Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
DeepRoute.ai and TomTom sign automated-driving MoU
- A demonstration vehicle will be shown on Paris roads during the Paris Motor Show.
- The integration grounds advanced L2+ and L2++ functions in road layouts, local rules and regional driving context.
- Selected participants can book demonstration test drives during the show.
NTT Mobility and Daiichi Kotsu agree to develop autonomous regional transit
- Trials are targeted for fiscal 2027, followed by implementation in fiscal 2028 and potential expansion nationwide.
- NTT Mobility will support vehicle selection, procurement, introduction and operations.
- Daiichi Kotsu will act as the transport operator, with local authorities and NTT group companies supporting regional coordination.
Pony.ai and MK sign Japan robotaxi feasibility memorandum
- Discussions cover safety, operating challenges, regulation and permitting in Japan.
- Any service introduction remains subject to legal approvals and each party's later assessment.
- The parties jointly exhibited at Kyoto Smart City Expo, where the seventh-generation robotaxi was a stationary display.
Kakao Mobility signs defence orchestration MoU with Korea University
- The planned platform will apply routing, dispatch and multi-robot orchestration to drones, robots and unmanned ground vehicles.
- The collaboration covers defence-AI research, business development and professional training.
- The parties plan to participate in the military-industry-academic cooperation centre in Yongsan, Seoul, under the Defence AX Hub initiative.
TIER IV joins Arm Total Design for Physical AI
- The aim is ready-to-use Autoware configurations across Arm-based SoCs and in-vehicle computers.
- TIER IV contributes open-source autonomous-driving expertise to the wider computing ecosystem.
- Open AD Kit had already been demonstrated on Arm-based platforms at CES 2026.
Momenta and DSAT partner on R7-based Peugeot and Jeep ADAS
- Development covers production models for China, Europe and other markets.
- The partners will jointly define products and develop assisted-driving systems tailored to Peugeot and Jeep.
- Brand-specific development covers steering, braking and powertrain characteristics.
PATEO Connect signs physical-AI exploration MoU with Arm
- The planned work pairs PATEO automotive systems with Arm compute technology.
- Initial use cases span perception-driven and interaction-driven intelligence in vehicles.
- PATEO reported approximately RMB 209 million of AI-related revenue in the first half of 2026.
Tensor and Volt plan Sofia robotaxi fleet
- Volt says it will place an initial order for 200 Tensor vehicles; the announcement does not establish a booked order, delivery or live service.
- The partners describe up to 2,000 vehicles across the region as a long-term goal, not a committed rollout.
- Volt plans to build and manage local servicing infrastructure; regulatory frameworks remain in progress.
UISEE and Lufthansa form Munich Airport L4 autonomy partnership
- The partners plan joint development across intelligent ground operations, civil-aviation digitalisation and green-aviation applications.
- UISEE said its existing Level 4 airport driving system will be adapted for Lufthansa’s international airline operations; Munich remains the planned project site.
Lucid and Bolt partner on Level 4 autonomous mobility across Europe
- The programme is to be built on an autonomous-driving-system-ready midsize vehicle platform expected to use the NVIDIA Hyperion reference architecture and sensor suite, combining Lucid's software-defined vehicle platform with Bolt's operating data and infrastructure.
- Bolt aims to deploy at least 25,000 fully autonomous Lucid vehicles across multiple European cities as a step toward 100,000 autonomous vehicles on its platform by 2035.
- The programme will be led by Bolt Autonomous Driving Solutions and Lucid Technologies, working with technology partners and European regulators; Bolt intends to own and operate the fleet, and the work remains at the product-development stage.
Waymo partners with Allianz Partners for European robotaxi insurance
- Allianz Partners will develop tailored fleet and liability coverage for autonomous vehicles.
- The companies will collaborate with the Allianz Center for Technology on crash analysis, safety modelling and risk evaluation.
- Vehicle-recovery services are an area they may explore later, not a committed deployment.
Waymo, GO and Nihon Kotsu formalize a 2027 Tokyo robotaxi launch
- The service is planned to start with a small fleet and scale toward roughly 100 vehicles across key Tokyo neighbourhoods.
