Weekly Connected and Autonomous Vehicle News

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles:

🏛 Court Rejects San Francisco’s Waymo Challenge. “In a lawsuit filed in December 2023, [San Francisco] claimed that the California Public Utilities Commission had erred and abdicated its responsibilities when it handed Waymo and Cruise permits to expand their fleets and accept paying passengers in the city. But a three-member panel of the California 1st District Court of Appeal unanimously denied the city’s request to have the CPUC’s decision overturned.

👉 Qualcomm and MapmyIndia partner to accelerate Automotive Connectivity and Connected Services in India. “By combining Qualcomm Technologies’ QCOM 2.02%↑ Snapdragon Digital Chassis solutions with MapmyIndia’s expertise in location-based technologies, the companies are set to deliver automotive connectivity solutions and connected services for Indian and global automakers.”

❄ Top Weather App Launches on CarPlay With Navigation Features. “With Apple missing the deadline for the CarPlay 2.0 launch and the latest iOS updates bringing only subtle refinements to the current version, the latest announcement released by CARROT Weather developers is certainly a breath of fresh air.”

🚘 Valeo Moves Into Software Defined and Autonomous Vehicles.

🤞 CarIQ Rebranded as Varroc Connect “CarIQ Technologies, a subsidiary of Varroc, has been rebranded as Varroc Connect.”