Chery has announced that its new R&D center will initially focus on chassis dynamics and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) tuning and calibration for UK-specification vehicles. The work will take into account the UK’s varied road conditions, including roundabouts, narrow lanes, sharp corners, high traffic density and changing road surfaces, as well as local preferences for responsive steering and suspension. The facility will open in late autumn 2026.

Gary Lan, CEO of Chery International UK and vice president of the right-hand-drive division at Chery International, said, “The establishment of our UK R&D Centre of Excellence is the next step in our long-term plan for the UK.

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City driving rarely follows a script. Driver assistance in this environment needs more than fast perception. It must understand the situation, decide and act smoothly, all while keeping the driver in control.

HS8, or Hyper Sense 8, is the Volkswagen Group’s first in-house full-scenario Level 2++ advanced driver assistance system for the Chinese market. Developed by Carizon, a joint venture between Cariad and Horizon Robotics, the technology is being introduced in vehicles this year.

AI that turns complex traffic into clear decisions

At the core of HS8 is Carizon’s Hyper Sense AI model. It combines perception and decision-making in one end-to-end system.

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Five AI, part of Bosch Mobility, has announced plans to develop simulation technology aimed at helping automotive manufacturers and suppliers develop autonomous vehicles more safely, quickly and cost-effectively.

Backed by UK government funding through the CAM Pathfinder program, this new technology combines Gaussian scene reconstruction and generative AI techniques to create highly realistic digital representations of real-world environments. The company has been creating and using simulation software for automotive manufacturers since 2015.

Gaussian scene reconstruction converts images captured from the real world into photorealistic 3D environments that can be rendered efficiently in a simulation. It allows developers to recreate roads, junctions and other driving environments with a level of realism that is otherwise difficult to achieve at scale.

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As China cements its position at the forefront of smart mobility, Automechanika Shanghai has evolved right alongside it. Ahead of this year’s edition, running from December 2-5, 2026, at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), AAVI spoke with the team behind the event to explore the show’s journey and the technologies taking center stage in 2026.

What’s the story behind Automechanika, and how has the brand expanded over time?

As one of Messe Frankfurt’s flagship brands, Automechanika is a leading international trade fair network for the automotive service industry and mobility sector.

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VinFast is expanding its technology capabilities across driver-assistance systems, connected vehicle technologies and manufacturing. The company is also developing its global operations to support vehicle intelligence and market expansion.

Anne Pham, Vingroup’s head of international capital development, said that VinFast is building its driver-assistance technology, supply chain and global growth strategy step by step, favoring measurable progress over headline claims.

VinFast’s current vehicle line-up offers Level 2 ADAS functions such as adaptive cruise control and lane centering, which assist drivers while requiring them to remain in control. The distinction between driver assistance and autonomous driving is increasingly important for safety and regulatory communication.

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Waymo has become the official autonomous ride-hailing partner of the Las Vegas Raiders and Allegiant Stadium.

The partnership will provide Waymo riders traveling to the stadium with a dedicated pickup and drop-off area, supported by wayfinding signage for games, concerts and other major events.

“Fans come to Allegiant to experience once-in-a-lifetime moments, and getting in that mindset all begins and ends with the journey,” said Sandra Douglass Morgan, president of the Las Vegas Raiders. “Partnering with Waymo reflects our drive to lead the industry in innovation and provide fans with the best experience. Most importantly, it gives them a safe, reliable autonomous designated driver so they can focus entirely on enjoying the event.”

“Waymo has a proven track record of moving fans safely to and from the world’s biggest sports and entertainment events,” added Waymo chief marketing officer Suzanne Philion.

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‘Robotaxi’ is the buzzword of 2026. A growing number of European cities are following the US’s lead and rolling out trial fleets of autonomous taxi services, commercial launch plans are multiplying, and AI is compressing the journey from proof of concept to mass deployment faster than most transportation ministers – and their regulatory frameworks – anticipated. But beneath the autonomous technology that makes the headlines lies a less glamorous, yet no less important, question: how do you run a fleet of vehicles with no one behind the wheel?

The groundwork is further down the metaphorical road than many realize.

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For robotaxis and other autonomous vehicles (AVs), the most challenging scenarios are often rare, complex ‘long-tail’ events that are difficult to anticipate, reproduce and train for.

Nvidia’s Alpamayo 2 Super targets the complex long-tail scenarios that remain challenging for autonomous vehicles. The model enables AVs to reason about situations, assess cause and effect, select actions and generate safe driving paths in real time. Designed to support inspectable and verifiable decision-making, Alpamayo 2 Super is now available for commercial use as part of Nvidia’s open Alpamayo family of autonomous driving foundation models.

Built on Nvidia Cosmos 3 Super Reasoner and post‑trained with reinforcement learning, the model advances the AV ecosystem on two fronts: open commercial licensing and leading multitask capabilities for autonomous driving.

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Tier IV has joined the Next-Generation Edge AI Semiconductor Research and Development Program led by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) to advance research and development of a software-defined system-on-chip (SoC) for Level 4 autonomous driving.

Under the JST program, a research team led by Prof. Yoshihiro Kawahara of the Graduate School of Engineering at The University of Tokyo will advance research into use-case-driven, functionally differentiated physical AI chip design. Meanwhile, Tier IV is developing the logic design of an AI chip designed to efficiently process inference for end-to-end (E2E) autonomous driving AI.

“In physical AI applications such as robotics and autonomous driving, GPU power consumption has long been a major bottleneck for deployment on battery-powered devices,” said Prof.

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Einride and DAF Trucks (a PACCAR subsidiary) have announced a joint initiative to integrate Einride’s autonomous driving system, Einride Driver, into DAF’s premium vehicle platform.

The collaboration marks a significant step toward the large-scale commercialization of SAE Level 4 autonomous electric freight transportation in response to industry challenges such as driver shortages and rising operating costs.

Integration of technology and electric truck platform

As a first step, Einride and DAF, together with experts from TNO (the Dutch independent research institute for applied science and innovation), will collaborate to define and test the integration of Einride’s autonomous drive system into DAF’s electric truck platform.

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