- Customers are expected to request rides through both the GO and Waymo applications.
- The agreement advances supervised Tokyo testing into commercial launch preparation.
Tmoney Mobility signs three-party robotaxi research agreement
- The agreement extends Tmoney Mobility’s June 30 autonomous-taxi platform cooperation with the Seoul Taxi Association.
- The first policy seminar convened taxi operators, Seoul officials, autonomous-driving companies and researchers on September 11.
- Tmoney plans to contribute TmoneyGO’s 14.5 million-member platform plus taxi dispatch, control, data-integration, payment and settlement capabilities.
Neusoft Reach and WIS Chip partner on lower-cost ADAS platforms
- WIS Chip contributes automotive SoCs and hardware, while Neusoft Reach contributes foundational software, middleware, perception and assisted-driving algorithms.
- A joint team will handle hardware-software integration, scenario testing and vehicle engineering adaptation.
- The companies said a first production programme is planned, but did not identify the automaker, model or timing.
RideFlux and Tata Daewoo partner on heavy-truck autonomy
- Tata Daewoo provides the vehicle and control platform while RideFlux supplies the driving-control software.
- The first programme covers Level 2+ driver-assistance functionality on production heavy-truck platforms.
- Level 4 autonomous trucking remains a development direction under the MoU.
STRADVISION joins Arm robotics capability framework initiative
- The framework is intended to define reusable robotics capabilities and system requirements across silicon, middleware, perception and applications.
- STRADVISION contributes automotive-grade visual-perception expertise to the initiative.
- STRADVISION brings production experience in detection, classification, depth estimation and semantic segmentation to the physical-AI ecosystem.
Pony.ai and FutureLink plan 200 Level 4 robotaxis for Korea
- The plan starts with 10 vehicles for Korean certification, followed by a further 190 after approval.
- Initial commercial service is intended for Seoul's Gangnam autonomous-driving pilot zone before expansion across Seoul and other cities.
- FutureLink will handle certification, local operations, data management and localisation; launch timing remains unfinalised.
ComfortDelGro signs two autonomous-mobility infrastructure MoUs in China
- The China Construction Science and Industry agreement combines transport operations with engineering for robotaxi hubs and supporting infrastructure.
- The Guangdong Zhenghe agreement covers automated parking, new-energy infrastructure and low-altitude mobility facilities.
- The parties plan a first pilot project in Guangzhou during 2026.
TIER IV joins OIN 2.0 patent framework for open-source autonomy
- OIN participants grant one another royalty-free cross-licenses covering the network-defined Linux System.
- OIN 2.0, launched in January 2026, broadens the technology scope covered by the patent non-aggression framework.
- TIER IV says its participation supports automakers, suppliers and semiconductor companies using open-source autonomy technology.
Momenta, XHEART and QNX develop mass-production autonomous-driving platform
- Momenta contributes its full-stack autonomous-driving algorithms.
- XHEART contributes the X7 automotive system-on-chip.
- QNX contributes SDP 8.0, targeting functional-safety and mass-production requirements.
Pony.ai and Uber expand robotaxi partnership to more than 2,000 vehicles
- Four additional European cities will join Zagreb under the expanded programme.
- Pony.ai will provide the autonomous vehicles and driving system, while Uber supplies marketplace access and rider demand.
PATEO Connect and Yunji Technology sign robotics manufacturing and platform collaboration
- PATEO will provide OEM and EMS manufacturing for Yunji robot control modules, while the companies also plan joint procurement of chips and other key inputs.
- Engineering work includes an OpenHarmony-based brain-cerebellum architecture and evaluation of PATEO smart-audio systems in Yunji robot development.
- The deployment programme covers material handling and assembly assistance in automotive factories and component production lines.
PATEO to manufacture Yunji robot control modules
- PATEO will apply its automotive-electronics manufacturing capability to the control-module programme.
- The agreement also covers joint embodied-AI hardware development, product industrialization and related technical standards.
Uber appoints Hinomaru Kotsu to operate planned Tokyo robotaxi pilot
- Hinomaru will manage the depot, maintenance, charging, inspection and fleet uptime.
