June 07, 2022
Waymo Via, Uber Freight Sign Partnership on Self-Driving Trucks
Waymo Via, Alphabet’s self-driving trucking unit, has signed a deal with Uber’s Freight business to help future customers deploy autonomous trucks more easily, Reuters wrote Tuesday (June 7). The partnership...
April 27, 2022
Rivals WeRide, Pony Back Ride Hailing Firm OnTime
Rival Chinese autonomous driving companies WeRide.ai and Pony.ai have joined forces to invest in a $153 million funding round for ride-hailing platform OnTime. As Tech Funding News reported Wednesday (April...
April 12, 2022
Bosch Buys UK Self-Driving Firm Five AI
Multinational tech firm Bosch has acquired Five AI, a British automated driving company. According to an announcement posted on the Bosch website Tuesday (April 12), Five chose Bosch over other takeover bidders,...
April 12, 2022
Bosch Acquires UK Autonomous Driving Firm Five AI
Multinational tech firm Bosch has acquired Five AI, a British automated driving company. According to an announcement posted on the Bosch website Tuesday (April 12), Five chose Bosch over other...
February 25, 2022
TechREG Weekly: Biden’s Executive Crypto Order May Be Delayed; EU...
The week started with the prospect of an executive order by President Joe Biden to regulate cryptocurrencies that could trigger new regulation from different federal agencies and lawmakers. Yet, the...
February 25, 2022
Driverless Car Developers Benefit From Nevada Law Until Federal Law...
Nevada has been one of the strongest supporters of autonomous vehicles (AV) by permitting firms to conduct testing in real-world settings that is not permitted anywhere else in the country....
December 03, 2021
Waymo San Francisco Robotaxi Waiting List Has Tens of Thousands...
Tens of thousands of people in and around San Francisco are on the waiting list for a Waymo robotaxi ride, the Alphabet Inc.-owned company’s co-chief executive said Friday (Dec. 3)...
June 25, 2021
Self-Driving Tech Company Pony.ai Considers Going Public
Pony.ai, a self-driving tech firm backed by Toyota, is mulling going public to help finance its goal of commercializing driverless ride-hailing, Reuters reported on Friday (June 25). The company, which...
June 23, 2021
China’s WeRide Raises $310M At $3.3B Valuation From Nissan, Others
China’s autonomous vehicle startup WeRide got a $310 million infusion of capital from investors, including the National Investment Fund and Alliance Ventures — the investment arm of Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi (RNM) —...