Self-Driving Vehicles

Major has served as Motional’s interim CEO since September 2024 when she took over for Karl Iagnemma

Plus said its go-to-market strategy is centered on integration with commercial vehicle makers like TRATON GROUP, Hyundai, and IVECO.

Whale Dynamic’s last-mile electric delivery vehicles will connect directly to the Noodoe EV OS for fully autonomous recharging.

Pony.ai has plans to expand its Chinese deployments, and establish services in Europe and the Middle East this year.

The Indy Autonomous Challenge will feature racecars driven by AI developed by university teams at the Laguna Seca in July.

XCMG says its all-electric, autonomous mining truck fleet is weather-resistant and allows for rapid battery swapping.

Waymo said it resolved the underlying issue with a November 2024 software update, and that this recall doesn’t affect its current fleet.

Human operators will manually drive robotaxis around Boston to map the city’s streets. The goal of the trip is to explore Boston’s unique – and chaotic – driving environment and understand the differences compared to areas where Waymo routinely operates.

This expansion follows WeRide’s AV launch in Abu Dhabi, and plans to launch a service in Dubai soon, with new cities in Europe to follow.

Aurora is deploying its flagship product, the Aurora Driver, an SAE Level 4 self-driving system in long-haul trucking. 

Toyota and its Woven division are exploring a partnership with Waymo to develop autonomous technology for consumer-owned cars.

This week, Angus Pacala, co-founder and CEO of Ouster Lidar, discusses its latest safety features and 3D zone monitoring.

Pony.ai said continuous design optimizations have also reduced the total amount of bill-of-materials costs by 70%.

If programming mobile robots is your passion, don’t miss this session on navigation at the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston.

The new Helm.ai Driver predicts the future path of the self-driving vehicle in real time using only camera-based perception.

Overland AI has integrated its autonomy software and software into the ULTRA vehicle for ongoing U.S. Army testing.

Monarch Tractor and Dairy Farmers of America have partnered to make the Monarch MK-V Dairy tractor more accessible.

Japan’s driving conditions will present an opportunity for the Nuro Driver to broaden the environments it can understand and navigate.

Overland AI launched ULTRA, an autonomous tactical vehicle with capabilities for military operations in diverse, challenging terrains.

Kodiak Robotics says its single-platform automated driving system, the Kodiak Driver, combines advanced AI-driven software with modular hardware.

Gatik said the independent assessment validates its safety approach as it prepares to deploy autonomous trucks at scale.

During the testing, trained Nihon Kotsu drivers will manually drive Waymo vehicles across seven central Tokyo wards.