Toyota and SoftBank create venture for mobility services
Japanese car maker Toyota has announced that it is teaming up with Japanese tech powerhouse Softbank in a joint venture…
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Honda and General Motors join forces to build autonomous cars
Auto maker Honda is to invest US$2.75bn in General Motors and Cruise to develop a purpose-built autonomous vehicle for large-scale…
VW acquires minority interest in AV software company
The Volkswagen Group has acquired a non-controlling interest in FDTech, a company with 30 employees that develops algorithms for automated…
Waymo opens Shanghai subsidiary
Waymo has set up a subsidiary called Huimo Business Consulting in Shanghai, according to a business registration filing. This is…
Continental reorganises CAV operations and plans to add 17,000 engineers
Continental has announced a number of company reorganisations, including of its Chassis and Safety and Interior divisions. They will be…
Baidu and Hyundai to develop connected car technology
Hyundai and Baidu have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on connected car technology. Hyundai will also participate…
Audi and Huawei to work together on AVs and digitisation
Huawei and Audi have signed a memorandum of understanding for a strategic cooperation to advance connected vehicles and services digitisation.…
BMW Group partners with Baidu for AV development
The BMW Group will join Baidu’s open-source autonomous driving platform Apollo as a board member. The two companies signed a…
Leti, IRT Nanoelec and Transdev to launch AV pilot programme
Leti and IRT Nanoelec, two research companies related to the CEA, the French government’s alternative propulsion research initiative, and Transdev,…
AutonomouStuff acquired by Hexagon
Hexagon has taken over AutonomouStuff, which supplies components, engineering services and software that enable autonomy. US-based AutonomouStuff was founded in…