US Marine Corps buys first autonomous ground vehicle fleet to run frontline missions Marine Corps will receive more than a dozen autonomous ground vehicles under a $19.7 million production award supporting MADIS resupply operations. Read Next: Abrams vs T-90: How US's and Russia's flagship battle tanks compareOverland AI has secured a $19.7 million production agreement with the U.S. Marine Corps to supply autonomous ground vehicles for the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS), marking a significant step toward deploying fully autonomous vehicles in frontline military operations. The Seattle-based company will deliver more than a dozen vehicles by early 2027 under an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement awarded through the Pentagon’s Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program. The production effort represents the first time a ground autonomy company has served as the prime contractor for a production contract of its kind. Autonomy enters production Unlike traditional unmanned ground vehicles that rely heavily on remote operators, Overland AI’s platform can navigate and make driving decisions independently. Operators assign a destination, and the onboard software plans routes, interprets terrain, and controls the vehicle without continuous human input. Personnel can still assume remote control whenever needed. Chief Executive Officer Byron Boots said demand for autonomous ground systems has increased sharply as militaries evaluate lessons from recent conflicts, including the war in Ukraine. “Ground autonomy matters now more than ever,” Boots said. “We’re registering extremely high demand from U.S. operational units who want to incorporate this technology into their concepts of operation.” The company expects to deliver the vehicles in roughly nine months. Officials did not disclose the exact number of platforms or technical specifications, including payload capacity and vehicle type. More from Military See AllSupporting air defense missions Marine Corps officials plan to integrate the autonomous vehicles into the MADIS
Jun 30, 2026 · via interestingengineering.com
California company proposes AI transit system for Palm Beach County Glydways, a California-based company, is proposing an elevated autonomous transit system to connect Palm Beach International Airport with major destinations in Palm Beach County, including the convention center and the Nora District. The company plans to present its proposal to Palm Beach County commissioners at their meeting next week. The system would feature battery-powered AI vehicles traveling on dedicated guideways, bypassing traffic on major roads such as Okeechobee and Belvedere. “All those trips are independent of each other. They're direct, and using a vehicle that's going to feel a lot more like your personal vehicle than a typical bus or a train,” said Brian Gettinger of Glydways. Glydways, a California-based company, is proposing an elevated autonomous transit system to connect Palm Beach International Airport with major destinations in Palm Beach County, including the convention center and the Nora District. Your neighborhood: Local coverage from WPBF 25 News The company emphasized that the vehicles would offer direct trips without stopping at every route, making them more efficient than traditional rail systems. At Palm Beach International Airport, passengers shared mixed opinions about the plan. While some supported the idea, others expressed concerns about the vehicles being controlled by AI rather than a human driver. Glydways acknowledged that skepticism about driverless vehicles is common but stressed that their system differs from self-driving cars on public roads. The vehicles would operate on dedicated guideways with a central control system managing their movements to reduce issues typically seen with road-based autonomous cars. “Those vehicles, the system is controlling the vehicle movements. And so the vehicles know where they're supposed to be going, and they're communicating with one another,” Gettinger said. Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it
Jun 30, 2026 · via wpbf.com
Florida's JTA Marks One Year NAVI Anniversary During its first year of operation, NAVI has transported over 15,200 passengers and traveled more than 61,000 miles in autonomous mode without a safety incident caused by the autonomous driving system. - NAVI has successfully transported over 15,200 passengers during its first year in operation. - The autonomous vehicle system has traveled more than 61,000 miles in autonomous mode. - There have been no safety incidents attributed to the autonomous driving system in its first year. *Summarized by AI Florida’s Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) marked the first anniversary of NAVI (Neighborhood Autonomous Vehicle Innovation) — the nation’s first permanent autonomous public transportation service operating in revenue service. During