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VinFast, NVIDIA, and Autobrains are developing a Level 4 autonomous platform for Southeast Asia, pairing DRIVE Hyperion 10 compute with Autobrains' Agentic AI software in a modular, cost-focused architecture.
BYD has become the first automaker to offer full damage coverage for its Urban NOA city driving function, backing the God's Eye feature with a one-year guarantee in China.
General Motors is expanding simulation across its autonomous vehicle organization, using virtual environments and machine learning to validate driver-assistance and automated driving features against millions of scenarios before they reach public roads.
Waymo will offer free rides in the Ojai, its purpose-built autonomous vehicle and the first to use the 6th-generation Waymo Driver, to select riders in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles.
AEye's Apollo lidar sensor, which detects objects up to one kilometer away, has won the Smart Sensing Technology Innovation Award at the EAC 2026 Zhiyao Awards in Shanghai.
Helm.ai launched GenSim-3 and VidGen-3, generative AI models rendering synthetic driving data at native Full HD across a six-camera surround view, claiming five times the pixel density of standard world models.
American Rheinmetall and Harbinger are partnering to deliver robotic and uncrewed ground vehicles for the Department of War, combining mission-system integration with a drive-by-wire, hybrid-electric autonomy-ready chassis.
Einride has engaged TÜV SÜD to independently assess its Safety Management System, the governance layer overseeing its living safety case, technology change management, and safety accountability across autonomous freight operations.
Torc Robotics has formed a research partnership with Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, becoming the only autonomous trucking company embedded in the Montreal-based deep-learning research center.
CaoCao secured Hangzhou's first driverless robotaxi testing permit and outlined a Hong Kong bridgehead into global right-hand-drive markets, with shares up 22% over two trading days through May 22.
WeRide will operate its autonomous Robobus at Roland-Garros for a third consecutive year alongside Renault Group, running a 2.8-kilometer route from May 24 through June 7 with retained night-time service.
Stellantis has expanded its partnership with Applied Intuition to cover STLA Brain, extending the Silicon Valley software firm's role from cockpit into Stellantis' core vehicle OS and autonomy systems.
Autzu has unveiled a strategic pivot to autonomous operations and is developing an agnostic autonomous hub in San Francisco intended to serve AV developers, robotaxi operators, and fleet owners from shared infrastructure.
General Motors has recognized Valeo as its ADAS Supplier of the Year for the fourth straight time, alongside a separate 2026 award for HVAC systems built in Brazil.
Stellantis will integrate Wayve's AI Driver into the STLA AutoDrive platform to deliver hands-free, supervised Level 2++ automated driving on highways and urban streets, with first vehicles launching in North America in 2028.
May Mobility launched its fifth-generation autonomy system, fusing deep learning, a predictive world model, and a reasoning engine to scale driverless operations across U.S. ride-hail markets including Arlington, Texas.
AEye and MoveAWheeL have signed a non-binding MOU to explore pairing Apollo long-range lidar with acoustic road-surface friction sensing for ADAS and autonomous driving in adverse weather conditions.
Solera has launched SmartDrive Pedestrian Collision Warning, an AI-powered driver assistance capability that detects pedestrians ahead of fleet vehicles, triggers in-cab audible alerts, and runs on the existing SR5 camera without new hardware.
ECARX and May Mobility have signed a strategic framework agreement to deploy up to thousands of autonomy-enabled vehicles, with ECARX supplying custom L4 compute and a full sensor suite by 2028.
Einride and EASE Logistics will deploy two SAE Level 4 autonomous electric trucks between EASE warehouses in Marysville, Ohio, extending the DriveOhio–INDOT Truck Automation Corridor Project this summer.