News
LatestTesla renames ‘Full Self-Driving’ to ‘Assisted Driving’ in Europe as it chases clearance for software
EV-maker Tesla has started calling its “Full Self-Driving” feature “Tesla Assisted Driving” on its European websites, dropping a name regulators have said was misleading, as CEO Elon Musk pushes for...
Technology
LatestSlovakia to approve Tesla’s self-driving tech
Slovakia expects to approve Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system within days, Transport Minister Jozef Raz said in a video posted on LinkedIn on Wednesday afternoon, a decision that would make it the ninth European...
Policy & Regulation
LatestUS Develops Federal Safety Standards as Autonomous Vehicles Expand
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is working on federal rules for autonomous vehicles. US Develops Federal Safety Standards as Autonomous Vehicles Expand...
Finance
LatestWaymo Closes $5 Billion Debt Financing to Accelerate Business Expansion
Today, Waymo closed a $5 billion term loan, marking our first debt financing and an important step in our evolution into a scaling commercial enterprise. https://waymo.com/blog/2026/10/waymo-closes-5-billion-debt-financing/...
Markets
LatestParallel Systems raises $100 million for driverless freight trains
A group of former SpaceX engineers just raised $100 million for their startup, Parallel Systems, to build self-driving, battery-powered freight trains....
Perspective
LatestNissan Project Will Help Develop a Self Driving Vehicle Future
Building on more than a decade of research and innovation, engineers at Nissan Technical Centre Europe (NTCE) will lead the collaborative project, with Cambridge selected as the project’s first real-world trial where engineers...
Infrastructure
LatestLyft opened an 80,000-square-foot facility in Tennessee. It isn’t a data center
The facility opened on Thursday under the management of Flexdrive, Lyft’s car-rental arm. Later this month, autonomous vehicles from Alphabet-backed Waymo will start pulling in when they need a charge, repairs, a clean, or...
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Knowledge Center
LatestGIS and landmark-aided autonomous vehicle localization for navigation continuity in urban corridors
Reliable localization is essential for autonomous vehicle navigation in urban corridors where Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning can become unavailable or unreliable....
Webinars & Videos
LatestWaymo CEO: Vision-Only Self-Driving Safety Curve Flattens “Way Too Early”
So, humans can drive with just eyes, so there’s that proof of existence. And if the goal were just to approximately match human performance, or to build an assist product, that’s a very reasonable way to go....
Interviews
LatestRep. Bob Latta discusses potential, regulation of autonomous vehicles
Latta, R-Bowling Green, spoke about the potential of autonomous vehicles, but also the need for federal regulation during his keynote address at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce’s Future Forum at the Transportation Research...
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