FTC and GM Agree to Connected Car Information Ban

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached an agreement with General Motors GM 2.81%↑ and its OnStar business unit for allegedly collecting and selling consumer data from millions of vehicles in...

Samsara Expands Stellantis Relationship, Enabling Access to Millions of European Connected Vehicles

In a potentially huge deal, Samsara IOT 0.31%↑, through an integration with Stellantis’ Data as a Service company Mobilisights, will provide businesses across Europe with access to vehicle...

Weekly Connected and Autonomous Vehicle News

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 🏛 Court Rejects San Francisco’s Waymo Challenge. “In a lawsuit filed in December 2023, claimed that the California Public Utilities Commission had erred...

Weekly Connected and Autonomous Vehicle News

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 🚘 Autonomous Vehicles Are Having a Moment and Other Vibes From CES 2025. “My big takeaway: Autonomous vehicles are back, and the...

U.S. Government Bans Sale or Import of China’s Connected Vehicles

The new rule also bans Chinese companies from testing self-driving cars on U.S. roads Citing national security issues, the U.S. Commerce Department this week announced a final rule that...

Qualcomm Makes Slew of Auto Announcements at CES 2025

LAS VEGAS—Qualcomm Technologies $QCOM had a huge presence at CES 2025, primarily focusing on its automotive market with collaborations with Alps Alpine, Amazon AMZN 0.01%↑, Leapmotor, Mahindra, Hyundai Mobis, and Royal Enfield. Most automakers are...

CES Wrap Up: 140,000 Attendees and AI Everywhere

Las Vegas—CES 2025 predictably focused on AI with a surprisingly robust autonomous vehicle presence. Location technology companies also attended in droves, whether it was a...

CES: HERE Technologies Partners With AWS in $1 Billion Maps Deal

10-year partnership allows mapmaker to automate processes, CEO says LAS VEGAS—In a mammoth $1 billion cloud infrastructure deal, HERE Technologies and Amazon Web Services AMZN 0.00%↑ (AWS) plan to support AI-powered...

CES 2025: Partnerships and New Products

CES 2025: Partnerships and New Products LAS VEGAS—While still not a pre-pandemic levels, CES 2025 was big, noisy and exhausting. It featured most mapping companies, a...

Weekly Connected and Autonomous Vehicle News

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: 👌 NHTSA Finally Releases New Rules for Self-Driving Cars — But There's a Twist. “Regulators say they’ll ease rules allowing for fully driverless...