The indictment was part of five cases centred on allegations concerning the theft of trade secrets and other technology, of which two others relate to China

One of the proposed rules is aimed at pushing carmakers to use domestic cloud services by banning smart cars in the country from transferring data directly abroad

Pony.ai started driverless testing in Guangzhou in June 2021 and has accumulated nearly 200,000 fee-charging robotaxi orders globally as of this month

Tesla’s Autopilot team set out to engineer and record a “demonstration of the system’s capabilities” at the request of Musk, a senior engineer said

The Afeela EV demonstrates how automakers are increasingly focussing on the in-car cockpit experience, which presents greater monetisation opportunities

Nvidia said its technology, which includes chips to process information from sensors in real time, will help Foxconn overcome challenges in ramping up automobile production

The test flight of the Avic AR-500BJ near Qingdao suggests small autonomous helicopters could operate over the ocean

The Apollo RT6 EV – a cross between an SUV and a minivan – will use eight lidars, a detection system similar to radar that uses pulsed laser light, and 12 cameras

The car, which doesn't have door handles and can be controlled by voice recognition, was launched at an online press conference held on Baidu's metaverse-themed app Xirang

Baidu said the permit would allow 10 of its autonomous vehicles to offer rides on the open roads in the area, without human drivers sitting behind the wheel

Toyota-backed tech firm gets a licence to operate 100 vehicles in Guangzhou's Nansha district. Rival groups are also testing self-driving cars in Shenzhen, Changsha and California.

The government wants to make the change in order to promote services using "self-driving" vehicles, Nikkei said