Posted on: June 18, 2026 How will emerging technology shape our region’s transportation future? That was the question put to a diverse group of metro Atlanta leaders at ARC’s recent ConnectATL: In Focus. About 60 attendees took part in facilitated focus groups that dug deep into this topic from three angles: autonomous vehicles, micromobility networks, and advanced air mobility. Each focus group included a panel discussion and a “visioning session” in which participants were asked to imagine their ideal transportation future and the challenges this might bring. The feedback collected will be used to shape the development of Mobility 2055, ARC’s long-range Metropolitan Transportation Plan, which is set to be adopted in early 2028. Here are some of the main takeaways for each focus group topic: Session 1: Micromobility Scooters, e-bikes, bike share, and the infrastructure that supports them Panel Discussion: Carol Antunez, Government Relations Lead for Lime’s U.S. South region, said Atlanta’s micromobility market has reached a point of maturation. Since Lime’s 2019 launch, the city has seen more than 9 million trips, reflecting genuine transportation demand rather than novelty. Lillian King, Senior Manager of Business Intelligence at Lyft Urban Solutions, said bikeshare belongs alongside buses and trains as a core transit offering. Aaron Gaul, Principal at Alta Planning and Design, pointed to Portland and Seattle as a preview of where bikeshare is headed. In Portland, 42% of e-scooter users can’t ride a traditional bike. In Seattle, recipients of a $50 per month transportation subsidy are using micromobility twice as often as ride-hailing, at a fraction of the cost. Key Focus Group Themes: Safety comes first. Participants ranked it above cost and convenience as the top barrier to adoption. Protected lanes, separated paths, and safe crossings are ‘must-haves.’ Density isn’t destiny. Micromobility doesn’t require high density to thrive, as
Jun 18, 2026 · via atlantaregional.org
Tesla drivers will be able to give voice commands to the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system through the xAI-developed “AI companion” Grok within about three months. Additionally, upcoming releases will allow the vehicle to remember the driver’s parking preferences at frequent destinations, CEO Elon Musk said on late Wednesday. The feature was confirmed in response to a post from X user ‘KHdimples,’ who suggested that Tesla owners should be able to converse with FSD the way a passenger talks to an Uber driver. The user offered sample commands such as “Hey Grok, turn right here,” “Drop us off right here, we’ll walk due to traffic,” and “Drop at entrance first, then park far away.” Tesla‘s chief replied that “this functionality will be there in about 3 months or so.” In February, Musk had already confirmed this type of parking-specific voice control was in development, after responding with “Coming” to a user highlighting FSD’s inability to take verbal parking instructions. The feature would represent the deepest integration yet between xAI’s conversational AI and Tesla‘s autonomous driving stack. xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by Musk in 2023, was acquired by SpaceX earlier this year and now operates as part of a broader AI division within the $2.5 trillion market cap company. Last week, SpaceX went public in a record IPO, with the surge in its valuation pushing Musk’s net worth above $1 trillion — making him the world’s first trillionaire. Several media reports and Wall Street analysts have suggested that Tesla could eventually merge with SpaceX next year. From Navigation Assistant to Driving Co-Pilot Grok first arrived in Tesla vehicles in mid-2025 as a beta conversational assistant, capable of answering questions and handling basic queries. At the time, Tesla explicitly noted that Grok did not issue commands to the vehicle and
Jun 18, 2026 · via eletric-vehicles.com
