Magna puts spotlight on thermal imaging for AEB

At a CEO roundtable and tech preview event last month, the automotive mega supplier showed many new innovations but here we feature one of the most important–leading-edge thermal sensing to meet the U.S. mandate for improved automatic emergency braking on all cars and light trucks in 2029.

Prodrive, Astheimer last-mile EV headed for 2028 production

Designed by Astheimer and engineered by Prodrive Advanced Technology, the Evolv demonstrator offers N1 load capacity in an L7e package and will be taken to production by their new UK-based joint venture ELM Mobility in updated form starting at around £25,000.

Gatik takes next major driverless step with safety-case conformity assessment

The autonomous middle-mile logistics leader has engaged Edge Case Research to support development and safety engineering and TÜV SÜD to perform comprehensive third-party safety assessment services.

RFpro eases AV development with more advanced simulation platform

The company’s AV elevate enables closed-loop perception testing and the creation of synthetic training data through the tuning of sensor systems, training of perception and control algorithms, and testing of the full AV technology stack, reducing the industry’s reliance on real-world testing and data collection.

E-lixr previews electric water taxi pilot program in Miami

The startup’s sustainable alternative to traditional transport in congested cities, launching now with “Pre-lectric” service Axopar vessels as premium water taxis, previews a 2025 introduction of the U.S.’s first all-electric waterborne transportation service powered by the zero-emission E-lixr vessels.