autonomous vehicles

WeRide and Grab launch Singapore's first autonomous ride service after 30,000km of trials with 1,000+ passengers, marking a major milestone in autonomous mobility adoption.

Seyond shipped 332,000 lidar units with 45% YoY growth and achieved 7.9% gross margins on $154M revenue, debuting on Hong Kong Stock Exchange and entering Hang Seng Composite Index.

Asia-Pacific dominates global ride-hailing with 57.5% of 13 billion trips in H1 2025, with regional champions Didi and Uber controlling 77% and 75% shares respectively.

Analysis identifies Carvana, Ferrari, and Nvidia as long-term wealth builders positioned across consolidation, luxury pricing power, and AI infrastructure dominance respectively.

Amazon's Zoox launches in Austin and Miami but still lacks federal approval to charge for rides despite 2M autonomous miles.

Rocket Lab offers superior risk-reward versus Tesla, backed by $816M Space Force contract and Neutron rocket momentum versus Tesla's struggling EV business and speculative robotics pivot.

Auddia announces LT350, a patented parking lot micro warehouse network combining drones, autonomous EVs, and AI logistics to transform last-mile delivery operations.

Uber invests $1.25B in Rivian, orders 50,000 autonomous R2 vehicles by 2031. Rivian delays profitability target to fund robotaxi development.

NHTSA escalates investigation into Tesla's Full Self-Driving system across 3.2M vehicles, threatening autonomy growth narrative as stock slides 25% from recent highs.

NHTSA intensifies Full Self-Driving investigation across 3.2M Tesla vehicles over visibility concerns. Potential recall threatens robotaxi ambitions underpinning $1.2T valuation.

Uber's hybrid autonomous-human driver model shows 30% more trips, 25% faster pickups than standalone fleets in early testing.

$UBER's platform strategy in autonomous vehicles sidesteps manufacturing risks while leveraging 20+ partnerships to deploy Level 4 self-driving across 28 cities by 2028.

Autonomous vehicles may expand rather than destroy Uber's market. Early Austin and Atlanta data show AV deployments boosted trip growth, driver numbers, and earnings, suggesting market expansion and platform opportunity for Uber's demand aggregation advantage.

Tesla's 58.9% U.S. EV market dominance and emerging Robotaxi and Optimus robot initiatives position the stock for potential S&P 500 outperformance in 2026 despite 2025 sales declines.

Uber commits $1.25B to deploy 50,000 Rivian autonomous vehicles by 2031. Partnership validates autonomous ride-hailing but reveals divergent investor risk profiles between capital-light Uber and cash-burning Rivian.

Auddia unveils LT350 distributed AI datacenter platform combining solar canopies, GPU computing, and EV charging for autonomous vehicle infrastructure needs.

Nvidia, Meta, and Alphabet emerge as compelling long-term AI investments, dominating chips, advertising, and diversified AI infrastructure respectively.

Stock futures fell 0.43-0.84% after U.S. allies rejected Trump's Hormuz naval deployment call. Oil surged 4.72% on supply concerns. Fed expected to hold rates steady in March.

Major tech companies announced billions in AI investments this week, while Trump administration sued California over emissions. Meta, Nvidia, Oracle, and Amazon made significant moves.

Bill Ackman's hedge fund has 48% of its $14B stock portfolio invested in just three companies: Brookfield, Uber, and Alphabet, betting on growth and AI.