Under supervision of the Smart and Autonomous Systems Council, and in the presence of Sheikh Hamdan bin Saeed bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Investment Office, the General Civil Aviation Authority and the Integrated Transport Centre (Abu Dhabi Mobility) have signed a cooperation agreement to enhance the design, manufacturing and deployment of advanced air mobility solutions. The agreement aims to advance innovation in the sector, align efforts related to design certification and the efficiency of smart aviation systems, and develop regulatory frameworks for sustainable air transport solutions. The initiative supports the objectives and vision of the Smart and Autonomous Systems Council to shape the future of smart mobility in the emirate and advance autonomous transportation systems across land, sea and air. Under the agreement, the three entities will collaborate to develop State of Design and State of Manufacture documentation, and outline specifications to guide and support the certification and regulation of emerging advanced aircraft technologies, including electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) and electric conventional take-off and landing (eCTOL) systems. Al Ain Region will serve as a global hub for design and regulatory activities in the sector. Supporting infrastructure, technical expertise and international partnerships will be developed to ensure safe and sustainable operations. In addition, the programme’s design and implementation will be tailored to ensure alignment with international standards and best practice. His Excellency Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director-General of the General Civil Aviation Authority, said: “The UAE has long been a global leader in aviation regulation and safety. Through this collaboration, we are taking meaningful steps towards developing the capabilities associated with a State of Design, reinforcing our readiness to guide and certify the next generation of advanced aircraft technologies. We remain committed to ensuring our regulatory frameworks set benchmarks for excellence and innovation worldwide.” His Excellency Badr Al-Olama,
Jun 18, 2026 · via mediaoffice.abudhabi
Elon Musk says Tesla’s Full Self-Driving will soon remember your parking preferences and let you talk to it through Grok, like giving directions to an Uber driver. The features sound useful, and they reflect how genuinely impressive FSD has become — but they also underscore that it remains a supervised driver-assist system, not the unsupervised self-driving Tesla has sold to owners for years. What Musk announced In a post on X on Wednesday, Musk said upcoming FSD releases “will remember your parking preferences, so that the car goes to the right location at your home, office, school drop off, etc.” He was responding to Y Combinator partner Tom Blomfield, who praised FSD and shared a screenshot showing 96% autonomous usage and a 13-day streak, noting he rarely intervenes except for a tricky garage maneuver. Musk added a telling data point: “Destination parking is by far the biggest reason people now intervene with FSD. Critical safety interventions are extremely rare.” Separately, Musk said Tesla owners could soon talk to FSD through Grok — issuing natural-language commands like “turn right here” or “drop us off here” — and estimated the feature could arrive in “about 3 months or so.” Parking has been a persistent weak spot. When FSD enters a lot, it tends to grab the first open space it detects, forcing drivers to take over when the car picks a spot too close to other cars or too far from the entrance. The new feature would have the car learn from past parking behavior instead. It builds on a string of recent parking-focused work, including Tesla’s 33% speed increase to Actually Smart Summon in the v14.3.3 update, which unified the AI models powering consumer FSD, the Robotaxi fleet, and Summon into a single architecture. The features are real — and so
Jun 18, 2026 · via electrek.co
Millard-Ball Discusses Robotaxis and World Cup Transportation Challenges
A recent article in WIRED explored how autonomous vehicles could shape transportation during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which is expected to draw millions of visitors to North America. The article examined the role of Waymo’s driverless taxi service, which plans to serve six World Cup host cities, including Los Angeles.
Adam Millard-Ball, professor of urban planning at the UCLA Luskin, noted that autonomous vehicles will face many of the same logistical challenges as traditional ride-hail services when large crowds arrive and depart from stadiums simultaneously.
“There’s never going to be a perfectly orderly process with no congestion,” Millard-Ball told WIRED. “Geometrically, you’re not going to be able to have ‘front door’ pickups for everybody.”
While autonomous vehicles may improve efficiency through fleet coordination and organized pickup systems, Millard-Ball explained that they cannot overcome the physical constraints of limited road space. The article concludes that public transportation, including trains, buses and shuttle services, will continue to play a critical role in moving large numbers of people during major events.
