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 trough of disillusionment days are in the rearview. At least, that was the sentiment from most of the folks I spoke to while walking around the Las Vegas Convention Center. Meanwhile, U.S. automakers were absent this year with the exception of Scout Motors, the VW Group spinoff.”
🌏 Waymo Lands First Chinese EV in the US To Beat Tesla Cybercab to the Punch With Nvidia Thor-Powered Zeekr RT. “Waymo will score both the first mass-produced autonomous passenger vehicle and what might be the first electric vehicle from a Chinese company to officially make it to the U.S. in numbers. This became clear from Zeekr‘s CES 2025 expo announcements, where it revealed that the first robotic minivan built for autonomy from the ground up is based on its Mix passenger vehicle that has been on sale since October.”
China’s WeRide Starts Third European Self-Driving Trial in Switzerland. “Company is stepping up efforts in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Japan and South Korea, CEO Tony Han says.” Editor’s Note: Not so much in the U.S.
✈ AV Company Enters Europe With Zurich Airport Launch. “Zurich will deploy WeRide’s first commercial autonomous bus shuttle at a European airport in the first quarter of this year.”
🌙 Night Driving Challenges in Autonomous Driving Addressed by Imagry with ADASKY Collaboration.
