety stages: Safe Driving, which includes a new On-road Driving evaluation, Crash