02 Aurora begins first commercial driverless trucking operation in Texas

The autonomous vehicle technology company has become the first to operate a commercial self-driving service with heavy-duty trucks on public roads, transforming how goods are moved in the U.S., beginning with regular, round-trip driverless hauls between Dallas and Houston.

03 Intel shows chiplet-architecture SOC in Shanghai

At Auto Shanghai 2025, Intel unveiled a new auto chip that it says uses the automotive industry’s first multi-process-node chiplet architecture, and it announced expanded collaborations with ModelBest and Black Sesame Technologies—all in its effort to accelerate software-defined-vehicle development.

04 BYD has designs on new energy vehicle dominance

The world’s leading maker of new-energy (hybrid and full electric) vehicles used Auto Shanghai 2025 to showcase Denza Z sports car and BYD Dynasty-D full-size SUV concepts, a lengthened Yangwang U8L SUV, and Fangchenbao brand models, as its next generation game-changing Super e-Platform nears mass production.

05 TI enables vehicle autonomy advances with new lidar, clock, and radar chips

The company introduced an ‘industry-first’ high-speed, single-chip lidar laser driver that detects objects faster and more accurately than discrete solutions, bulk acoustic wave clocks that are 100 times more reliable than quartz-based clocks, and mmWave tech to enhance front and corner radar sensors.

06 Inside Factorial Energy’s latest solid-state battery milestone with Stellantis

The partners successfully validated automotive-sized solid-state-battery cells with 375-W·h/kg energy density, a major step toward commercial use with Stellantis planning a demonstration fleet by 2026, and Factorial’s CEO answers a few Futurride questions regarding her company’s breakthrough technology.