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Autonomous Vehicles News 26 June 2025 - 2 October 2025

Is WeRide’s Robotaxi Revolution About to Change the World? A Deep Dive into WRD as of Oct‑2‑2025

Is WeRide’s Robotaxi Revolution About to Change the World? A Deep Dive into WRD as of Oct‑2‑2025

Company Overview WeRide Inc. is a Chinese autonomous‑vehicle technology company founded in 2017. Its One platform integrates autonomous ride‑hailing (Robotaxi), delivery (Robovan) and sanitation (Robosweeper) services. The company operates in about 30 cities worldwide and has expanded beyond China into the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Belgium globenewswire.com. The business model relies on providing autonomous mobility services via its own fleets and by partnering with transportation authorities and ride‑hailing companies. According to the company, its fleet comprises 600+ robotaxis and more than 1 300 vehicles that have accumulated roughly 55 million km of Level‑4 driverless mileage ir.weride.ai. WeRide emphasises a “One” multi‑city,
2 October 2025
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Soros and ARK Bet $2.5 Billion on Driverless Trucks – Inside Kodiak Robotics’ Bold Wall Street Debut

Soros and ARK Bet $2.5 Billion on Driverless Trucks – Inside Kodiak Robotics’ Bold Wall Street Debut

A Startup’s Journey from Silicon Valley to Wall Street Kodiak Robotics was founded in 2018 with a vision of commercializing driverless semi-trucks at scale. CEO Don Burnette, an industry veteran, previously worked on Google’s self-driving car team and co-founded Otto (the self-driving truck startup acquired by Uber) techcrunch.com. After the Otto saga, Burnette zeroed in on trucking as the “killer app” for autonomy – a sector where automating long-haul rigs could dramatically cut costs and fill chronic driver shortages techcrunch.com reuters.com. Kodiak set up operations in Mountain View, CA, but did much of its testing in Texas, taking advantage of
25 September 2025
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Robotaxis, Rocket Launches, and Record Profits – Tech Highlights (July 17–18, 2025)

Robotaxis, Rocket Launches, and Record Profits – Tech Highlights (July 17–18, 2025)

Uber to deploy 20,000 robotaxis across the United States starting in 2026, with a $300 million investment in Lucid Motors and a partnership with Nuro to use Lucid Gravity SUVs with Nuro’s autonomous driving system. Fortinet FortiWeb faced a critical SQL injection flaw, CVE-2025-25257, compromising at least 49 instances as of July 17. Australian medical tech firm Compumedics disclosed a ransomware breach exposing more than 320,000 patient records across three countries. Google rushed out a patch for the fifth Chrome zero-day vulnerability of 2025. SpaceX launched 24 Amazon Kuiper satellites from Cape Canaveral on July 17, the third Kuiper deployment,
18 July 2025
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Global Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV) Developments – June & July 2025

Global Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV) Developments – June & July 2025

In mid-June 2025, Waymo applied for a New York City permit to begin autonomous car tests with safety drivers, potentially making NYC’s first AV pilot if approved. As of June 2025, Waymo operates about 1,500 self-driving vehicles and handles over 250,000 rides per week across San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin. In late June 2025, Tesla planned limited robotaxi trials with as few as 10 cars, marking its first public foray into autonomous ride-hailing. At the Aspen Ideas Festival on June 27, Ford CEO Jim Farley endorsed LiDAR for safer self-driving and argued for a sensor mix beyond cameras
5 July 2025
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Cyngn’s NVIDIA Partnership at Automatica 2025 Triggers 500 % Stock Explosion and Signals a New Era for Industrial Autonomous Vehicles

Cyngn’s NVIDIA Partnership at Automatica 2025 Triggers 500 % Stock Explosion and Signals a New Era for Industrial Autonomous Vehicles

On June 26, 2025 at Automatica 2025 in Munich, Cyngn demonstrated its DriveMod Stockchaser Gen 4 and other vehicles on NVIDIA’s Isaac platform alongside NVIDIA engineers. NVIDIA’s blog post named Cyngn among “a handful of robotics innovators” integrating Isaac Sim for large-scale virtual testing. Cyngn’s chief executive Lior Tal framed the collaboration as validation of its autonomous-vehicle mission. On June 26, 2025, Cyngn shares jumped to USD 29.25 within 15 minutes, a 483% intraday rise, with more than 44 million shares traded. On June 24, 2025, Cyngn closed at USD 5.01 as the NVIDIA blog post went live. Cyngn has
26 June 2025
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Stock Market Today

Bank of America stock jumps 3% into the weekend — what to watch before Monday’s trade

Bank of America stock jumps 3% into the weekend — what to watch before Monday’s trade

7 February 2026
Bank of America shares rose 2.89% Friday to $56.53, tracking a rally in U.S. financial stocks as the Dow closed above 50,000. The bank will redeem its Series DD preferred stock and related depositary shares on March 10 at $1,000 per share. CEO Brian Moynihan donated 100,000 shares on Feb. 4, a regulatory filing showed. Key U.S. jobs and inflation data are due next week after delays.
Oracle stock rebounds from eight-day skid as $20 billion share-sale plan looms

Oracle stock rebounds from eight-day skid as $20 billion share-sale plan looms

7 February 2026
Oracle shares jumped 4.65% to $142.82 Friday, ending an eight-day slide but remaining down 22% since Jan. 27. The company has set up a $20 billion at-the-market stock program and completed a $25 billion senior notes sale to fund cloud expansion. Oracle’s liabilities stood at $174.5 billion as of Nov. 30, 2025, before the new financing. Investors remain focused on dilution risks and the pace of capacity growth.
ASML stock price snaps back as AI spending bets return, with ex-dividend date next

ASML stock price snaps back as AI spending bets return, with ex-dividend date next

7 February 2026
ASML shares rose 3.84% Friday in Amsterdam to 1,193.80 euros, rebounding with global chip stocks after Amazon signaled a sharp increase in AI-related capital spending. The stock goes ex-dividend Feb. 9 ahead of a 1.60-euro interim payout. ASML’s Nasdaq shares climbed 4.64% to $1,413.01. Despite Friday’s gains, the Amsterdam listing finished the week about 2.5% lower.
Mastercard stock price: MA slips as Dow hits 50,000; jobs and CPI data next week

Mastercard stock price: MA slips as Dow hits 50,000; jobs and CPI data next week

7 February 2026
Mastercard shares closed down 0.6% at $548.74 Friday, trailing gains in Visa and American Express. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 2.47% to a record 50,115.67. Mastercard disclosed a new cybersecurity partnership in the UAE and raised compensation for two top executives. U.S. jobs and inflation data, delayed by a government shutdown, are due next week.
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