Self-driving car news on autonomous vehicle technology, Waymo, Cruise, regulatory approvals, safety data, and the road to full vehicle autonomy.
Waymo, Tesla, Zoox, and companies absorbing Apple Project Titan's engineers are bidding up AV talent to extraordinary levels, with senior engineers commanding over $500,000 in total annual compensation as AI acceleration makes their skills portable across all of tech.
Dutch vehicle authority RDW approved Tesla Full Self-Driving Supervised for highways and city streets, making the Netherlands the first EU country to authorize the system and setting a regulatory template for the rest of Europe.
BYD and Nissan have signed on to use NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion, the full-stack autonomous platform targeting Level 4 capability in production vehicles by 2028.
Waymo is partnering with police departments and first responders to integrate robotaxis into emergency response protocols across its operating cities.
General Motors launched supervised autonomous highway tests in Michigan and California, marking a renewed push into self-driving after the Cruise restructuring.