its first year of operation, NAVI has transported over 15,200 passengers and traveled more than 61,000 miles in autonomous mode without a safety incident caused by the autonomous driving system. The service carried 989 riders in May 2026 alone, reflecting growing public adoption and confidence in autonomous transportation. JTA’s NAVI System Launched June 30, 2025, NAVI has moved autonomous vehicle technology beyond limited demonstrations and pilot projects into daily public transportation operations. As the first phase of the JTA’s Ultimate Urban Circulator (U²C) program, NAVI has demonstrated how autonomous vehicles can safely and reliably serve residents, workers, and visitors in an urban environment. “As we continue advancing the Ultimate Urban Circulator program, Jacksonville remains at the forefront of innovation, helping shape the next generation of safe, accessible, and scalable public transportation for communities across the country,” said Nat Ford, JTA’s CEO. “What started as a bold idea has become a national model. The lessons we are learning in Jacksonville are helping define how autonomous technology can be safely integrated into public transportation systems throughout the United States.” Throughout its first year, NAVI successfully operated in
Jun 30, 2026 · via metro-magazine.com
TSLA Stock Trims Losses Overnight: Tesla Cybercab Starts Austin Tests Without ‘Steering Wheel Or Pedals’ - Tesla said engineering tests of the first production Cybercab have begun in Austin, while Musk highlighted that the vehicle was driving with “no steering wheel or pedals.” - Cybercab’s addition to Texas’ first-responder interaction plans provided investors with fresh details on Tesla’s fully autonomous ride-hailing design. - The guide says Cybercab uses Tesla’s SAE Level 4 automated driving system, which can perform the full driving task without human input. Shares of Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) trimmed losses overnight after the EV maker said that engineering tests of its first production Cybercab had begun in Austin, sharpening focus on CEO Elon Musk’s long-promised driverless ride-hailing vehicle. TSLA stock jumped over 8% on Monday to end at $411.84, logging its best day in over a year, boosted by the rollout of FSD V14 Lite to early-access Hardware 3 owners, giving older vehicles a long-awaited software upgrade. Shares are currently down 0.2% overnight, trimming earlier losses of about 1% to 1.5% seen earlier in the evening. TSLA Cybercab Tests Begin In Austin Tesla said on X that “engineering tests of the first production Cybercab have begun in Austin,” signaling another step toward the company’s planned robotaxi rollout. Musk further hyped the update by resharing Tesla’s post and highlighting that the Cybercab was driving around Austin with “no steering wheel or pedals.” The update comes after Cybercab was added to the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Connected Autonomous Vehicles First Responder Interaction Plans page, giving investors a closer look at how Tesla expects the vehicle to operate in real-world conditions. The development is notable since Cybercab is designed around Tesla’s fully autonomous ride-hailing vision. Tesla’s first responder guide makes clear that Cybercab is not typically equipped with manual controls:
Jun 30, 2026 · via es.tradingview.com
Aseon Labs announced it has raised $10 million in seed funding to accelerate the deployment of its decentralized network of robotic micro-depots for autonomous vehicle fleets. The round was led by Crane Venture Partners, with participation from Y Combinator, Expa, Robin Hood Ventures, and Founders Capital. The round also included investments from Adrian Aoun, Immad Akhund, Rajat Suri, and operators and founding team members from Anthropic, Nuro, Turo, Revolut, and other companies across mobility, AI, and infrastructure. Aseon is building a distributed network of robotic pit stops designed to help autonomous vehicles charge, clean, inspect, and reset within their operating zones. The company said this approach can reduce fleet downtime, improve utilization, and help vehicles return to revenue-generating service faster. The company is addressing one of the key infrastructure bottlenecks facing autonomous vehicle fleets. Traditional centralized depots can take one to two years to secure, permit, and build, often requiring high-voltage electrical infrastructure and extensive site development. Aseon said its robotic micro-depots can be deployed in as little as one to two days. By placing servicing infrastructure closer to where vehicles operate, Aseon’s network is designed to help fleets launch in new markets more quickly, expand existing operating zones, and serve areas where large centralized depots may be impractical or unavailable. Aseon was founded by the team behind Pushme, a battery-swapping infrastructure network that expanded to more than 5,000 locations across 40 markets and was acquired by Tier Mobility. Aseon is applying that experience in infrastructure deployment, site acquisition, and network operations to autonomous transportation. The company said that while significant capital has gone into making vehicles autonomous, keeping those fleets operating efficiently remains an unresolved challenge. Citing public California operating data referenced by the San Francisco Chronicle, Aseon noted that about 45% of Waymo’s miles are driven without a