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For decades, automakers enjoyed a luxury that had nothing to do with the softest leather or the smoothest engines. Their luxury was time, with some popular cars and trucks enduring for a decade or longer before they received a full redesign. The clock is ticking faster now, thanks to China. BYD and other automakers there are speeding EVs and other models from drawing board to showrooms in two years or less. General Motors is among the Western automakers striving to match that blistering pace, by harnessing AI and simulation to dramatically shorten development times. GM’s effort is being spearheaded by Sterling Anderson, the technologist and robotics guru who led development teams for Tesla’s Autopilot and the Model X before cofounding Aurora Innovation, the autonomous trucking company. GM lured Anderson last June as its chief product officer, offering a $40 million package to guide the development of the automaker’s cars, autonomous models, batteries, software, and other tech. How GM Is Accelerating Its Designs In a recent video call, Anderson and Jason Fischer, GM’s executive director of virtual integration engineering, walked me through the company’s latest design processes. But first, Anderson offered a wide-lens view of how AI is transforming everything that came before. Sterling Anderson, robotics guru and former Tesla executive, is pushing AI to accelerate GM’s design process.General Motors Anderson sees design and human ingenuity falling into three main epochs, beginning with thousands of years of empirical design that saw creators largely mimicking nature, building and testing models and advancing from there—slowly, expensively, and narrowly focused. “Flight is a great example,” Anderson says. “Humans looked to birds and said, ‘Hey, those wings seem to work pretty well. Let’s come up with something like it.’” The advent of virtual tools such as CAD and computational fluid dynamics in the 1950s kicked
Jun 18, 2026 · via spectrum.ieee.org
What is the legal liability for autonomous cars?
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Self-driving cars are no longer a science experiment in Las Vegas.
Zoox already runs driverless rides around the resort corridor, Waymo is expected to launch this summer, and Tesla has Nevada DMV approval to begin testing.
These systems aren't perfect, however.
Last December, hundreds of Waymo vehicles stalled at a San Francisco intersection during a power outage, and police officers had to physically move the cars.
In Las Vegas, one Zoox vehicle got stuck in an intersection near Treasure Island.
If one of these cars were to be involved in a crash and injure someone, who is legally responsible?
Matthew Hoffman with Battle Born Injury Lawyers joined us to talk more about liability when it comes to an autonomous vehicle accident.
If you have any legal questions you'd like to see Matthew Hoffman cover, email BreakingDownTheLaw@news3lv.com.
Jun 18, 2026 · via news3lv.com
The man who died when a small jet crashed on a Texas highway was an entrepreneur well-known in the state for being at the center of Austin’s turbocharged evolution as a technology hub. Joshua Baer, 50, described himself as an “Austinpreneur,” a reference to the state capital and his enthusiasm for getting people into business. He founded Capital Factory, which has grown into an important Austin-based venture capital firm supporting a range of technology startup companies, from robots to autonomous ships. Baer’s LinkedIn page shows him wearing a black T-shirt and pointing at the message: “I help people quit jobs.” His email had a similar handle. Capital Factory's downtown headquarters is among the offices of tech giants like Google. “Whether you’re in technology or not, there’s a hole in the heart of Austin today,” Thom Singer, CEO of the Austin Technology Council, which promotes the local tech industry, said of Baer’s death. Baer listed his life strategy as, “Plant lots of seeds. Water everyone's. Repeat.” And people noticed: The Austin mayor in 2023 gave him a key to the city, a symbol of civic honor. Bryan Chambers, co-founder and president of Capital Factory, said his business partner was a “true super connector.” Baer was aboard a business jet that crashed Tuesday on a highway in Laredo, Texas, after the pilots reported mechanical problems and requested to make an emergency landing at an airport. His LinkedIn profile said he had a wife and three children. It wasn't known whether three young people who survived the crash were family members. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he created an email marketing business, Baer moved to Austin in 1996 to work as a software developer at Trilogy Inc. He started Capital Factory in 2009 and regularly held business chats with
Jun 18, 2026 · via spectrumlocalnews.com