- The pilot will use Nissan LEAF vehicles equipped with the Wayve AI Driver and offered through Uber’s platform.
- The operating appointment advances the earlier Uber-Wayve-Nissan programme; passenger service has not yet begun.
UISEE and ComfortDelGro Bus sign autonomous-bus MoU
- The work programme covers technical validation, pilot operations and integration with fleet-management and remote-operations systems.
- The parties plan to coordinate with Singapore regulators and use operating data to assess technical and commercial feasibility; no deployment schedule was announced.
Ruqi Mobility integrates Robotaxi booking into Tencent Mobility Service
- Users in Guangzhou Nansha and Guangzhou Science City could request Ruqi Robotaxis through the Tencent Mobility Service mini programme.
- The integration adds a third-party demand channel alongside Ruqi Mobility own booking surfaces.
- The service connects Tencent user access with Ruqi fleet dispatch in operating areas already served by the Robotaxi network.
UISEE and Ryde sign Singapore autonomous-mobility MoU
- The parties will combine UISEE's Level 4 driving technology with Ryde's local mobility platform and operating network.
- The MoU covers scenario evaluation, market and operating-data exchange, ecosystem development and engagement with public authorities; it does not claim a live deployment.
CaoCao signs Zhuhai smart-mobility demonstration agreement
- CaoCao and Xiangzhou District signed the strategic cooperation agreement on 1 August 2026; CaoCao published the announcement on 5 August.
- The project combines ground transport and low-altitude mobility for use cases including urban commuting, coastal sightseeing and scenic-area shuttle services.
- CaoCao plans initial autonomous-vehicle validation on designated roads, followed by phased fleet expansion and a hub for battery swapping, inspection and remote dispatch.
WeRide agrees Denmark robotaxi launch with GreenMobility
- The planned public service will use WeRide's EU-compliant GXR robotaxi through GreenMobility's mobility platform.
- The launch is targeted for the first half of 2027 and remains conditional on Danish regulatory approval.
- The agreement would make Denmark WeRide's first Nordic market and its sixth European market.
CaoCao and Dazhong sign Yangtze Delta Robotaxi agreement
- The initial stage covers Robotaxi demonstration operations, operating qualifications, vehicle management, platform integration, ground support and safety services.
- If policy and operating conditions mature, the parties plan to progress to jointly operated large-scale Robotaxi fleets and refine the operating model.
- CaoCao will lead the full-stack Robotaxi and onboard systems work, while Dazhong contributes local mobility operations, vehicle management and service support.
Oxa and Dubai Future Foundation launch SHIFFT joint venture
- SHIFFT combines Oxa Driver, Oxa Hub and Oxa autonomy hardware into an integrated autonomous-logistics and worksite-intelligence offering.
- The joint venture is focused on ports and airports in Dubai and targets a first scalable commercial deployment before the end of 2027; the announcement describes a plan, not a completed deployment.
- Oxa said SHIFFT supports Dubai’s RDI programme and is intended to commercialise Industrial Mobile Autonomy for industrial fleets.
JOYNEXT and NEXTCHIP partner on APACHE6 automotive platforms
- APACHE6 combines image-signal-processing and neural-processing capabilities for automotive vision workloads.
- The partners plan joint solution development, testing, demonstrations and customer validation.
- The collaboration targets integrated ADAS and software-defined-vehicle platforms.
Robo.ai and Eleven International Holdings agree Abu Dhabi Alif Holding joint venture
- Robo.ai is expected to hold a controlling stake in the proposed Alif Holding.
- The venture targets robotics, automation and industrial-AI systems.
- Local engineering, assembly and production are planned in Abu Dhabi.
Kia, KT and SUM target PV5 remote-driving service launch
- Kia is responsible for vehicle development and integration, KT for communications infrastructure and SUM for the remote-driving system.
- The initial applications are planned for vehicle-sharing and mobile public-service use cases.
- The partners target commercial service launch before the end of 2026, beginning with selected international markets.
Mobileye selected for future Stellantis ADAS programme
- The programme covers selected future Stellantis vehicles rather than the full portfolio.