Jun 30, 2026 · via pulse2.com
Tesla has begun testing a production version of its Cybercab that has two seats, but no steering wheel or pedals, in Austin, Texas. For now, the testing is being done with a safety monitor in the right passenger seat, according to a video posted on X, the social media platform owned by the electric car maker’s CEO Elon Musk. This test is happening nearly two years after Tesla revealed the design of the Cybercab, which is meant to be a fully autonomous robotaxi that can be hailed through Tesla’s app. Roughly a year ago, Tesla began testing a Tesla Robotaxi service in Austin with Model Y SUVs that have, at times, used safety monitors. Tesla has been testing prototype versions of the Cybercab, equipped with a steering wheel and pedals, in a number of cities around the United States in recent weeks. It has also been parking hundreds of the vehicles in parking lots in some of those cities, sparking speculation that the company was finally going to launch a truly scaled-up robotaxi network. One of the hurdles to realizing that idea is likely about to be removed. Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed a proposal that would not mandate brake pedals in “vehicles designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems.” The proposal is still in the public comment period, but it is expected to go through later this year. Musk and other Tesla executives have argued that they will be able to out-compete the current robotaxi leader, Waymo, for a number of reasons. Foremost among those reasons is that Tesla is building the cars and the driving software, which is expected to give it far greater control over costs compared to Waymo, which relies on partnerships with brands like Jaguar and Zeekr for vehicles.
Jun 30, 2026 · via techcrunch.com
Terawatt, which counts autonomous taxi firm Waymo as a customer, is looking to finance upcoming acquisitions and the development of charging infrastructure in the US and abroad. In its announcement, Terawatt explained that it has already entered a five-year facility for up to $150 million secured financing—with the option to increase by another $150 million incrementally through a syndicate of global banks. This is Terawatt’s first commercial bank facility. The company operates a network of purpose-built autonomous vehicle (AV) and commercial EV charging stations, serving a customer base ranging from passenger taxis to eHGVs To do so, Terawatt states that it has full oversight of its charging infrastructure stack, including real estate, power management software, and high-uptime charging operations. According to Terawatt’s announcement, this setup is designed to absorb the complexities of infrastructure management to allow fleet operators to generate uncomplicated revenue. Related:Decade Energy and Renault Trucks unveil BESS-backed charging station near Paris Neha Palmer, CEO and Co-Founder of Terawatt, elaborated: “Electrification of fleets is here to stay, and the infrastructure powering it has to be bulletproof. We give fleets the certainty they need to scale.” Palmer explained that the financing will enable Terawatt to scale up this infrastructure setup and make it a durable foundation, thereby supporting the robotaxi industry as it becomes “an attractive new asset class." The international robotaxi market is anticipated to be worth $415 billion by 2035, increasing from around 7,000 vehicles in 2025 to six million in 2035. According to estimates from Terawatt and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the technology supporting AV infrastructure could attract more than $200 billion in investment by 2040. Nanda Kamat, Managing Director and Head of Project Finance, RBC Capital Markets, said: “Terawatt controls strategically located assets in high-demand urban markets and has long-term relationships with the leading autonomous and
Jun 30, 2026 · via evinfrastructurenews.com
