Self-Driving Vehicles News Updates

This is PlusAI’s second attempt to go public. The company announced plans to merge with Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V in a 2021 deal that valued the company at $3.3 billion.

Drivers for Lyft and Uber protested self-driving Waymo taxis in San Francisco on Jan. 9, urging state regulators to exercise greater oversight of autonomous vehicles.

Self-driving car systems company Mobileye Global is acquiring Israeli startup Mentee Robotics in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $900 million, as it looks to develop humanoid robots.

Aumovio and Amazon Web Services are using generative artificial intelligence to enhance the development process for autonomous vehicles, starting with Aurora's self-driving trucks.

Nvidia, aiming to extend the reach of its technology, announced a group of AI models and tools designed to speed the development of autonomous vehicles and power a new generation of robots. 

The multiday CES event kicks off Jan. 6 in Las Vegas, where advances across industries like robotics, health care, vehicles, wearables, gaming and more are set to be on display.

Before filing for bankruptcy, Luminar struck an agreement with Quantum Computing to sell it the equity of its subsidiary, Luminar Semiconductor, for $110 million in cash.

It’s been a rocky comeback for Tesla, whose share price has more than doubled since it hit a low in early April amid a wider market meltdown sparked by President Trump’s tariff offensive.

A mother was in a Waymo self-driving taxi on her way to the University of California, San Francisco, medical center when she delivered her baby inside the robotaxi, Google parent Alphabet said.

California regulators opened a 15-day public comment period Dec. 3 as they advanced revised rules that would broaden how autonomous vehicles operate on state roads.