Connected and Autonomous Vehicles:
đ¤ Elon Musk’s DOGE Comes for Agency That Regulates Autonomous Vehicles. âElon Muskâs Department of Government Efficiency is firing nearly half of a small government team that regulates autonomous vehicles, The Washington Post reported.â
đ RoboSense Reaches 1 Millionth Lidar Delivery Milestone. âRoboSense produced its one millionth lidar and delivered it to a humanoid robot company. [The companyâs] sales in 2024 were 544,200 units, 95.52 percent of which were automotive lidars.â
đ Stellantis Has Developed a Level 3 Self-Driving Function. âCalled STLA AutoDrive 1.0, the new hands-free system only works up to 37 mph, and Stellantis confirms it’s not scheduled to go on the market for now.â
đ Thales Partners With Cubic to Launch Next-generation eSIM Solutions for Connected Vehicles. âCubic will integrate Thales‘s eSIM technology to address the latest GSMA standards.â
đ˛ Oklahoma State University Awarded $4M for Autonomous Vehicle Research.
𤨠AAA: Fear in Self-Driving Vehicles Persists. âAccording to AAAâs latest survey on autonomous vehicles, 13 percent of U.S. drivers would trust riding in self-driving vehicles â an increase from last year, when this number was 9 percent. Despite this slight increase, six in 10 U.S. drivers still report being afraid to ride in a self-driving vehicle.â
đ Autonomous Robotaxi Successfully Completes 75 mph Highway Testing. âMotionalâs IONIQ 5 robotaxi just nailed high-speed tests, cruising at 75 mph.â
đ Tesla Rolls Out Advanced Self-Driving Functions in China. âTesla TSLA 0.00%â has started offering advanced self-driving functions for its cars in China, including Autopilot on city streets, the company announced on Tuesday.â
đ Pony AI Becomes First to Offer Robotaxi Operations Connecting Guangzhouâs City Center to Key Transportation Hubs. âPony AI PONY 0.00%â announced the launch of paid robotaxi services from multiple locations in Guangzhouâs city center to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Guangzhou South Railway Station.â