- Mobileye EyeQ6H compute is part of the announced system.
- Road Experience Management mapping will add cloud-enhanced road information.
MINIEYE and DiDi Freight sign L4 unmanned-delivery operating agreement
- MINIEYE will provide production-compliant Bamboo L4 delivery vehicles, its full autonomous-driving software system, technical support and after-sales service.
- DiDi Freight will connect customer ordering through the DiDi app and mini-program with its real-time dispatch engine and city logistics network.
- The first commercial rollout will offer a unified unmanned-delivery service to business customers in Foshan, with expansion to other cities under consideration.
UISEE and Xunce sign AI-data partnership for autonomous driving
- Xunce contributes a cloud-native unified data platform for collecting, cleansing, governing and analyzing real-time data infrastructure.
- The cooperation is designed to connect UISEE’s proprietary vehicle and scenario data with Xunce’s analytics capabilities, forming a data flywheel for physical AI.
- The partners aim to accelerate two-way iteration between autonomous-driving technology and operating scenarios rather than announce a completed product deployment.
UISEE signs smart-logistics autonomy framework with Hebei Logistics Group
- The cooperation targets large-scale commercial implementation of autonomous driving in logistics and supply-chain operations across the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region.
- The programme covers logistics parks, land-port hubs, urban last-mile delivery and other scenarios where rising labor costs, efficiency bottlenecks and safety pressure are material constraints.
- The partners will work across scenario upgrading, business-model innovation, platform collaboration and implementation paths to develop replicable unmanned operations.
May Mobility and CaoCao partner on international robotaxi commercialization
- The companies will conduct joint feasibility studies, commercial exploration and pilot programmes beginning in selected European markets.
- CaoCao will contribute ride-hailing operations, fleet management, vehicle support and maintenance as fleet owner and operator.
- May Mobility will provide its Autonomy-as-a-Service platform for the planned robotaxi services.
Uber, Nuro and Lucid name Houston robotaxi deployment market
- The announcement named Houston as the second planned deployment market, with robotaxi service expected to launch in mid-2027.
- Nuro said it was conducting 24/7 autonomous on-road testing with safety operators in Houston and the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Uber had secured a 50,000-square-foot Houston depot and pitstop to support future robotaxi fleet operations.
Waymo selects Element for autonomous fleet services
- Element will provide fleet-management and operational support.
- The multi-year agreement begins with Waymo operations in San Diego.
- Expansion to other markets remains prospective.
VinFast, Autobrains and NVIDIA launch Agentic AI L4 program for Southeast Asia
- The program combines Autobrains Agentic AI with NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion 10 compute.
- VinFast is developing a Level 4 platform for Southeast Asian traffic environments.
- The collaboration pairs VinFast vehicle integration, NVIDIA high-performance compute, and Autobrains AV software.
ECARX and May Mobility announce autonomous ride-hail fleet framework
- The May 2026 framework targets a third-party vehicle platform for initial deployment starting in 2027 and commercialization scale-up in 2028.
- ECARX is expected to develop central computing platforms and a full sensor suite for May Mobility's next-generation autonomy system.
- The companies target at least 50% cost reduction by 2028, with total project value estimated at about $750 million subject to definitive agreements.
UISEE and COSCO SHIPPING Development sign L4 smart-logistics partnership
- The partnership covers multi-scenario L4 autonomous-driving deployment in port and shipping logistics, AI equipment leasing and logistics-equipment enablement.
- The companies will combine autonomous-driving R&D, port services, AI equipment upgrades and global leasing into an integrated smart-shipping ecosystem.
- UISEE brings its U-Drive AI Platform and AI Driver, with the company citing existing commercial deployments across airports, ports and facilities, including Qingdao Port.
JOYNEXT and ASENSING partner on positioning and embodied intelligence
- The work combines GNSS and IMU positioning with JOYNEXT domain-control platforms.
- The companies will integrate blind-spot lidar with inertial and positioning systems for perception redundancy.
- They also plan robot-specific inertial perception for navigation, attitude control and dynamic movement.
