The virtual development platform is getting expanded use across nearly three dozen BMW Group factories worldwide, but the most significant automotive news from the developer conference is BYD’s planned use of Nvidia’s Drive Orin for a more standardized software platform in a broader range of vehicles.

New Ford subsidiary draws more than 500 employees from recently disbanded Argo AI.

In recent updates from the autonomous vehicle technology company, CEO Chris Urmson talks about the $700 billion freight opportunity, how the Aurora Driver is nearing the critical feature-complete milestone, and the progress toward a planned Aurora Horizon commercial launch by the end of 2024.

The first project will debut in Cary, North Carolina, with the four-stop, two-mile route employing an all-electric low-speed autonomous shuttle to provide easy access the 310-acre park in an environmentally friendly manner.

The expanded partnership will build on the companies’ current offering of on-demand, dynamically routed, and shared autonomous vehicle services in three cities.

The next-generation Ultra Cruise advanced driver assistance system on the upcoming Cadillac Celestiq is engineered to ultimately enable hands-free driving in 95% of all driving scenarios thanks to help from suppliers like Qualcomm, Infineon, Cepton, and FocalPoint.

Honda will showcase the new capabilities of the latest generation of its prototype Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV) to improve construction industry and worksite efficiencies at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023 in Las Vegas, March 14-18, the company announced March 6.

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.