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Beep and the Atlanta Beltline have opened ATL Spoke, Atlanta's first autonomous public transit pilot, running four Karsan Autonomous e-JEST vehicles with ADASTEC's SAE Level 4 software for 12 months.
Einride began trading on Nasdaq under ENRD and ENRDW, entering public markets with 30 reported global customers, an $800 million opportunity pipeline, and a dual FCaaS and SaaS business model.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico affirmed government support for WeRide's Level 4 autonomous vehicle deployment, with the first vehicles arriving in Slovakia this month and commercial operations expected in 2026.
Harbinger launches Praesidia, an unmanned hybrid-electric defense vehicle platform with 500-plus miles of reported range and 350 kW exportable power, as In-Q-Tel joins as a strategic investor.
STEER Tech will supply the autonomous vehicle and sensor stack for Pliyt's privacy-first ridesharing platform, drawing on deployments across military, airport, warehouse, and logistics sites, with an Alpha prototype due late 2026.
Bolt, Pony.ai, and Stellantis have launched an autonomous mobility pilot in Luxembourg to validate Pony.ai's Gen-7 self-driving vehicles, targeting fully driverless Level 4 readiness by the program's end.
Lucid has begun an over-the-air update bringing hands-free highway driving to the Lucid Gravity SUV in North America, alongside Google Maps Places navigation, adaptive high beams, and new charging insights.
Karsan's Autonomous e-JEST has begun carrying passengers in Atlanta under ATL Spoke, the city's first autonomous public transportation pilot, on a free route linking a MARTA station to the Atlanta Beltline.
BMW customers have driven more than 200 million kilometers hands-free with the BMW Highway Assistant, as the Level 2 system expands from a single European country to more than 20 under DCAS approval.
PepsiCo and Gatik have signed a multi-year agreement to deploy driverless trucks across PepsiCo's North American supply chain, with autonomous freight already running daily in Texas, Arizona, and Arkansas.
Calterah used its annual Calterah Day showcase to launch two mmWave radar SoCs for ADAS, Kunlun-Pro and Andes-Pro, plus UWB radar development suites for child presence detection and parking assist.
Cyngn says its autonomous vehicle pipeline now spans nine verticals, 35 U.S. states, and international markets as industrial operators shift from proof-of-concept pilots toward fleet-scale deployments.
Kodiak AI is using a Probabilistic Risk Assessment model and an in-house AI tool called BreakPoint to quantify rare collision risks and surface hidden failure modes for its driverless trucks.
Estonian platform Bolt has partnered with Pony.ai to bring Level 4 self-driving technology to Europe, starting with testing and safety validation before launching driverless robotaxi services in EU and non-EU cities.
Avride's autonomous vehicles have completed over 60,000 Uber passenger trips in Dallas, with the company reporting a doubled service zone and more than 1.3 million autonomous miles across its 200-plus vehicle fleet.
Volvo Autonomous Solutions has completed its first project with Boliden at the Garpenberg mine in Sweden, autonomously hauling close to 700,000 tonnes of rock fill across more than 11,000 transport cycles.
Lemonade's Autonomous Car insurance is now available in Indiana, giving Tesla drivers a 50% discount on every mile driven with Full Self-Driving (Supervised) engaged, plus added savings for bundling other Lemonade policies.
WeRide and Uber plan Spain's first commercial Robotaxi pilot in Madrid — the fourth of 15 cities in their global deployment deal — with AVOMO running fleet operations beginning later this year.
Bot Auto has named freight veteran Brett Suma as President and COO, adding two more operations executives as the autonomous trucking company moves from its first humanless load toward a commercial network.
NVIDIA expanded its DRIVE Hyperion robotaxi platform with four new level 4 deployment partners — Foxconn, VinFast, Uber and HUMAIN — spanning Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Germany and Saudi Arabia.