HL Klemove and Autonomous A2Z partner on Level 4 driving
- Autonomous A2Z was operating 81 autonomous shuttles across 14 Korean pilot zones at the time of the agreement.
- The fleet had accumulated 973,531 kilometres of autonomous driving.
- The programme extends HL Klemove’s business focus from Level 2+ systems toward Level 4 robotaxi solutions.
SUM and Kumho Tire integrate smart-tire data with autonomous driving
- The collaboration targets data-driven vehicle control and safety.
- Named applications include public transport and industrial special vehicles.
Geely Auto expanded its NVIDIA partnership across G-ASD autonomy development, DRIVE Hyperion…
- The collaboration covers Geely's G-ASD autonomy development and DRIVE Hyperion-based robotaxis.
- A separate workstream applies NVIDIA Omniverse to industrial automation and simulation.
Kia, Hyundai Motor and NVIDIA expand autonomous-driving partnership
- The collaboration combines Hyundai Motor Group software-defined-vehicle capabilities with NVIDIA autonomous-driving technology.
- It targets scalable Level 2 and above systems across selected vehicles.
- The parties also plan to support Motional robotaxi services.
VinFast discloses Tensor L4 robocar manufacturing collaboration
- VinFast is the manufacturing and industrialization partner.
- The event date is the disclosure date; no earlier partnership start is inferred.
Gatik joins NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab
- The lab work extends Gatik and NVIDIA's existing autonomous-trucking collaboration into physical-AI safety inspection methods.
- The milestone concerns validation infrastructure and does not create a separate hardware-supply relationship.
Zoox and Uber announce strategic robotaxi partnership
- A dedicated Zoox fleet is planned for availability through the Uber app.
- The companies plan to begin in Las Vegas in 2026 and add Los Angeles in 2027.
- Zoox will continue offering rides through its own app alongside Uber access.
Tensor embeds Arm compute architecture across its Robocar
- Each vehicle uses Arm cores across Neoverse AE, Cortex-X, Cortex-A, Cortex-R and Cortex-M domains for AI, cabin control, drive-by-wire, lidar, redundancy and low-power subsystem management.
- The Arm platform operates alongside NVIDIA-accelerated processing and is supported by Arm’s automotive safety toolchains and software ecosystem.
WeRide and Uber expand Middle East robotaxi partnership toward 1,200 vehicles
- The programme targets at least 1,200 robotaxis across Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Riyadh by 2027.
- Expansion remains subject to regulatory approvals and programme milestones.
Waabi partners with Uber to deploy 25,000 robotaxis
- • Waabi announced a partnership with Uber to deploy at least 25,000 robotaxis on Uber's platform.
- • Uber committed a $250 million milestone-based investment as part of the agreement.
- • Waabi also raised $750 million in a Series C funding round co-led by Khosla Ventures and G2 Venture Partners.
FREENOW by Lyft and Hamburg sign autonomous-taxi integration memorandum
- The framework covers staged integration of autonomous taxis into Hamburg’s urban transport system.
- FREENOW, Lyft and Hamburg will coordinate regulation, infrastructure and operating requirements for future Level 4 taxi services.
VinFast and Autobrains partner on L2++ autonomy and Robo-Car architecture
- The collaboration focuses on enhanced L2++ autonomous driving for future VinFast electric vehicles.
- Pilot testing was underway on the VF 8 and VF 9 models.
- The Robo-Car architecture uses seven standard cameras and compact high-performance compute instead of lidar, radar arrays, or HD maps.
Momenta brings factory-integrated autonomous-driving programme to Grab
- Momenta vehicles are planned for integration with Grab’s platform.
- The programme covers both mass-production ADAS and L4 robotaxi approaches.
- Initial work concerns regional testing and commercialization pathways rather than an already-live Momenta service.
DeepRoute.ai and Horizon partner on Journey 6P assisted driving
- On 9 December 2025, DeepRoute.ai and Horizon signed a cooperation agreement to develop advanced assisted-driving solutions around Horizon’s Journey 6P processor.
- The programme combines DeepRoute.ai’s driving software with Horizon’s production-oriented compute platform and targets a balance of driving performance, functional safety and system cost.