New California laws taking effect July 1, 2026 LOS ANGELES - Effective July 1, California will implement new laws requiring widespread sector compliance. Key changes include mandatory menu allergen disclosures, standardized food date labeling, volume limits on streaming ads, and a ban on certain semi-automatic pistols. Additionally, the measures allow autonomous vehicles to be ticketed, promote dense transit housing, and mandate that schools restrict smartphones, provide gender-neutral restrooms, and feature LGBTQ+ hotline info on student IDs. What we know: Here's a look at the new legislation. CONSUMER RIGHTS & EVERYDAY WALLET SB-68: Food allergens Known as the Allergen Disclosure for Dining Experiences (ADDE) Act, Senate Bill 68 is a first-of-its-kind law requiring chain restaurants to provide clear, written notifications of major food allergens contained in their menu items. Fully implemented on July 1, the mandate applies to any restaurant group, franchise, or ghost kitchen operating under the same brand name with 20 or more locations nationwide. Covered facilities must disclose the presence of nine major allergens—including milk, peanuts, and newly added sesame—either directly on their physical menus or via accessible digital alternatives like QR codes and allergen grids. AB-660: Food labeling Assembly Bill 660 is a consumer protection law enacted to drastically reduce food waste by standardizing date labels on packaged foods across the state. Fully implemented by July 1, the law completely bans confusing, consumer-facing "sell-by" dates that often lead to households prematurely throwing away perfectly good grocery items. Instead, manufacturers must use uniform terminology, requiring "BEST if Used by" for peak product quality and "USE by" strictly for public food safety. This streamlined labeling system aims to save families money and keep billions of pounds of unspoiled food out of California landfills. SB-576: Video streaming ads Senate Bill 576 bans streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu from
Jun 18, 2026 · via foxla.com
Stanford graduates Jenny Duan and Abhinav Agarwal want to solve two hard problems: create a good-looking wearable and measure hormones to help women understand their health better. The pair is building a startup called Clair Health to track inflammation and bloating markers, energy levels, and cycle phase classification to give insights into cycle irregularities and perimenopause, as well as hormonal fluctuations, and how to navigate those changes. The company has raised $11.6 million in a funding round led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from startup accelerator program a16z speedrun, Brydge Club, Treehub, Cartan Capital, AGI House, Insiders VC, Anne Wojcicki, and Stephanie Coleman. The startup said that in order to collect more user-specific data, it uses voice-based onboarding to understand their health markers. What’s more, the company claims it has trained its own AI to analyze voice-based biomarkers and determine which phase of their cycle a user is in after just a few minutes of conversation. “What we found is that in women’s health and in the current state of apps, women can’t communicate a large amount of symptoms because the apps are built for only specific ones. With our voice stack, we are giving our users a way to communicate their own problems in their own way,” Duan said. Through its wearable, Clair Health said it’s able to determine what is causing hormones to change and how the body responds to those changes by evaluating the biomarkers picked up by its sensors. It also continuously monitors changes through the four phases of a menstruation cycle and doesn’t just rely on the day of menstruation. Through these markers, the app shows information about the pace of aging, inflammation and bloating, and the rate of perceived exertion. Clair Health also wants to help women seeking care for menopause and perimenopause by
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Odyssey, a world model AI startup founded by self-driving vehicle pioneers CEO Oliver Cameron and CTO Jeff Hawke, has raised a $310 million Series B round at a $1.45B valuation led by Natural Capital, with Amazon, AMD Ventures, GV, and others participating. World models are the next big thing in AI beyond text- and chat-based large language models. They gather data from the physical world and simulate it with accurate physics. In Odyssey’s case, it has mimicked how Google Earth gathered data; the startup sent people out with cameras strapped to their backs. (Google drives camera-equipped cars around.) That approach makes sense given the backgrounds of the founders. Cameron was the co-founder and CEO of autonomous vehicle startup Voyage, which was acquired by GM’s Cruise, where he later became VP of product; Hawke was an engineer at buzzy U.K. self-driving startup Wayve. Odyssey, founded in 2023, now offers a handful of world models for a variety of use cases, from video-game creation to robotics. It is perhaps best known for producing rich, interactive video from text prompts. With the backing from Amazon, the startup says AWS is now its preferred cloud provider and it will optimize its models to run on AWS’s Trainium chips, a competitor to Nvidia’s AI chips. In addition to the VCs that participated in this unicorn-crowning round, Odyssey has corralled an impressive list of angel investors as well. These include Jeff Dean, Elad Gil, Garry Tan, Guillermo Rauch, and Cruise founder Kyle Vogt. The company has now raised $337 million to date.
