Autonomous Driving & Vehicles News

MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Future of AI Is Physical: QCraft CEO Dr. James Yu Shares His Vision at Munich's Intelligent Vehicles & Production Conference...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFAI) (“Faraday Future”, “FF” or the “Company”), a California-based global Embodied AI (EAI) ecosystem company, announced today that its Global President, Jerry Wang, will be attending the 38th Annual Roth Conference, taking place in Dana Point, CA., March 22–24, 2026. Faraday Future will showcase its cutting-edge electric vehicles and next-generation robotics technologies. Attendees will have the opportunity to exp...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Artificial intelligence is commanding the venture market with more than half of nationwide VC activity, and Pittsburgh has emerged as one of the leading markets for startups in the field. Pittsburgh ranked seventh nationally last year in AI and autonomous vehicle venture funding on a per capita basis and 12th in deal count in those sectors, despite ranking 25th in population, according to the 14th annual investment report released today by Ernst & Young LLP (EY...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aurora Innovation, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUR) today highlighted findings from a new report revealing that autonomous freight is already a multi-billion dollar bolster for the $1 trillion dollar U.S. trucking industry, with even more economic opportunity over the next ten years. The analysis, commissioned by Aurora and conducted by the Steer Group, highlights that autonomous trucking, despite being in early stages of deployment, currently supports 17,000 jobs and $3.3 billio...

SAN FRANCISCO & IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIVN) and Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) today announced a partnership to help accelerate both companies’ autonomous vehicle plans, expecting to deploy 10,000 fully autonomous R2 robotaxis in the first phase of R2 robotaxi deployment. Initial deployments are expected to begin in San Francisco and Miami in 2028 and will expand to 25 cities by 2031. Uber will invest up to $1.25 billion in Rivian through 2031,...

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...