As the automotive world has transitioned toward software defined vehicles, legacy automakers have had a hard time doing it successfully. GM has had a lot of issues including a multi-month stop-sale on the Chevrolet Blazer EV. With a new software testing lab at its Warren Michigan tech center, the automaker is hoping to improve the situation. Read more about it in this article https://www.theautopian.com/a-history-of-gm-software-and-how-a-new-quality-lab-aims-to-fix-the-companys-recent-problems/

It's Electric has launched it's first 3 commercial deployments of its curbside EV charging system in Boston, San Francisco and last in Detroit. By the end of 2025, it hopes to have 200 chargers operational.

Aurora Innovation has completed its safety case for its automated driving system and this week it launched commercial driverless trucking operations between Dallas and Houston with El Paso to be added later this year.

Like most other legacy automakers, Ford has struggled with adapting to a new way of designing and building modern software and electronics architectures. The automaker has now reportedly cancelled the next-generation electronics architecture it has been working on for several years.

Toyota and Waymo have announced a preliminary agreement to collaborated on automated vehicles which could see Waymo technology deployed on consumer vehicles from Toyota and Lexus in future years.

At ACT Expo 2025, Hyundai has unveiled its latest generation Xcient hydrogen fuel cell heavy duty truck and announced a partnership with automated driving system developer Plus.

Startup Slate has introduced a minimalist compact electric pickup truck that offers a 5-foot bed, 150 miles of range, 2 seats and not much else for $27,000. Whether Americans actually go for this is going to be a very interesting market research experiment. https://www.telemetryagency.com/post/slate-s-big-market-research-experiment

A new automated vehicle safety framework announced by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy does nothing to improve or ensure the safety of AVs, but should make life a little easier for Tesla and its hopes to deploy robotaxis