On July 14, Aptiv and Kyndryl announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate customer innovation in mission-critical environments across global markets. Aptiv selected Kyndryl to provide advisory, implementation and managed service support to modernize their customer experience and product engineering.
Kyndryl wi
On July 14, HERE Technologies announced an expanded collaboration with JLR to enhance the charging experience for owners of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs).
Under the partnership, HERE will integrate its EV Charge Point feature and eMobility Service Providers (eMSPs), ena
HERE Technologies (HERE) announced that its GIS Data Suite is available through a data-as-a-service model, enabling Esri users to access HERE's mapping, routing, and geocoding data.
The new delivery option enables users to use continuously updated data within ArcGIS environments, while reducing the operational burden
On July 9, Aidoptation BV received official approval from the Federal Public Service Mobility (FOD) and Transport and the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic (AWV) to conduct fully autonomous driving tests on public highways. The permit covers 100 km on the E313 and E314 highways in the province of Limburg and marks
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee is set to vote on a bill on July 15 to further codify previous plans to ban Chinese software and hardware in the U.S. If approved, the Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026 bill would roll out requirements in stages, starting with software and vehicle restrictions in 2027, and then
On July 8, Jonathan Morrison, Director of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), said in a letter that self-driving car companies must quickly address a "clear pattern" of driverless vehicles interfering with law enforcement and other first responders.
Morrison said that NHTSA has documented
Verizon announced it will provide 5G Standalone and LTE connectivity for newly manufactured BMW Group vehicles in the U.S., delivering telematics support for the BMW ConnectedDrive system. The agreement builds on Verizon’s long-standing partnership with KDDI, whose Global Communications Platform powers connected serv
GM recently signed a lease on a 340,000-square-foot property at the Stanford Research Park in Palo Alto, California, to use as a major new office and research hub, according to media reports. The leased space is roughly equivalent in size to 4 soccer fields.
The Silicon Valley property, located at 3411 Hillview Avenu
On July 9, BMW i Ventures announced its lead investment in KredosAi, a Seattle-based AI company reshaping how enterprises recover revenue. The USD 7 million Series A round, led by BMW i Ventures, was oversubscribed amid strong demand from backers.
The new capital will help KredosAi expand its go-to-market motion int
On July 8, Primus Partners and Linde-Wiemann Group, a Germany-headquartered automotive component manufacturer, signed an agreement to establish a Global Capability Hub in Gurugram. Under the partnership, Primus Partners will support Linde-Wiemann’s operations across ERP implementation, business reporting and analytic
On July 9, FEV collaborated with Microsoft to integrate in-vehicle Generative AI capabilities built on NVIDIA GPU-accelerated compute and AI model microservices. The focus is on the use of small language models (SLM) such as Microsoft’s Phi-4-mini-instruct in Microsoft Foundry that is powered by NVIDIA DRIVE AGX acce
On July 7, HTEC and Embotech announced a strategic partnership to scale deployment of Embotech's autonomous driving solutions across vehicle platforms, customer programmes and industrial sites.
Under the agreement, HTEC contributes engineering capacity and expertise in onboard software, vehicle integration, connectiv
Vector Informatik GmbH (Vector) has introduced an end-to-end toolchain for Service-Oriented Vehicle Diagnostics (SOVD) to support the adoption of a modern diagnostic approach for next-generation vehicle architectures. The SOVD toolchain is available now.
SOVD provides a unified API for diagnostics in both software-ba
On July 7, Mack Trucks announced it is making remote software updates easier with a Lock & Leave enhancement to Mack Over-the-Air (OTA) that allows remote software updates to complete unattended after the driver parks the truck and walks away.
The new capability maximizes uptime and minimizes interruptions for custo
On July 7, PACCAR announced that Peterbilt Motors Company and Kenworth Truck Company will implement updated software for vehicles equipped with PACCAR MX-11 and PACCAR MX-13 engines, reflecting revised U.S. EPA guidance on Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) inducements. Trucks manufactured after July 20 will have the softwar
The Stuttgart Autonomous Vehicle Tech Expo 2026
At Messe Stuttgart, the 2026 Autonomous Vehicle Tech Expo (6/23-25) brought together OEMs, suppliers, and regulators for three days of tech showcases, talks, and debate. The consensus across the sessions GlobalData attended seemed to be that the technology is close to r
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