Europe is an emerging but promising market for self-driving 'robotaxis', with the technology set to become far more visible across the region over the next two years, the CEO of Israeli autonomous driving firm Autobrains said on âTuesday. "I â think 2026 â and 2027 is going to be an inflection point âfor Europe in terms of robotaxis," Igal Raichelgauz told the Reuters âAutomotive Europe conference in Frankfurt. Autobrains, which is based in Tel Aviv and has an office in âMunich, is developing lower-cost autonomous â driving technology âbuilt around so-called agentic AI, which âit says âreduces reliance on expensive sensors and â computing power, a key obstacle to scaling self-driving âsystems. Raichelgauz said the company is focused âon Europe and Southeast Asia rather than the United States, where rivals including Waymo and Tesla are already active. In June, Autobrains announced a partnership with Uber to launch a robotaxi programme in âMunich using U.S. chipmaker Nvidia's Hyperion platform. Munich is expected to be the first âdeployment city, âsubject to regulatory â approval. Raichelgauz said Europe offers the advantage of being close to major automakers, as Autobrains also seeks to expand âin the passenger vehicle market. BMW's headquarters are in Munich. He said Europe's regulatory framework sets "the highest bar" for autonomous driving. "If we reach it there, we can reach it everywhere," he said. "I â think 2026 â and 2027 is going to be an inflection point âfor Europe in terms of robotaxis," Igal Raichelgauz told the Reuters âAutomotive Europe conference in Frankfurt. Autobrains, which is based in Tel Aviv and has an office in âMunich, is developing lower-cost autonomous â driving technology âbuilt around so-called agentic AI, which âit says âreduces reliance on expensive sensors and â computing power, a key obstacle to scaling self-driving âsystems. Raichelgauz said
Jun 30, 2026 · via m.economictimes.com
Gasgoo Munich- XPENG has introduced its new X-Mind technology framework, designed to enhance the predictive reasoning capabilities of AI models used in autonomous driving. Built around an embedded predictive world model, the framework enables an in-vehicle AI agent to perform an efficient visual chain of thought before making driving decisions. Image source: XPENG According to the company, X-Mind bridges the long-standing gap between advanced cognitive reasoning and real-time onboard computing, creating a new technical approach toward safer and more human-like autonomous driving. The company provided additional technical details during the CVPR 2026 Workshop on Deployment of Foundation Models for Embodied AI held in Denver in June. Liu Xianming, head of XPENG's General Intelligence Center, outlined the company's world model architecture for the first time, arguing that three core capabilities are essential for practical deployment in autonomous driving: proactive reasoning, controllable generation, and long-horizon temporal prediction. Together, these functions form the foundation for applying world models to real-world driving scenarios. Earlier this year, XPENG's R&D team released a series of technical papers, including X-World, X-Foresight and X-Cache, detailing its research into controllable generative models and long-term predictive reasoning. The publications collectively illustrate the company's broader roadmap for developing AI systems capable of anticipating future driving conditions rather than simply reacting to them. XPENG argues that most existing autonomous driving systems still rely on a reactive "perception-to-action" pipeline, in which vehicles respond only to what their sensors currently observe. The company compares this approach to a human driver who focuses solely on the immediate scene ahead without anticipating how traffic conditions will evolve over the next few moments. It also identifies two major technical limitations in current AI reasoning methods. Text-based reasoning struggles to accurately capture the complex geometric relationships found in real-world driving environments, while prediction based directly on future image
Jun 30, 2026 · via autonews.gasgoo.com
Marine Corps inks first contract for autonomous ground vehicle production A nearly $20 million contract aims to integrate autonomous ground vehicles in the service’s ground based air defense missions. The Marine Corps will pay Overland AI $19.7 million to produce more than a dozen autonomous ground vehicles by early 2027. The vehicles, due to be delivered in about nine months, will be part of the Marine Air Defense Integrated Systems program, which is part of the service’s counterdrone approach, and support resupply missions. “Ground autonomy matters now more than ever. We're seeing the proliferation of uncrewed ground vehicles in conflicts like the one in Ukraine, and tech maturity is really there,” Byron Boots, Overland AI’s CEO told reporters. “We're registering extremely high demand from U.S. operational units who want to incorporate this technology into their concepts of operation.” Overland recently demonstrated its autonomous offerings with the Marine Corps on a prototype for the Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires, or ROGUE Fires, program. The robot vehicle is expected to integrate with existing Marine Corps platforms, such as the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, or JLTV. “We're going to start by integrating the [autonomous ground] vehicle into the system, providing a resupply capability for the other vehicles…and we may build on it from there,” Boots said. The platform could potentially be used for other purposes, such as intelligence and surveillance. “We've used our autonomous ground vehicles for a wide variety of different mission sets, everything from resupply to ISR to breaching,” he said. “Our understanding is that they'll initially be used for resupply, but we believe that there'll be many different possible use cases and ways to integrate this vehicle into the program.” The company declined to specify the exact number of vehicles that would be produced or other contract details,
