Valens Semiconductor has announced a collaboration with Onsemi on a cost-optimized integrated sensor for high-volume 3MP automotive camera applications. Through this collaboration the parties intend to give OEMs and Tier 1s a faster path to A-PHY.

Under the agreement, Valens will work with Onsemi on the cost-optimized A-PHY offering that can be integrated into Onsemi’s image sensors. The collaboration strengthens the A-PHY ecosystem by bringing together complementary expertise in connectivity and automotive imaging technologies. The technologies can enable driver monitoring, surround-view cameras, interior sensing, and ADAS displays and interfaces.

“This is a major milestone for Valens, MIPI A-PHY and for the automotive ecosystem as a whole,” said Yoram Salinger, CEO at Valens Semiconductor.

Continue reading Onsemi and Valens develop cost-optimized A-PHY solution for automotive cameras at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

IKEA is set become the first company to use Kodiak’s driverless freight technology without a safety observer, later in 2026.

The companies have worked together for four years, during which time Kodiak has delivered more than 1,300 loads and logged over 750,000 miles while autonomously transporting IKEA goods with a safety observer on board. Kodiak says the service has operated seven days a week in a range of conditions, achieving a near-perfect on-time delivery record.

The driverless service will begin on a route in Texas that Kodiak has tested for four years. The initial driver-out leg will cover 352km, primarily along Interstate 45 between Kodiak’s Houston and Dallas-area facilities.

Continue reading IKEA selects Kodiak for driverless freight launch at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

Autonomous vehicles without safety personnel remain some way from widespread deployment on German roads, but a nationwide consortium of transport operators, technology providers and authorities is working to prepare for their introduction.

Following the announcement of the KIRA+ project to test SAE Level 4 autonomous driving in local public transportation in Germany, a consortium group has announced that next month it is to begin co-developing a framework intended to streamline the approval process in the country for autonomous vehicle operating areas, with the aim of obtaining approval within around three months once the first vehicles reach the market.

Continue reading Holon joins project to help with AV operating area approval bottlenecks at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

A £3m (US$3.8m) UK government-backed autonomous driving research project led by Nissan, in partnership with Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) at the University of Warwick and PAVE UK, is exploring the deployment of autonomous passenger services in the UK.

The ADventure project will launch a mobility service in Cambridge to assess how autonomous driving services can be safely introduced and used by real-world communities.

Looking beyond vehicle technology, the project will study how an autonomous mobility service can operate in a real-world environment. Working alongside local authorities, commuters and residents, the project will examine how future AD technology can create social value, improve accessibility and address local transportation challenges.

Continue reading WMG and Nissan partner to bring future mobility services to UK streets at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

Coretura, a software-defined vehicle (SDV) platform company founded by Daimler Truck and Volvo, has selected Alloy Kore, a foundational software layer co-developed by Vector and QNX, to support the development of its next-generation software-defined commercial vehicles.

Leading the transformation of commercial vehicle software

Coretura is building an SDV platform for commercial vehicles, based on one platform and one standard. To advance this mission, Coretura has selected Alloy Kore as the safety-certified software platform foundation within its SDV platform architecture, targeted at high-performance compute (HPC) in the commercial vehicle environment.

“Coretura was founded to advance mobility at the speed of ideas,” said Johan Lundén, CEO, Coretura.

Continue reading Coretura selects Vector and QNX software platform for SDV development at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV), Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Holon have launched the KIRA+ project to test SAE Level 4 autonomous driving in local public transportation, with preparations for the test operation now under way.

Initial mapping drives are scheduled to take place in 2027 in parts of Darmstadt and the district of Offenbach in Germany, covering areas served by the local project partners HEAG mobilo and Kreisverkehrsgesellschaft Offenbach.

Prof. Knut Ringat, chairman of the RMV management board, said, “With KIRA+ we build on the experience gathered so far in autonomous driving and test the further developed technology in vehicles that were designed for use in public transport.

Continue reading RMV, DB and Holon launch KIRA+ autonomous public transportation project at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

Aurrigo International has announced a 19% increase in group revenues, to US$5.56m, for the first six months of 2026.

Operational highlights include a US$5.96m, three-year framework agreement to supply electrical systems for a next-generation UK supercar program, and a US$8.32m contract with Ultra Global to design and manufacture 25 autonomous guided vehicles.

The company’s recent contract with Ultra Global is the largest single order in Aurrigo’s 33-year history and has prompted the company’s move to a 12,134m2  facility at Green Power Park in Coventry, UK.

The new site is three times the size of Aurrigo’s previous factory and will serve as the company’s UK hub for advanced engineering, autonomous vehicle development, high-volume manufacturing and automotive activities.

Continue reading Aurrigo reports 19% revenue growth at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

E-con Systems will exhibit its Edge AI ALPR camera and turret camera solutions at Vision 2026, which will run from October 6-8, 2026, at Messe Stuttgart, Germany, demonstrating AI-based numberplate recognition and real-time pedestrian detection in designated risk zones.

The solutions integrate with E-con Systems’ ITS software suite and CloVis Central, its cloud-based device-management platform for remote device and evidence management. The combined system is designed to support scalable deployments for traffic monitoring and enforcement.

“As vision systems take on more demanding roles in robots and vehicles, image quality alone is not enough,” said E-con Systems president Ashok Babu.

Continue reading E-con Systems demonstrates AI-based numberplate recognition and real-time pedestrian detection at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

PrePass and Kodiak AI have announced a collaboration to integrate enhanced inspections of Kodiak’s autonomous trucks, conducted by Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance-trained inspectors, into established state roadside screening and enforcement systems.

Using the trusted PrePass platform, the companies have created an automated bypass process that connects enhanced inspection information from Kodiak’s autonomous trucks directly with enforcement personnel who can verify information, authorize bypass and provide additional instructions as needed.

The initiative combines Kodiak’s autonomous driving technology with PrePass’s nationwide infrastructure and long-standing relationships with state enforcement agencies, addressing a key requirement for driverless trucking across state lines.

Continue reading Kodiak and PrePass integrate autonomous truck inspections with roadside screening at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.

Smart Eye has announced that it is to host a technology demonstration next month of a new multimodal in-cabin AI agent that can interpret context, decide what to do next and take action

The agent draws on multiple sources of input, including voice, driver identity, gaze, attention, emotion, driver state and occupancy, alongside information from the vehicle’s interior and exterior sensing systems.

Agentic AI can require significant computing resources, particularly for complex tasks. Adding multimodal context to each request can provide agents with more complete and targeted information, potentially reducing the processing required to reach a useful outcome.

Continue reading Smart Eye to demonstrate multimodal AI agent that combines human, vehicle and environmental context at ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle International.