Aurora lands McLane deal to run driverless truck routes in Texas

Aurora said it plans to expand to new routes between McLane distribution centers across the U.S. Sun Belt by the end of 2026.

Uber taps Hertz to clean, charge, and fix its Lucid Motors robotaxis

Hertz is creating a new affiliate company called “Oro Mobility” to provide fleet management solutions “across a range of mobility segments.”

Autonomous cars were supposed to free us from traffic hell. Research says otherwise

Research suggests self-driving cars could make traffic significantly worse, not better, and the evidence on the streets is already starting to back that up.

This AI lets self-driving cars “remember” past drives to plan safer routes

A new planning method called KEPT lets self-driving cars compare what they are seeing now with similar past traffic situation to lower prediction error and fewer potential collisions.

Monarch Tractor’s collapse ends with an acquisition by Caterpillar

The startup had faced mounting pressure from dealers, farmers, and a co-founder who complained that Monarch’s tech didn’t work properly.

Chipmakers AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm are all investing in this buzzy self-driving tech startup

Wayve’s $1.2 billion Series D round, which was announced in February, keeps growing.

Ex-Tesla engineer’s startup taps Pronto to help automate a copper mine

Pronto’s autonomous haulage trucks are about to start operating at Mariana Minerals’s Utah copper mine — the first such deal since Pronto got acquired by Travis Kalanick’s Atoms Inc.

A self-driving car in Texas hit and killed a mother duck, sparking neighborhood outrage

An Avride autonomous vehicle near Austin hit the duck, facing backlash from the community. “It didn’t slow down or hesitate at all, just steamrolled right through,” according to a witness.