- The announcement targets scalable delivery to automaker customers, but names no production vehicle or completed deployment, so the record remains a signed partnership rather than a commercial launch.
CaoCao and Dobot sign Robotaxi maintenance-robotics agreement
- The partners will explore robotic applications for vehicle cleaning, maintenance and energy replenishment within Robotaxi operations and maintenance.
- They plan to co-develop intelligent Robotaxi depots as one-stop operational hubs.
- The programme also covers multimodal data collection from specialized long-tail scenarios to refine maintenance algorithms and improve operating efficiency.
QCraft enters autonomous logistics sector with Chery partnership
- QCraft announced a partnership with Chery focused on autonomous logistics
- The company said the collaboration would support L4 delivery commercialization
- QCraft said its Robovan had already begun operations in Suzhou and Jinhua
Zaihe Truck and Horizon sign strategic partnership for intelligent heavy trucks
- The agreement links Zaihe’s new-energy heavy-truck vehicle development with Horizon’s in-vehicle intelligent-computing platform and driving software.
- The companies are pursuing full-stack coordination across perception, decision-making and execution to support production-oriented intelligent-driving solutions.
- The signing was positioned as a path toward scaled commercial adoption in new-energy heavy trucks; the source announces the partnership and its production route, not a completed fleet deployment.
XPENG names Baosteel ecosystem partner for IRON robot
- XPENG said IRON will be stationed at Baosteel for complex industrial fields such as inspection.
- The counterparty link makes this more specific than the already-present IRON product launch row.
A&K Robotics and Aena announce five-pod Madrid airport pilot
- Madrid-Barajas planned to pilot five Cruz pods as part of Aena's passenger-experience and airport-innovation programme.
- The pods were intended to provide safe autonomous transport for passengers with reduced mobility in a complex live terminal.
- The Madrid programme followed A&K's Vancouver rollout and extended the platform into a major European airport network.
Grab and May Mobility form Southeast Asia AV partnership
- The companies will integrate May Mobility’s autonomous-driving technology with Grab’s fleet management, matching and routing systems.
- May Mobility plans to use GrabMaps for localized navigation and mapping support.
- Planning for the partnership’s first Southeast Asian deployment was already under way.
Robo.ai subsidiary and W Motors agree autonomous-vehicle development program
- Astra Mobility Meta and W Motors agreed to design, prototype and test autonomous and electric vehicles under the programme.
- The agreement provides a direct route for Robo.ai's subsidiary to work with a UAE vehicle developer on integration and validation.
- The stated vehicle procurement would begin only after successful development and testing milestones.
Gatik and Loblaw sign five-year expansion deal for 50 autonomous trucks
- The agreement calls for 20 autonomous trucks with next-generation sensors by the end of 2025 and another 30 by the end of 2026 across Loblaw’s Greater Toronto Area distribution network.
- The fleet is intended to begin with safety drivers and later transition to freight-only operations, serving more than 300 Loblaw stores and moving goods between regional distribution sites.
- Loblaw made a strategic investment in Gatik, while cold-chain-ready trucks and Gatik Driver software are positioned for frequent grocery and household deliveries; the announcement describes planned scale-up rather than all 50 trucks already deployed.
Beep and ADASTEC form autonomous-transit alliance
- Beep contributes deployment and autonomous-mobility network operations.
- ADASTEC contributes Level 4 driving software and vehicle integrations.
- The alliance preceded two planned deployments that were not yet operational.
Robo.ai and EVT sign cooperation agreement for UAE eVTOL joint venture
- On 6 September 2025, Robo.ai and EVT Aerotechnics signed a cooperation agreement to establish a UAE joint venture for eVTOL sales, local assembly and market development.
- Robo.ai would hold 51% and contribute facilities, regulatory and market-access support, while EVT would hold 49% and license eVTOL technology outside mainland China.
- The planned venture would distribute aircraft under EVT’s RoVtol brand and localize products for the UAE, but definitive JV documents and formal establishment were still outstanding, so this remains a signed cooperation agreement rather than an operating venture.