Jun 30, 2026 · via defenseone.com
Uber is no longer offering Waymo rides in Phoenix Rather than external partnerships, Uber may start leaning on its own robotaxis for driverless options. Uber and Waymo have parted ways in the major US market of Phoenix. TechCrunch reported that the two transportation companies ended their almost three-year relationship in that city in May. Waymo will still be offering rides with its autonomous vehicle fleet in Phoenix through its own app. The company has a long history in the city, using its streets as a proving ground before launching public rides in 2020. "After hundreds of thousands of trips with Uber, we have integrated these vehicles back into our Phoenix fleet, where they will continue to serve riders through Waymo, including our public transit integration with Via, and delivery with DoorDash," Waymo told TC. The bigger change emerging out of this dissolved partnership seems to be on the side of Uber, which has been building its own operations in autonomous vehicles. The company has worked with several different brands, from Avride to WeRide, to offer robotaxi rides around the globe. And now that Uber is involved in making its own autonomous cars thanks to a collaboration with Lucid and Neuro, the business may be looking to replace more of those piecemeal arrangements in favor of using its own designs.
Jun 29, 2026 · via engadget.com
Shares of ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies (UBER 1.16%) have rebounded recently as investors warm to the idea that robotaxis could become a major new growth driver. Shares are up about 7% over the last month and 5% in the last week alone. At close to $76 as of this writing, though, the stock still sits about 25% below its 52-week high near $102. The recent optimism toward the stock is easy to understand. What's harder to pin down, however, is what Uber actually owns in the autonomous race. Here is the part the robotaxi excitement tends to gloss over: Uber doesn't build the cars, doesn't write the self-driving software, and doesn't own the vehicles carrying its riders. Its plan is to be the app that books the trip, whoever's autonomous car shows up. That asset-light approach could be Uber's biggest advantage in autonomy -- or its biggest vulnerability, depending on how the next few years unfold. A platform, not a fleet Uber's pitch to investors and autonomous-car manufacturers is about aggregation. It has reportedly signed up about 30 autonomous partners -- robotaxi developers, delivery-bot makers, and self-driving trucking firms -- and wants to be the marketplace where that capacity meets demand. The early traction backs up the idea: Uber recently said autonomous trips on its platform grew about tenfold over the past year, and management is targeting driverless service in up to 15 cities by the end of 2026. "We get to work with everybody in the ecosystem," Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told Fast Company in a June interview, pointing to a network that handles more than 40 million trips a day. The logic is that with that much demand, Uber can keep a partner's expensive cars busy in ways a single operator running its own app can't. And the
Jun 29, 2026 · via fool.com
Tesla just gave us a much clearer look at how its upcoming purpose-built robotaxi handles itself on public roads without a human behind the wheel. Over the weekend, the release of the official Cybercab First Responder Interaction Plan peeled back the layers on how the vehicle performs driverless operations. Interestingly, the documentation refers to the car as the "Cybercab Robotaxi," hammering home exactly what this machine was built to do. The emergency guide explicitly and repeatedly classifies the Cybercab as completely driverless, showing that Tesla is sticking to its guns about deploying it without a steering wheel or pedals. Even so, Tesla previously said it would start rolling out Cybercabs with steering wheels and pedals if regulators required them. This lines up with a broader shift in the regulatory landscape, especially since NHTSA recently stopped requiring traditional brake pedals on autonomous vehicles. Cybercab’s Level 4 Autonomy According to the new emergency handbook, the vehicle is equipped with an SAE Level 4 'Autonomous Mode.' This comes after Tesla self-certified FSD-driven vehicles as Level 4 