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Wednesday 8 April 2026
In the race to autonomy, Level 2+ emerges as the winner

The global adoption of advanced driver-assistance systems, or ADAS, and autonomous vehicles is expected to rise from 66 percent in 2025 to 94 percent by 2035. Within that...

Tuesday 7 April 2026
China's auto sales shift, but price war shows no sign of ending

China's auto market showed a notable shift in the first quarter of 2026, with Volkswagen, Geely, and Toyota returning to the top of the...

Friday 3 April 2026
Software-defined vehicles: Longevity vs. rapid tech change
In the era of software-defined vehicles (SDVs), the automotive industry faces a fundamental tension: while a car's mechanical structure can last 15 years or more, its digital computing...
Thursday 26 March 2026
Slower-than-expected smart cockpit monetization prompts global recalibration
Slower-than-expected monetization of smart cockpits is prompting a global reassessment of in-car payments, with implications for automakers, tech platforms, and financial institutions...
Wednesday 25 March 2026
'China Speed': the new benchmark in global auto competition
Through highly centralized supply chains, a software-first development philosophy, and extensive state subsidies, Chinese automakers have compressed traditional vehicle development...
Monday 23 March 2026
Uber bet US$1.25 billion on Rivian to scale Robotaxi fleet
Uber is pushing into autonomous mobility through a multibillion-dollar partnership with Rivian, aiming to deploy tens of thousands of robotaxis across North America and Europe over...
Thursday 19 March 2026
Honda books US$15.7 billion EV loss after scrapping projects and compensating suppliers
Japan's Honda Motor Co. stunned investors in March 2026 by announcing up to JPY2.5 trillion (approx. US$15.8 billion) in impairment losses tied largely to its troubled push into electric...
Thursday 12 March 2026
oToBrite expands into robotics, unmanned vehicles with automotive-grade vision tech

As automation expands from controlled indoor environments into more complex and unpredictable outdoor settings, the ability of vision...

Thursday 5 March 2026
Huawei reveals 896-channel automotive LiDAR with dual-optical architecture

Huawei on March 4 unveiled what it said is the world's first mass-produced 896-channel automotive LiDAR, a sensor designed to significantly...

Monday 2 March 2026
Middle East escalation disrupts AWS data center, Apple retail, and Robotaxi services
US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran triggered retaliatory missile attacks on US bases in Bahrain and Qatar, with spillover disruptions hitting cloud infrastructure, logistics hubs, and...
Saturday 28 February 2026
UK self-driving startup Wayve secures US$1.2 billion to expand robotaxi plans
Wayve, the UK-based autonomous driving startup, has raised US$1.2 billion in a Series D funding round, pushing its valuation to US$8.6 billion. The round was led by venture capital...
Tuesday 24 February 2026
Waymo's Gen6 shift targets cost and climate barriers to autonomous taxi rollouts
Alphabet's Waymo has refocused competition from pure perception advances to real-world feasibility and business model viability with its sixth-generation autonomous driving hardware...
Thursday 12 February 2026
ADAS proves harder to sell than automakers expected
For much of the past decade, artificial intelligence served as a premium badge—an easy way for carmakers to justify higher prices and signal technological leadership. But as...
Wednesday 11 February 2026
Tesla looks beyond cars to map strategy toward 2026
On the afternoon of February 6, 2026, at a media briefing in Beijing, Grace Tao, Tesla Vice President, offered the company's most comprehensive public account to date of its strategic...
Saturday 31 January 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix target surging growth in automotive memory market for autonomous driving systems
Automobiles are rapidly transforming into servers/smartphones-on-wheels with the advancement of autonomous driving technologies, which has led to a surge in demand for automotive memory...