Jun 17, 2026 · via techcrunch.com
takin' it to the streets Houston will be the second city in America for Uber's new robotaxis More autonomous vehicles are expected to hit the roads in Houston next year. Ridesharing giant Uber announced that it plans to roll out its premium robotaxi service in the Bayou City in mid-2027. Houston will be Uber’s second planned market for the program, following the San Francisco Bay Area, where the program is expected to be rolled out later this year. Uber, Nuro and Lucid Group will bring the robotaxi program to Houston with more markets planned for the future. Currently, Nuro is conducting autonomous on-road testing with safety operators in Houston. Testing includes simulation, closed-course testing, and supervised public-road testing. “Houston is a city Nuro knows well, and we’re excited to help bring this robotaxi service to the city through our partnership with Uber and Lucid,” Andrew Chapin, chief operating officer at Nuro, said in a news release. “Houston’s large, complex metro area is an ideal market for demonstrating how Nuro’s universal autonomy platform can generalize across different geographies and operating environments. We look forward to continued engagement with the community as we prepare to launch service in 2027.” The fleet of 100 vehicles across California and Texas will feature Lucid Gravity EVs and future Lucid Midsize vehicles equipped with Nuro Driver technology, Nuro’s Level 4 universal autonomy platform, plus a redundant sensor suite with cameras, lidar, radar and a roof-mounted halo. The vehicles will be owned and operated by Uber and its fleet partners and made available to riders through the Uber network, according to the company. In addition to the fleet of autonomous vehicles, Uber also announced that it has secured a 50,000-square-foot depot facility and dedicated charging pitstop in Houston. The facility will allow Uber and its partners to
Jun 17, 2026 · via houston.culturemap.com
Autonomous technology, like passenger vehicles and drones, is on the rise in North Texas. NTX Now's Ron Corning spoke to Ashleigh de la Torre, vice president of public policy at Amazon, Ernest Huffman, program manger for North Central Texas Council of Governments, and David "Nemo" Neal, chief of design at Mozee, about where the industry stands at a recent Dallas Assembly event. Following that conversation, Ron and NTX Now's Miranda Suarez talked with Bart Huffman, a data strategy, security, and privacy attorney at Holland & Knight in Houston, about how the data landscape is changing with the rise of these new technological advancements. These interview highlights have been edited for length and clarity. To listen to the full conversation, click the listen button above. Skepticism of autonomous technology Many people in the audience at the Dallas Assembly event raised their hand when asked "who here thinks they will never ride in an autonomous vehicle?" De la Torre thinks over time, their minds will change. "I think you'll be surprised about the adoption of this technology," she said. "10 years ago would any of us have gotten in the back of some random person's personal vehicle to get driven from our house to the airport? And now we don't think another thing about it." Physical safety concerns De la Torre said companies who are competing with each other to create this autonomous technology is a good thing for consumer safety. "I think the most important thing industry can do, beyond competing with each other, is ensuring a really high safety bar," she said. "We're talking about regulations and how we're focused on collecting data." Ernest Huffman also said safety is the top priority. "If it's not safe, the regulators aren't going to allow for it to exist in our city," he
Jun 17, 2026 · via keranews.org
Good morning, it’s Wednesday, June 17, 2026. In today’s edition, Illinois levies first-of-its-kind social media tax; housing advocates target private markets in real estate; Virginia to legalize recreational pot: Top Stories SOCIAL MEDIA: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) has signed legislation making his state the first to charge social media companies a fee based on their number of users. Companies with between 100,000 and 500,000 users in Illinois will pay 10 cents per month, excluding the first 100,000 users. Companies with more than 1 million users will pay $165,000 plus 50 cents per user per month, excluding the first million. (Pluribus News) HOUSING: New laws in Connecticut, Washington and Wisconsin, and a pending bill in New York, will require public marketing of homes up for sale. The laws target Compass, the nation’s largest real estate firm, which has its own private market for real estate listings. The laws require real estate brokers to offer listings to the public, not just on private markets. (Pluribus News) MARIJUANA: Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) has agreed to a deal to allow the sale of recreational marijuana. The deal will cap retail stores at 350, set packaging and advertising restrictions on products, and give more authority to the Cannabis Control Authority. Legal sales will begin July 1, 2027. (Pluribus News) The deal will make Virginia the first Southern state to allow recreational pot. Spanberger had vetoed a previous version of legalization over public safety concerns. PUBLIC SAFETY: Tennessee lawmakers have approved a bill that would allow for issuing traffic citations to autonomous vehicles. Tickets would be mailed to the vehicle’s registered owner. The autonomous driving company Waymo has been testing its vehicles on the streets of Nashville. (State Affairs) MORE: The Rhode Island General Assembly has given final passage to legislation requiring businesses with
Jun 17, 2026 · via pluribusnews.com
Lucid partners with Uber and Nuro to launch robotaxi service in Houston by mid-2027.