autonomy-compliant under a new Texas law. "When in Autonomous Mode, the vehicle is designed to be capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task without any input from a human driver," the manual states. The Cybercab will practically always be active when out in the wild. It will operate in this self-driving state during passenger trips, when deadheading to a pickup, or while traveling to a charging or cleaning facility. When in Autonomous Mode, text that reads "Self-Driving" is displayed in blue in the top left corner of the center screen. Autonomous Mode can use the Cybercab’s cameras and microphone array to detect emergency vehicles and sirens. If an emergency vehicle pulls up behind it, the car will automatically pull over and yield. It can even recognize
Jun 29, 2026 · via notateslaapp.com
UBER Stock Drops After Waymo Robotaxis Reportedly Disappear From Phoenix App - Waymo told TechCrunch that over a dozen vehicles used in the Uber pilot have been integrated back into its own Phoenix fleet. - Waymo vehicles remain available on the Uber app in Austin and Atlanta. - A Stocktwits user stated that the end of the Phoenix partnership “marks a clear structural shift rather than a setback for either company. ” Shares of Uber Technologies (UBER) fell 1 % on Monday following reports that the ride-hailing company has quietly ended its Waymo robotaxi integration in Phoenix, Arizona. The shares extended their losses in after-hours trading, slipping another 0.3% at the time of writing. Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are no longer available on Uber’s app in the Phoenix area, ending a nearly three-year pilot partnership that launched in late 2023, TechCrunch reported on Monday. The split occurred quietly in May, with users noticing the absence in recent days, the report added. Waymo told TechCrunch that over a dozen vehicles used in the Uber pilot have been integrated back into its own Phoenix fleet and are now available exclusively through the Waymo app. Uber stated it is preparing to launch a separate autonomous vehicle partnership in Phoenix, but did not name the partner, the report said. Waymo vehicles remain available on the Uber app in Austin and Atlanta. Uber-Waymo Integration The Phoenix integration was the first major collaboration between the two companies and marked a notable shift after years of hostility. In 2017–2018, Alphabet-owned Waymo sued Uber over alleged theft of self-driving car trade secrets; the case ended in a confidential settlement. By May 2023, after Uber sold its self-driving unit to Aurora, the companies announced a multi-year strategic partnership to bring Waymo’s autonomous technology to Uber’s platform, starting in Phoenix. It
Jun 29, 2026 · via tradingview.com
[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Uber, Waymo end Phoenix robotaxi pilot on Uber app The ride program followed hundreds of thousands of trips, according to Waymo; Uber to work with another partner in city Key Takeaways: - Uber wound down its Waymo robotaxi offering in Phoenix last month after a limited deployment that began on Uber’s app in 2023. - Waymo said the Phoenix ride-hailing partnership completed hundreds of thousands of trips, while Uber faces investor concern over robotaxi aggregation. - Uber said it will announce a new Phoenix program with another autonomous vehicle provider but did not share details. Uber Technologies said it has wound down its robotaxi offering with Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo in Phoenix, the latest relationship twist between two companies that simultaneously function as partners and competitors. The Arizona capital was the first market where Waymo offered paid passenger rides on its own ride-hailing app in 2020. In 2023, it signed a multiyear deal with the ridesharing giant and began offering a subset of its robotaxi fleet on the Uber app later that year. Under the arrangement, the two companies used Waymo vehicles for both robotaxi trips and on-demand food deliveries. Phoenix “was an intentionally limited deployment, reaching just over a dozen vehicles dedicated to the program,” an Uber spokesperson said in response to a Bloomberg News inquiry. The company will announce a new program with another autonomous vehicle provider in Phoenix in the future but did not share additional details. The ride-hailing part of the Phoenix partnership ended last month after the companies completed hundreds of thousands of trips, according to Waymo. The food deliveries portion ended in May 2025. Waymo said the vehicles will be integrated back into its fleet to serve a delivery agreement with Uber rival DoorDash
Jun 29, 2026 · via ttnews.com
