Wayve co-founder and CEO Alex Kendall sees promise in bringing his autonomous vehicle startup’s tech to market. That is, if Wayve sticks to its strategy of ensuring its automated driving software is cheap to run, hardware agnostic, and can be applied to advanced driver assistance systems, robotaxis, and even robotics. The strategy, which Kendall laid… Continue reading Wayve CEO shares his key ingredients for scaling autonomous driving tech
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Tesla recalls Cybertrucks for exterior panels that fall off
Tesla is issuing a recall for around 46,000 Cybertrucks sold to date because of an exterior steel trim panel on the side of the windshield that can peel off. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in a filing that the piece can come off while in motion, which can create a hazard for… Continue reading Tesla recalls Cybertrucks for exterior panels that fall off
GM, Gatik, Torc team up with Nvidia to accelerate self-driving
NVIDIA’s GTC conference kicked off with a series of announcements highlighting its role in advancing autonomous driving technology. The chipmaker provides automakers and autonomous vehicle companies with a handful of Nvidia-branded tools to help power self-driving cars and create digital twins of factories. On Tuesday, companies including Torc, Gatik, and even General Motors announced plans… Continue reading GM, Gatik, Torc team up with Nvidia to accelerate self-driving
Zoox recalls software on 258 self-driving cars over unexpected braking
Zoox, Amazon’s autonomous driving unit, has issued a voluntary recall for 258 vehicles due to issues with its autonomous driving system that could cause unexpected hard breaking. The recall follows a preliminary investigation from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last May after the agency received two reports of incidents in which motorcyclists collided… Continue reading Zoox recalls software on 258 self-driving cars over unexpected braking
What Tesla can and can’t do in California with its new passenger transportation permit
Tesla received a permit Tuesday from the California Public Utilities Commission to operate a transportation service in the state, the beginning of a long regulatory road that could eventually lead to the company getting the OK to operate a robotaxi service there. The permit, which Tesla applied for in November 2024, doesn’t cover autonomous vehicle… Continue reading What Tesla can and can’t do in California with its new passenger transportation permit
An AI model from over a decade ago sparked Nvidia’s investment in autonomous vehicles
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote Tuesday at the company’s GTC 2025 conference stuck with tradition and was chock full of announcements. But the company also snuck in a little history lesson. During the automotive portion of his speech, Huang referred to AlexNet, a neural network architecture that gained widespread attention in 2012 when it won… Continue reading An AI model from over a decade ago sparked Nvidia’s investment in autonomous vehicles
GM teams up with Nvidia to bring AI to robots, factories, and self-driving cars
General Motors is turning to Nvidia to help bring AI to the physical world in an expanded collaboration designed to touch every aspect of the automaker’s business, including factories, robots, and self-driving cars. Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who announced the partnership Tuesday during his keynote at the company’s GTC conference in San Jose,… Continue reading GM teams up with Nvidia to bring AI to robots, factories, and self-driving cars
Coreshell has a plan to slash the price of American-made batteries
The electric vehicle transition is really a story about China. There, subsidies have helped juice not just automakers, but the entire battery supply chain behind them. Those incentives, plus decades of industrial policy focused on controlled critical mineral supply chains, has left American and European automakers flat footed. Take graphite, for example. Every lithium-ion battery… Continue reading Coreshell has a plan to slash the price of American-made batteries
Google, Speedinvest back Kenya’s Leta, which uses AI to make logistics cheaper
African businesses pay up to four times the global average to transport goods, driving up prices for essentials like food and medicine. Logistics make up 75% of product costs on the continent, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB). Many of these businesses also rely on manual logistics, leading to delays. Nairobi-based logistics software-as-a-service provider… Continue reading Google, Speedinvest back Kenya’s Leta, which uses AI to make logistics cheaper
Waymo’s milestone SFO mapping permit comes with strings attached
Waymo has been given permission to map roadways at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) via a temporary permit — the first step in the Alphabet company’s bid to unlock a potentially lucrative use case for its robotaxis. The temporary permit, which was announced Monday evening by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, kicked off March… Continue reading Waymo’s milestone SFO mapping permit comes with strings attached