Autonomous Driving & Vehicles News

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIDR) (the “Company”), a global leader in software-defined, high-performance lidar solutions, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025. Business Highlights NVIDIA Ecosystem Maturity: Joining NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab to bolster automotive product readiness and demonstrated Apollo™ lidar with the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor™ platform, the future centralized brain of NVIDIA-equipp...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today at the NVIDIA GTC AI Conference, Lyft (Nasdaq: LYFT) announced it will use NVIDIA AI to enhance the company’s machine learning systems across its global operations. The work spans across AI-driven mobility services Lyft continues to invest in, including enterprise AI infrastructure, next-generation mapping systems, and future Level 4 autonomous fleet architectures powered by NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion. Lyft will integrate NVIDIA's AI technologies to enhance pred...

SAN FRANCISCO & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) today announced an expansion of their autonomous vehicle partnership. The companies, supported by their growing roster of automaker partners, plan to launch a global fleet of entirely NVIDIA software-driven autonomous vehicles, starting in Los Angeles and San Francisco in the first half of 2027 and scaling across 28 cities globally by 2028. Central to this deployment is the NVIDI...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gatik, a leader in autonomous trucking, announced it is joining the NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab ecosystem, the first ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) accredited inspection lab for AI-driven physical systems. The move reflects a shared commitment between the two companies at the operational frontier of autonomous trucking. Gatik already operates fully driverless trucks on public roads, day and night, across Texas, Arkansas, and Arizona i...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Starting today, Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) and Motional, a leader in autonomous vehicle technology that is majority owned by Hyundai Motor Group, announced that Uber riders in Las Vegas can now be matched with an all-electric Motional IONIQ 5 robotaxi — unlocking an exciting new way to hit the jackpot on the Strip. At launch, the service will be available at designated locations along Las Vegas Boulevard, including rideshare zones at the Resorts World Las V...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wayve, Uber and Nissan today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the development of robotaxis and commence activities to realize the deployment of robotaxi services. The parties will begin preparations for a pilot deployment in Tokyo by late 2026, introducing the Nissan LEAF powered by the Wayve AI Driver, available to riders through Uber. This marks Uber’s first autonomous vehicle partnership in Japan and the next milestone in Wayve...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zoox and Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) today announced a strategic partnership to deploy Zoox purpose-built robotaxis on Uber. The partnership is planned to launch in Las Vegas this summer and in Los Angeles by mid-2027. The Zoox robotaxis will be available through the Uber app. After launch, Uber riders will have the opportunity to be matched with a Zoox robotaxi on eligible trips. Zoox will continue to offer its service through the Zoox app in both Las V...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aeva® (Nasdaq: AEVA), a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, today announced that it will ring the Nasdaq Closing Bell on March 17, 2026 at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. The Closing Bell ceremony is in celebration of Aeva’s fifth year anniversary as a public company and will be led by Soroush Salehian, Co-founder and CEO at Aeva, and Mina Rezk, Co-founder and CTO at Aeva. “We are excited to celebrate this milestone as we cont...

BLACKSBURG, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Torc, a pioneer in commercializing self-driving class 8 trucks, today announced its participation in a newly awarded GO Virginia Region 2 planning grant led by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI)’s Dock to Door Coalition (D2D). The one-year grant will support planning efforts to align university and community college curriculum with evolving workforce needs across the autonomous vehicle manufacturing ecosystem. The initiative is designed to lay th...

TOYOTA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SkyDrive Inc. (“SkyDrive”), a leading Japanese eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) (*1) manufacturer, is pleased to announce the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Aeroauto Global, Inc (“Aeroauto”), a Florida-based Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) integration partner and infrastructure provider. This agreement marks a significant milestone in SkyDrive’s US expansion, solidifying its commitment to the Florida market and establishing the basic terms for...