As the Marine Corps continues its pursuit of ground-based air defense against hostile drones and low-flying enemy aircraft, it’s making a milestone investment: a first-of-its-kind $20 million production contract for fully autonomous ground vehicles that can transport air defense systems deeper into the fight, with less human oversight. The contract was awarded this month to Overland AI, a Seattle-based company whose autonomy stack already powers military vehicles including General Dynamics’ Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (S-MET); the Army’s 18th Airborne Corps; Textron’s Ripsaw M5; and used by DARPA, among others In a round table meeting with reporters on Monday, Overland co-founder and CEO Byron Boots said the Other Transaction Authority production agreement, awarded through the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, made the company the first ground autonomy provider to prime a production agreement with the U.S. military. “Ground autonomy matters now more than ever,” Boots said. “We’re seeing the proliferation of uncrewed ground vehicles in conflicts like the one in Ukraine, and tech maturity is really there.” Adding, “We’re registering extremely high demand from U.S. operational units who want to incorporate this technology into their concepts of operation, so in the last six months or so we’ve really seen the U.S. Army and Marine Corps lean forward into autonomy.” Boots said Overland has participated in multiple major military exercises over the last year, providing the Army’s 173rd Airborne Corps with autonomous vehicles for breaching and resupply in exercises including Agile Spirit and African Lion. The company, he said, also provided the 82nd Airborne with autonomous ground vehicles for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance during a six-month period around a training rotation at Fort Polk, Louisiana. “We’re registering extremely high demand from U.S. operational units who want to incorporate this technology into their concepts of operation,” Boots
Jun 29, 2026 · via militarytimes.com
A new proposed class action accuses Tesla of selling “Full Self-Driving” on millions of vehicles that are physically incapable of delivering it — and to make its case, the 51-page complaint repeatedly cites Electrek’s own reporting. The suit, Waller v. Tesla (No. 4:26-cv-05350-KAW), was filed June 4 in the Northern District of California and covers cars built with Tesla’s Hardware 1, 2, 2.5, and 3 computers — effectively every Tesla sold with the FSD option from 2017 through early 2023. What the lawsuit claims The complaint, brought by Migliaccio & Rathod LLP, alleges that Tesla and CEO Elon Musk have “deceptively and misleadingly” marketed vehicles with HW1 through HW3 as having all the hardware needed for fully autonomous driving — including the “coast-to-coast” trips Musk promised back in 2016. In reality, the suit says, those cars are “incapable of safely and reliably traveling without human intervention,” and Tesla’s system has “never” advanced beyond SAE Level 2 — driver assistance that requires constant human supervision — despite years of claims that the cars were one software update away from Level 4 or 5 autonomy. The named plaintiff is David Waller, a Frankfort, Kentucky resident who bought a 2020 Model S on June 29, 2020 — six years ago to the day — for $81,790, plus $7,000 for the “Full Self-Driving Capability” add-on. He opted out of Tesla’s arbitration agreement weeks later, on July 6, 2020. Tesla’s FSD package has sold for as much as $15,000. The complaint lays out five counts — breach of express warranty, violation of the Kentucky Consumer Protection Act, fraud by misrepresentation, fraud by omission, and unjust enrichment — and demands a jury trial, seeking damages, punitive damages, civil penalties, restitution, and disgorgement. The full 51-page complaint is available here. The smoking gun: Tesla’s own admission What
Jun 29, 2026 · via electrek.co
TL;DR Waymo and Uber ended their robotaxi partnership in Phoenix as both pursue separate autonomous vehicle strategies across dozens of new markets. The split comes as Waymo deploys its cheaper Ojai robotaxi and both companies prepare to compete head-to-head in London Waymo and Uber ended their robotaxi partnership in Phoenix as both pursue separate autonomous vehicle strategies across dozens of new markets. Waymo robotaxis are no longer available on Uber’s app in Phoenix, ending a nearly three-year partnership in the city that served as the first test of whether the two former courtroom rivals could work together. Both companies confirmed the split to TechCrunch on Monday. Waymo said the vehicles have already been folded back into its own Phoenix fleet, where they will continue serving riders through its app, including public transit trips with Via and deliveries with DoorDash. Uber said it is readying a separate autonomous vehicle partnership in Phoenix but did not name the partner. The quiet breakup, which Waymo said happened in May, was first spotted by riders who noticed the company’s vehicles had disappeared from Uber’s network. Phoenix was the only city where Waymo operated both through its own app and through Uber, an unusual overlap that neither company seemed motivated to sustain. The split arrives as Waymo is deploying its newest robotaxi, the Zeekr-made Ojai, a purpose-built van that costs roughly 75,000 dollars less per unit to produce than the Jaguar I-PACE it replaces. The two companies are also heading toward a direct confrontation in London, where Waymo plans to launch its own service while Uber is partnering with the British autonomous driving startup Wayve. Both praised the Phoenix collaboration, with Uber calling it an intentionally limited deployment of just over a dozen vehicles that helped it scale faster in Austin and Atlanta. The robotaxi
