Self Drive News’s automotive coverage follows autonomy in passenger vehicles: robotaxi launches and city expansions, hands-free and Level 2–Level 3 driver assistance from automakers, the software and sensor programs behind them, and the safety investigations and recalls that shape the rules. It spans Waymo, Zoox, Tesla, Avride, WeRide and Pony.ai as well as the automakers building their own systems. For one company, see its tag page.
AUMOVIO closes its first year as an independent company with new autonomous mobility customers for its computing, radar, and telematics units, head-up display awards, and a $110 million Texas radar plant expansion.
HL Klemove and Lenovo have signed a three-phase partnership to co-develop high-performance AI computing solutions for vehicles, with HL Klemove leading OEM sales and mass production and Lenovo supplying controller design.
Lucid and Bolt will co-develop an SAE Level 4 vehicle on Lucid's Midsize platform, with Bolt targeting at least 25,000 autonomous Lucid vehicles across European cities and 100,000 by 2035.
GAC AION has launched the 2027 AION i60, a five-seat BEV and REEV SUV running WeRide WRD 3.0, moving the eight-time competition-winning L2++ ADAS into mass production.
BMW Maps with Driver Assistance launches in October 2026 on Operating System X vehicles, combining navigation, surroundings, and assistance data in one 3D view built with Mapbox map technology.
Hyundai Motor Group has put its autonomous driving Data Flywheel into full operation, pairing NVIDIA-based Level 2+ vehicles due in 2028 with proprietary Atria AI Level 2++ production targeted for 2029.
Volvo Cars has refreshed the XC40 with a new software and sensor platform, expanded Pilot Assist with lane change assist, a Door Opening Alert function, and a 3D 360 camera ahead of early-2027 deliveries.
Volkswagen is upgrading IQ.DRIVE on 2027 Atlas, Golf, ID. Buzz and Tiguan models with driver-initiated lane changes, an Emergency Assist Plus shoulder-stop function, a pedestrian-detecting rearview camera, and predictive ACC improvements.
AEye CEO Matt Fisch says lidar revenue grew roughly ninefold year over year and 25 customers now take paid shipments, as a NASA-backed Lunar Outpost contract and Alive3D deal open new verticals.
Hirain and Arbe have been selected by a major automotive group for a multi-brand Level 3 passenger vehicle program in China, with series-production radar deliveries starting Q4 2027.
Motional has open-sourced nuReasoning, a 20,000-scenario long-tail driving dataset with 247,000 human-verified reasoning annotations, and launched a companion research challenge with UCLA at ECCV.
Renesas Electronics has joined the Autoware Foundation at its highest membership tier, bringing the open-source end-to-end AI driving stack to R-Car SoC platforms for L2 ADAS through driverless L4 robotaxis.
Nissan and Honda have signed a joint development agreement to standardize core ECUs, the in-vehicle operating system, middleware, and vehicle control software for next-generation SDVs, targeting application from fiscal year 2029.
CaoCao reported first-half 2026 total revenue of RMB10.3 billion, up 9.0%, with 140 second-generation Robotaxi vehicles deployed and Hong Kong and the UAE named as its first overseas markets.
WeRide will join the HKEX Tech 100 Index effective September 14, 2026, following Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing's September quarterly review, the first rebalancing under the exchange's enhanced selection methodology.
Momenta and XHEART have selected QNX OS for Safety for an autonomous driving platform certified to ISO 26262 ASIL D, combining full-stack software, the XHEART X7 SoC, and QNX SDP 8.0.
Nevada regulators lifted Tesla Robotaxi's ten-vehicle interim cap to 5,000 for Clark County, while Tesla's own Cybercab chief engineer told the Authority the company won't come close to that number.
BMW is making an expanded active safety suite standard across Neue Klasse model series, adding an exit warning that delays door opening and emergency steering intervention, managed by a new central computer.
Volvo Cars is adding four new Connected Safety hazard alerts to the EX60, EX90 and ES90, covering large animals, vulnerable road users, roadwork and accidents ahead via a software update.
The Aistaland GT7 intelligent shooting brake has won a Platinum A' Design Award in the car category, recognized for an L3 autonomous architecture, LiDAR and DTOF perception, and 360-degree status signaling.