Food delivery company DoorDash has partnered with Also, an electric micromobility specialist, on autonomous last-mile delivery.

The strategic investment and multi-year collaboration will see the two companies work to deploy small, purpose-built EVs designed to optimize how goods move in population-dense environments.

The partnership is focused on unlocking one of the most challenging parts of last-mile delivery: the intersection of roads and road-adjacent spaces such as bike-lanes, shoulders and curbsides.

These are areas where traditional vehicles can face difficulty, and Also’s smaller, adaptable vehicles are designed to be able to navigate them.

“Small autonomous EVs are optimal in these environments,” said Also co-founder and president Chris Yu.

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Neolix autonomous vehicles have been adopted by IKEA China following a pilot in Anhui Province that reduced average customer waiting times by two-thirds, improving the customer experience while also creating a more efficient workplace for employees.

Ingka Group, the largest IKEA franchisee, confirmed that the solution will now be permanently adopted at IKEA Hefei following the successful trial. During the pilot, Neolix vehicles transported customer orders from an external warehouse to the store for self-pickup while also supporting in-store replenishment. Since the program began, Neolix vehicles have logged nearly 75,600km of autonomous driving.

The benefit was immediate.

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Neolix has announced that its autonomous fleet has surpassed 100,000,000km of real-world driving, becoming the first company reach this milestone in the robovan segment.

The achievement validates Neolix’s autonomous driving system under sustained, large-scale commercial operations. With more than 16,000 autonomous vehicles deployed across 15 countries, the company has advanced autonomous logistics beyond pilot programs toward scalable, commercially viable deployment.

“Reaching 100,000,000km is more than a technical metric; it is a validation of our business model across diverse, complex and unpredictable environments,” said Enyuan Yu, founder and CEO of Neolix. “True autonomous capability cannot be simulated.

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Autonomous delivery solutions company Neolix has entered a strategic partnership with Luxmea, a European provider of electric cargo and mobility solutions. The collaboration will focus on urban delivery scenarios in the European market, leveraging AI as the core driver to jointly build an efficient, intelligent and sustainable ecosystem for urban logistics.

Under the agreement, both companies will leverage their complementary resources to address the urban logistics and last-mile delivery needs of major logistics providers. Neolix will apply its L4 autonomous driving and AI technologies to support Luxmea’s operations, and together they aim to build a new urban logistics ecosystem for the European market and advance the development of smart logistics solutions across the region.

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Scoobic MED, the first 100% electric autonomous vehicle with 5G connectivity, designed for last-mile delivery in urban environments, has launched following an alliance between GMV and Passion Motorbike Factory-Scoobic.

The driverless, emission-free Scoobic MED reportedly offers a sustainable, efficient and automated alternative to traditional delivery vehicles, to address the growing challenges of last-mile delivery in urban areas.

The project introduces a pay-per-use model, removing the need for large upfront costs and making autonomous, electric mobility accessible to smaller businesses.

Efficient logistics

Scoobic MED is equipped with 5G connectivity, perception sensors, artificial intelligence, autonomous navigation systems and the GMV uPathWay platform.

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The Integrated Transport Centre (Abu Dhabi Mobility) has launched Abu Dhabi’s first pilot program for autonomous delivery vehicles, in collaboration with K2 and EMX, the logistics arm of 7X.

Under the supervision of the Smart and Autonomous Systems Council (SASC) and in partnership with Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), it marks the first issuance of an official license plate for a self-driving delivery vehicle in the UAE.

The auto-delivery vehicles, developed by K2 subsidiary AutoGo, are powered by advanced smart mobility and AI technologies. According to Abu Dhabi Mobility, they are of capable of navigating urban streets and delivering orders efficiently without human intervention.

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Aurrigo has secured £1m (US$1.35m) support from the Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) Pathfinder – Enhancements program and Innovate UK’s Launchpad program to start work on four new projects.

The Pathfinder program is funded by the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV), a Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and Department for Transport (DfT) joint unit, delivered in partnership with Innovate UK and Zenzic.

Launching this summer, the Aurrigo projects span simulation, feasibility studies and real-world vehicle trials at East Midlands Airport, and in the Orkney Islands and the West Midlands. They will involve close collaboration with leading industry partners, International Airlines Group (IAG), Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership (HITRAINS) and Urban Foresight.

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Hands-free charging specialist Rocsys has launched the Rocsys Platform, an integrated solution that combines hardware, intelligent software and support to “simplify and scale hands-free charging for autonomous mobility”.

The platform consists of the Rocsys Steward automatic connection device; Rocsys Portal and Rocsys API for operational integration support; and the Rocsys Proactive Care 24/7 support service.

The future of transportation is electric and autonomous

Rocsys works with customers in the robotaxi, logistics and ports sectors, including operators, autonomous vehicle solution providers and vehicle OEMs. With the port automation market projected to exceed US$15.5bn by 2032 and robotaxi use growing, with companies like Waymo operating over 200,000 rides a week, demand for automated solutions continues to increase but charging is still primarily manual and this can present problems.

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Nuro, Inc has confirmed that it has raised US$106m in its ongoing Series E funding round, which values the company at US$6bn.

Its latest funding round includes participation from new and returning investors, as well as strategic partners. Investors include funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Fidelity Management & Research Company, Tiger Global Management, Greylock Partners and XN LP.

The raise underscores investor confidence in Nuro’s proven autonomy platform and its licensing-driven business model. With more than eight years of development and four years of real-world deployments in California and Texas, Nuro says it is one of just a handful of companies to have successfully deployed driverless technology at city scale with no safety driver.

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Applied EV and Oxa have extended their strategic partnership to enable commercial deployment of autonomous vehicles at scale.

Expanding on their existing partnership, this new agreement combines Applied EV’s expertise in secure, software-defined vehicle platforms with Oxa’s self-driving software, to deliver an immediate turnkey solution that equips businesses with the necessary tools to integrate autonomy into their operations today.

As commercial industries face challenges like driver shortages – which are set to double globally by 2028 –  logistics inefficiencies and the push for sustainability, this simplified access to autonomous solutions offers a seamless, scalable path to resilient, future-ready operations.

Earlier this year, Applied EV showcased its 6th-Generation Blanc Robot technology at CES with Suzuki.

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