Kevin Jost

At its Investor Day 2023, Tesla gave a four-hour deep dive at Gigafactory Texas on its Master Plan 3 for creating a sustainable energy future, which included some insight on recent developments in Autopilot and Full Self Driving and preparations for switching on its future robotaxi fleet.

The new project, aimed at bringing automated terminal tractors to series production, adds to Fernride’s work with HHLA Next for highly automated and electric container logistics, both aimed at using autonomous driving and teleoperated technology within live operations.

Its Ioniq 5 robotaxis have added Las Vegas autonomous rides at night, a remote vehicle assistance system helps with complex road scenarios, and passengers can control certain vehicle functions with their ride-hail app.

The latest autonomous-driving push for the maker of Jaguars and Land Rovers is the creation of hubs in Germany, Italy, and Spain to develop technologies and recruit talent, building on its Reimagine transformation strategy that includes partnerships with Nvidia and Plug and Play.

The company’s technology will be used at Singapore’s Changi, which expects to be the first airport in the world to operate autonomous luggage trucks, adding to a recent UK grant award for Aurrigo’s Auto-Shuttle in the Sunderland Advanced Mobility Shuttle project.

The ProPILOT Assist 2.0 advanced driving assistance system, starting with the Ariya all-electric crossover, uses lane-level positioning by Trimble, high-definition map data by Ushr, and a high-definition location module by Mitsubishi Electric.

The joint development is for a next-generation high-end parking user experience for customers on private grounds and parking facilities ranging from automated maneuver assistance to Level 4 automated valet parking.

After California’s approval last week, the company’s robotaxi can transport employees on a public route between its two main office buildings, traveling up to 35 mph, and handling left-hand and right-hand turns, bi-directional turns, traffic lights, cyclists, pedestrians, vehicles, and other road users on the route.

The Pittsburgh Robotics Network’s partnership with Innovation Works-led Robotics Factory funded by Build Back Better Regional Challenge grants is just the latest of the non-profit’s efforts aimed at boosting the region’s robotics and autonomy technology leadership and new business opportunities.

In addition to supplying lidar for Polestar 3 and its sister model Volvo EX90, the Polestar partnership extends to future cars including the upcoming Polestar 5, and at CES the lidar maker unveiled its new software-based mapping product developed after secretive acquisition of Civil Maps.