02 Aurora begins first commercial driverless trucking operation in Texas

The autonomous vehicle technology company became 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

In April, 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 Genesis brings ‘Athletic Elegance’ designs to NYC

At the New York International Auto Show, Hyundai Motor Group’s luxury brand revealed the X Gran Equator concept, intended to marry on-road sophistication with off-road resilience, and its first full-scale GMR-001 Hypercar, an LMDh endurance prototype engineered for WEC and IMSA racing.

07 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.