Lucid Group announced a partnership with Uber and Nuro to launch a robotaxi service in Houston by mid-2027, following a planned launch in the San Francisco Bay Area. The service will use Lucid's electric SUVs equipped with Nuro's Level 4 autonomous t...
Jun 17, 2026 · via pluang.com
Uber plans to launch a premium robotaxi service in Houston by mid-2027, making it the second U.S. market under its partnership with EV maker Lucid and autonomous vehicle startup Nuro. The announcement follows a flurry of activity in the San Francisco Bay Area, as the trio of companies prepare to offer a robotaxi service there later this year. Uber says it will eventually take the robotaxi program to “dozens of cities” in the coming years. For now, the focus is on San Francisco and then Houston — both markets where Uber will go head-to-head with rival Waymo, the Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company that currently operates commercial robotaxi services in both cities. Nuro has spent months testing Lucid Gravity SUVs equipped with its self-driving system in San Francisco and has made progress on that front, including giving Uber employees the ability to hail the Lucid robotaxis. But these vehicles still aren’t driverless, despite Nuro receiving a permit last month from the California Department of Motor Vehicles that would allow it to remove the safety driver from the vehicle. Uber and Nuro’s combined engineering fleet of 100 autonomous vehicles is testing on public roads with safety operators behind the wheel in Houston as well. Nuro is also using closed courses and simulation to validate the self-driving system before opening the robotaxis to the public. The test fleet is expected to expand in the coming weeks as Lucid begins manufacturing the first production versions of the robotaxis at its Arizona factory. The Lucid Gravity robotaxi, unveiled in January, is outfitted with high-resolution cameras, solid-state lidar sensors, and radars that help the self-driving system perceive the real-world environment and operate in it. Uber, which will own and operate the fleet, has focused its efforts on the in-cabin experience, including how riders will interact with
Jun 17, 2026 · via techcrunch.com
Ondas is pushing deeper into the autonomous defense market and has unveiled a broad suite of systems designed to link air, ground, and AI‑driven capabilities into a single operational network. As militaries confront faster, lower‑flying, and increasingly unmanned threats, the company says that it is positioning autonomy as the first layer of engagement. Ondas says that it is not building standalone platforms for a bygone battlefield, but one where autonomous systems that are integrated into one unified system-of-systems will allow technology to be the first contact with the enemy, before troops are exposed. The company’s unified architecture is built to connect air‑defense assets, aerial intelligence platforms, ground robotics, loitering systems, sensors, and AI‑powered command software, with the goal of creating an autonomous force able to sense, decide, orchestrate, execute, and assess across multiple domains without waiting for human operators to process every step. Iron Wave is built around unmanned ground vehicles and containerized deployment modules, combining ground and air defense for forward‑deployed units. It is designed to give frontline forces an autonomous buffer before personnel are exposed. Dual Shield brings a truck‑mounted counter‑UAS system for maneuvering forces, offering mobile layered protection against drones in contested environments. MODUS adds a modular low‑altitude sensing and response layer for dismounted troops, extending autonomous protection to the tactical edge. Scout Cyber‑over‑RF provides a mobile counter‑UAS capability for small teams that need rapid, flexible protection against hostile drones. Iron Arrow, the company’s new long‑range interceptor, is designed to scale autonomous air defense against unmanned platforms. At the center of the architecture is LADOS, a newly unveiled orchestration system that links sensors, autonomous systems, communications, and effectors into one operational ecosystem. It is built to enable synchronized mission execution and real‑time situational awareness across air and ground environments. The rollout follows a series of moves by