Baidu and Lyft sign Apollo Go robotaxi partnership for Europe
- Initial deployments are planned for Germany and the United Kingdom in 2026, pending regulatory approval, with a longer-term goal of scaling to thousands of vehicles across Europe.
- Baidu will provide Apollo Go’s sixth-generation RT6 vehicles, autonomy technology and technical support, while Lyft will manage the marketplace and operational value chain through its mobility platform.
- The RT6 is fully electric and uses Apollo’s Autonomous Driving Foundation Model, a 10-layer safety-redundancy architecture and a dedicated sensor suite; the European rollout remains planned rather than completed.
Baidu and Uber agree global Apollo Go robotaxi rollout
- The partners planned the first deployments for Asia and the Middle East later in 2025.
- After a launch, riders requesting a qualifying Uber trip could be offered a fully driverless Apollo Go vehicle.
- Baidu reported an operational fleet of more than 1,000 fully driverless vehicles across 15 cities at announcement.
Momenta and SAIC Mobility agree production-based Robotaxi fleet
- The strategic agreement was signed on May 12, 2025.
- The fleet uses Momenta's scalable autonomous-driving technology with the existing production hardware architecture of the SAIC IM LS6.
- SAIC Mobility provides the operating platform for the Shanghai fleet, extending a Robotaxi collaboration that began in 2021.
IAV and Toshiba partner on automated-driving validation
- The work covered AI-driven test-scenario generation and distributed co-simulation solutions.
- The partners focused on virtual validation for Level 3 and higher automated-driving functions.
- Their program also addressed methods supporting future international certification and homologation processes.
Gatik to accelerate mass production of SAE Level 4 production-ready autonomous trucks built on NVIDIA in-vehicle compute
- Gatik announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to deploy the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX platform featuring DRIVE Thor across its autonomous truck fleet.
- The company said the partnership builds on its existing collaboration with Isuzu North America Corporation and is aimed at mass production of production-ready Level 4 trucks.
- This is a core robotics-and-autonomy event because it ties Gatik directly to scaled manufacturing and compute architecture for commercial deployment.
HL Klemove and Qualcomm develop an SDV high-performance computer
- The design combines autonomous-driving and in-vehicle infotainment functions.
- Target functions include driving-data analysis, AI end-to-end software execution, safety validation and vehicle-to-vehicle communication.
- HL Klemove positioned the programme as a route to greater design flexibility and cost efficiency for automakers.
Whale Dynamic and Robomart form WDII autonomous-retail alliance
- The companies established the Autonomous Retail Collective around the deployment programme.
- The release scheduled an initial California deployment for the following month.
- A stated target of 100 U.S. units was forward-looking and is not treated as completed deployment.
Volkswagen ADMT signs agreement with Mobileye for autonomous driving at scale
- Volkswagen ADMT will use Mobileye Drive in autonomous ID. Buzz vehicles intended for commercial mobility services.
- The agreement covers development and supply of the self-driving system for a scaled fleet programme.
- Volkswagen ADMT is responsible for integration and deployment while Mobileye supplies the autonomous-driving technology.
Minus Zero and Ashok Leyland develop autonomous trucks
- The alliance integrates Minus Zero’s autonomous-driving platform into Ashok Leyland’s commercial-vehicle fleet, combining autonomy software with the OEM’s vehicle engineering and safety standards.
- Initial operating targets include ports, factory operations and corporate campuses, with hub-to-hub and long-haul use cases considered as regulations and infrastructure develop.
- The programme is aimed at safe, scalable adoption of autonomous trucking, building on Minus Zero’s earlier closed-environment demonstration with its purpose-built zPod vehicle.
SUM and Ouster sign LiDAR technology MOU
- The companies signed the MOU during CES 2024.
- The work targets autonomous buses, yard trucks, and unmanned logistics vehicles.
STRADVISION and Horizon Robotics partner on production ADAS
- SVNet had completed adaptation and optimization for Horizon’s Journey 3 processor before the strategic cooperation was announced.
- The companies target cost-efficient road- and parking-perception systems for Tier 1 suppliers and vehicle manufacturers using Horizon’s automotive compute solutions.