Jun 29, 2026 · via thenextweb.com
Terawatt Infrastructure announced that it has entered into a five-year senior secured debt facility to expand its autonomous vehicle and electric fleet infrastructure platform. The facility includes up to $150 million in committed senior secured financing, with an option for up to $150 million of incremental financing. The financing was provided by a syndicate of global banks led by RBC Capital Markets. Proceeds will support the acquisition and development of charging depots as Terawatt expands its network of sites across the United States. Terawatt said the facility is the first commercial bank credit facility of its kind designed to fund the acquisition and development of purpose-built autonomous vehicle and electric vehicle charging depots. Terawatt operates a large network of purpose-built autonomous vehicle and commercial EV charging infrastructure. Its customers include autonomous rideshare companies and heavy-duty fleets. The company owns and operates across the full charging infrastructure stack, including real estate, power, chargers, power management software, and high-uptime charging operations. By managing these infrastructure layers, Terawatt helps fleet operators convert large capital expenditures into a streamlined operating expense. The company said the financing comes as the autonomous and electric fleet markets continue scaling. Terawatt cited estimates that the global robotaxi market could reach $415 billion by 2035, growing from about 7,000 vehicles in 2025 to 6 million vehicles by 2035. Terawatt also said the infrastructure needed to support autonomous and electric fleets in core rideshare markets could surpass $200 billion in investment by 2040, based on company and Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates. RBC Capital Markets served as sole structuring agent and coordinating lead arranger. SMBC served as coordinating lead arranger, administrative agent, and collateral agent, while UBS Investment Bank served as coordinating lead arranger. Vinson & Elkins served as counsel to Terawatt, Milbank served as counsel to the lending group,
Jun 29, 2026 · via pulse2.com
Building public trust will be critical to the successful rollout of automated vehicles, with Thatcham Research warning that stronger safety standards and more realistic testing methods are needed if motorists are to embrace increasingly automated driving technologies in Britain. The UK automotive research organisation has welcomed progress on the implementation of the UK’s Automated Vehicles Act 2024 but says regulatory frameworks must evolve to ensure both automated driving systems and advanced driver assistance technologies perform reliably in real-world conditions. The comments coincide with the release of new Thatcham Research testing that identified shortcomings in the way Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA) systems are currently assessed for regulatory approval. According to the organisation, while ISA has the potential to significantly improve road safety by helping motorists remain within posted speed limits, existing regulations measure system accuracy over the distance travelled rather than at the critical moments when speed limits change. Thatcham argues this approach can mask real-world performance issues that directly affect driver confidence. Testing across three production vehicles found one system achieved 91.3 per cent accuracy under the existing distance-based assessment, but only 74.3 per cent accuracy when evaluated using an event-based methodology that measures performance at each speed limit change. Even the best-performing vehicle recorded an event-based accuracy of 90.3 per cent despite achieving 98.39 per cent under the current approval method. The research also identified instances where ISA systems displayed speed limits of five, 10, 15 and 100 mph, none of which are legal public road speed limits in the UK. Thatcham warns these errors can trigger unexpected vehicle behaviour, particularly when linked with Adaptive Cruise Control systems, potentially resulting in harsh braking or unintended acceleration. Principal ADAS Engineer Yousif Al-Ani said systems should filter implausible speed limit readings before they reach the driver. “Presenting a driver with readings
Jun 29, 2026 · via paintandpanel.com.au