Jun 17, 2026 · via jpost.com
Mobileye is moving beyond its role as a technology supplier to establish a wholly owned autonomous ride-hailing operation, with a US launch planned for 2027. The company intends to bring together autonomous driving technology, fleet and rider services, and mobility management within a single vertically integrated division. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms. According to the press statement, this marks a departure from its existing model of licensing self-driving systems to automakers and mobility providers. At the centre of the new service will be Mobileye Drive, its standalone self-driving platform. The initiative will also draw on capabilities from Moovit, a Mobileye subsidiary, encompassing its mobility platform, consumer applications, multimodal trip planning and autonomous vehicle mission control. Mobileye founder and CEO Amnon Shashua said: “As interest in autonomous mobility accelerates, the industry has become increasingly dependent on a small number of technology providers and business models. “We believe there is an opportunity for a new approach—one built on deep autonomous-driving expertise, strong industry partnerships, and proven capabilities across the mobility ecosystem.” Fleet management technologies and teleoperation infrastructure from the subsidiary will also be integrated into the new service. Mobileye said the new operation will run alongside its existing technology supply business and is not expected to alter its commercial arrangements with automakers, mobility operators and other customers. The company said customer-led deployments and its own robotaxi operations are expected to progress in parallel. The initial phase will see roughly 100 vehicles deployed in a major US metropolitan area during 2027, with the rollout taking place in stages throughout the year. The phased approach is intended to validate the operating model under fully driverless conditions. Subject to a successful deployment, Mobileye aims to scale the fleet to approximately
Jun 17, 2026 · via just-auto.com
The Next Chapter for SDS: Japan Applied Intuition has now extended its Self-Driving System across North America, Europe, and Asia—all in under a year. Japan is one of the most important automotive markets in the world—and one of the most demanding environments for intelligent driving systems. Home to some of the industry’s most respected engineering organizations, highest quality standards, and most complex road networks, Japan presents a unique challenge for autonomy and ADAS developers. That’s why we’re excited to announce the expansion of Applied Intuition’s Self-Driving System (SDS) to Japan. Less than a year after launching SDS for Automotive in North America and Europe, we’re bringing the platform to a market that presents a unique combination of challenges for advanced driver-assistance systems and autonomy. Dense urban corridors, multi-exit intersections, left-hand traffic patterns, and stringent regulatory requirements create a uniquely challenging environment. This demands systems capable of adapting quickly while maintaining safety and performance. For us, this expansion—which was announced at Intersect 26: Japan, our featured showcase of Applied Intuition perspectives and technology for industry professionals—is about more than entering a new market. It’s another step toward building a globally scalable self-driving platform capable of supporting automakers across regions, regulations, and driving environments. “Launching SDS in Japan marks a major milestone that reflects the remarkable pace at which we’re advancing production and deployment of autonomous driving,” says Will Lin, head of automotive at Applied Intuition. “Today’s market demands a system that can adapt to all vehicle segments, powertrain types, and regional regulations, and SDS is purpose-built to deliver that, making intelligent driving accessible to everyone.” Our expansion into Japan did not begin this year. Applied Intuition has invested in Japan for years, working closely with some of the country’s leading automotive and commercial vehicle manufacturers. We’ve built local engineering teams, established
Jun 17, 2026 · via appliedintuition.com