- STRADVISION reported series production across 13 vehicle models and more than 1.2 million recent equipped vehicles, while the Journey-optimized SVNet solution was being promoted to the market.
May Mobility and NTT partner on autonomous driving services in Japan
- NTT gained exclusive Japan sales rights for May Mobility’s autonomous driving system.
- The collaboration followed May Mobility’s driverless autonomous operations in North America.
- The partnership connects the company to a named customer, supplier, platform or go-to-market channel.
ZF licenses autonomous-shuttle technology to Oceaneering
- Oceaneering received rights to produce and distribute the GRT shuttle.
- ZF agreed to provide software, engineering and integration services.
- The agreement covered the third-generation autonomous shuttle platform.
JOYNEXT and Horizon Robotics partner on advanced driving systems
- Horizon contributes automotive-grade chips, vehicle computing platforms, reference algorithms, development tools, visual perception and human-machine-interaction technology.
- JOYNEXT brings its vehicle-domain, connectivity, cockpit and automotive-grade intelligent-driving experience to the joint product-development programme.
- The partners positioned the cooperation as a way to accelerate production of higher-level driving and cockpit-integrated solutions while building a broader intelligent-vehicle ecosystem.
Dazhuo Intelligent and Horizon Robotics partner on ADAS
- The agreement covers ADAS and automotive domain-controller products built around Horizon’s Journey-series chips.
- The jointly developed solutions were intended for mass production across multiple vehicle models under Chery brands, giving the programme a concrete automotive deployment target.
- The cooperation spans hardware, software, algorithms and toolchains, while Dazhuo continues developing ADAS products and Robotaxi solutions within Chery’s ecosystem.
ZF and Beep announce autonomous-shuttle evaluation agreement
- The agreement set out a path to evaluate ZF autonomous shuttles in Beep services.
- The companies described potential scale of several thousand vehicles.
- The announcement was exploratory and did not constitute a committed vehicle order.
Nuro signs 10-year Uber Eats delivery partnership
- The partnership began with planned operations in Mountain View and Houston.
- The agreement tied Nuro autonomous delivery vehicles to Uber Eats restaurant delivery demand.
QCraft selects NVIDIA DRIVE Orin for next-generation autonomous driving hardware
- QCraft announced it selected NVIDIA DRIVE Orin for a next-generation autonomous driving hardware solution
- The announcement covered robobus and robotaxi applications
- QCraft develops autonomous driving systems for automakers and mobility applications, spanning advanced driver assistance through L4 autonomy.
QCraft and Volcano Engine collaborate on autonomous-driving toolchain
- QCraft opened parts of its underlying development capabilities to partners through the Matrix toolchain.
- Volcano Engine contributes cloud infrastructure and services intended to support larger-scale autonomous-driving development and deployment.
Perrone Robotics signs Olli autonomy OEM agreement
- The companies planned to launch the TONY-equipped Olli in autumn 2021.
- Local Motors would support integration, testing, deployment and vehicle production.
- The collaboration targeted public and private road applications in US and international markets.
QCraft and Datang Mobile partner on 5G autonomous buses
- The programme includes demonstration routes that combine QCraft autonomous microtransit with Datang Mobile 5G infrastructure.
- The partners also planned regional smart-bus operating platforms and larger fleet services spanning technical and market work.
QCraft and Suzhou High-speed Rail New City sign autonomous-driving trial partnership
- QCraft and Suzhou High-speed Rail New City signed a strategic partnership to run trial operations across multiple autonomous-mobility scenarios in the high-speed rail district, with expansion planned across Xiangcheng.
- At the same-day connected-vehicle fleet launch ceremony, QCraft demonstrated an L4 autonomous vehicle and its technical solution to professional attendees.
- QCraft describes the programme as a fixed-route, low- and medium-speed path toward driverless city mobility and logistics; the release records a trial-operation programme rather than a completed citywide commercial deployment.
Tesla and Toyota announce EV partnership and NUMMI collaboration
- Toyota announced a $50 million investment in Tesla as part of the partnership.
- The companies said they would cooperate on electric vehicles, parts, and production systems.
- Tesla linked the announcement to plans to produce Model S at the Fremont NUMMI facility.