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Transport for London granted Private Hire Vehicle licenses to Wayve's autonomous Ford Mustang Mach-E fleet, completing the triple-lock requirement and clearing the way for Uber autonomous rides in the capital.
TIER IV and Astemo signed an MoU to jointly build a next-generation development platform for end-to-end autonomous driving AI models, with commercialization targeted around 2030 and passenger-vehicle deployment in the early 2030s.
NVIDIA has opened Alpamayo 2 Super for commercial use under OpenMDW-1.1, releasing a reasoning model roughly triple the scale of Alpamayo 1.5 for robotaxi and AV development workflows.
Arrow McLaren has signed Aurora Innovation as an Official Partner in a multi-year deal, with Aurora branding on the team kit from Portland and on the No. 6 car in 2027.
Innoviz Technologies will develop and validate a LiDAR-based perception stack for highway driving with an unnamed top 10 global automotive OEM, pairing InnovizTwo hardware with perception software on NVIDIA compute.
WeRide and GreenMobility will deploy Level 4 autonomous shared mobility services in Denmark, targeting a public launch in the first half of 2027 using WeRide's EU-compliant GXR vehicle.
Atlas Energy Solutions will expand its Kodiak-powered driverless fleet to 100 trucks by mid-2027 and has begun autonomous proppant deliveries from a second Dune Express load-out point in the Permian Basin.
Waymo has added Google's Gemini to the Ojai robotaxi cabin alongside a redesigned tri-screen interface, giving riders voice-controlled cabin settings and journey information while the driving system operates separately.
NHTSA will fund a $5 million, three-year consortium to develop the first federal AV performance standards, alongside Part 555 process changes, updated developer guidance, and a pending Robomart petition.
Zoox has received the first NHTSA commercial exemption granted to a purpose-built robotaxi, allowing up to 2,500 vehicles annually for two years. Paid rides start in Las Vegas next month.
ZF's Commercial Vehicle Solutions division has unveiled a scalable 360° safety concept linking truck and trailer sensors into a single perception model, adding active braking intervention and a foundation for higher levels of automation.
BMW Group has named Qualcomm its lead compute silicon provider for digital cockpit and ADAS/AD systems, covering model programs starting next decade under the Snapdragon Digital Chassis portfolio.
AUMOVIO will center its IAA Transportation 2026 display on four focus areas, led by an Aurora-partnered autonomous trucking system the companies aim to put on American highways in 2027.
Momenta has launched driverless Robovan parcel delivery in Suzhou's Xiangcheng District, running express routes around the clock on its R7 World Model and a map-free autonomy stack built from production-fleet data.
Aurora Innovation has signed Charger Logistics as a driverless freight customer, deploying second-generation Aurora Driver trucks on the Dallas-to-Laredo lane, with additional routes across Charger's North American network expected to follow.
Value Truck will deploy Aurora's driverless trucks on the Dallas-Laredo and Fort Worth-Phoenix corridors, adding round-the-clock long-haul capacity as nearshoring drives freight volume through the busiest U.S.-Mexico land port.
Baidu's Apollo Go has begun road testing sixth-generation RT6 autonomous vehicles in London's Brent borough with Freenow by Lyft, running with safety operators on board ahead of planned public rides in 2027.
Mobileye founder Amnon Shashua will step down as CEO after 27 years once a successor is named; the Board has offered him the Chairman role to focus on long-term tech and humanoid robotics.
MOIA has launched passenger test operations for its autonomous ridepooling service in Hamburg, letting pre-registered residents book self-driving ID. Buzz rides through the ALIKE pilot project.
Pony.ai has partnered with JD.com's JD Auto Service to build a standardized nationwide maintenance and parts network for its Robotaxi fleet as it scales toward 3,500 vehicles by year-end.