With Trump's election as President of the United States, his administration is expected to attempt to ease regulations on self-driving cars, a news that caused Tesla's stock price to rise by over 5% on Monday. Tesla's CEO Elon Musk has been actively promoting the launch of its 'Robot Taxi' service, aimed at competing with rivals like Waymo, a subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet. The market is optimistic about the Trump administration's intentions to lower the regulatory barriers for self-driving cars, resulting in excited investors buying Tesla shares.

This morning, Musk made a grand entrance wearing his leather jacket, riding in the Cybercab autonomous vehicle. The boast made years ago has finally come to fruition today. This futuristic model completely overturns traditional automotive design concepts by eliminating conventional controls like steering wheels, accelerators, and brakes, ushering in a new era of smart transportation. The Cybercab features a strikingly futuristic design with elegant butterfly doors. Although it only accommodates two passengers, its tech-savvy design is sure to attract a lot of attention.

According to 36Kr, Xiaomi's automotive autonomous driving team recently completed a new round of organizational restructuring, marking the entry of Xiaomi's autonomous driving business into a new acceleration phase. The original two secondary departments, 'Perception' and 'Control', have been merged into the 'End-to-End Algorithm and Function Department', responsible for production-ready solution development. This change indicates that Xiaomi's autonomous driving will shift from traditional modular development to the technological route of large end-to-end models. The restructuring of Xiaomi's autonomous driving business and the shift in technological direction aim to capture user mindset and maintain high sales.

Tesla's founder Elon Musk refuted media reports on social platform X regarding a revenue-sharing agreement between Tesla and his AI company xAI. This agreement was said to enhance Tesla's self-driving software, develop a voice assistant, and software for Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus. Musk stated that Tesla indeed received assistance from interactions with xAI, which accelerated the realization of unsupervised FSD, but there is no need to license anything from xAI. He emphasized that xAI's models are too large to be integrated into Tesla.

Uber has formed a strategic partnership with the autonomous taxi company Cruise, planning to offer autonomous ride services through the Uber app next year, potentially covering cities like Phoenix, Dallas, and Houston. Cruise, which paused its service last year due to safety incidents, has now resumed operations under the supervision of safety drivers. This marks an important move for Uber in the self-driving sector, also collaborating with Waymo and Aurora. The partnership with Cruise aims not only to expand autonomous...

Chinese autonomous vehicle company WeRide has made significant progress in California, obtaining a permit for self-driving vehicle testing that allows passenger rides on public roads, although currently it is not permitted to charge fees or offer services to the public. WeRide had previously obtained a permit in 2021 to test autonomous vehicles without passengers on public roads. However, the company's commercialization progress in California appears to be slow, with its autonomous driving mileage in 2023 far below that of competitor Waymo. WeRide is preparing to raise nearly $5 billion.

It has been reported that Alphabet plans to invest an additional $5 billion into its autonomous driving subsidiary, Waymo, over the coming years. This significant announcement was made by Ruth Porat, Alphabet's Chief Financial Officer, during the company's second-quarter earnings call. Porat stated that this "multi-year investment" will align with the investment levels of recent years, aiming to support Waymo's efforts to solidify its position as a global leader in autonomous driving technology.