Autonomous Vehicles

WeRide (0800.HK) and Pony.ai (2026.HK) sink on Hong Kong debut as IPO wave tests robotaxi stocks

Nov 6, 2025 — Hong Kong Chinese robotaxi developers WeRide and Pony.ai stumbled out of the gate in Hong Kong on Thursday, with both stocks sliding around 10% in early dealings despite raising a combined ~HK$9.1 billion (US$1.17 billion) in fresh capital. The weak start comes amid a rush of new listings and lingering doubts about the near‑term profitability of autonomous‑driving businesses. Reuters Key takeaways How the debuts priced—and why shares slid WeRide’s global offering was set at HK$27.10 per share for ~88.3 million shares, targeting ~HK$2.39 billion (US$308 million) in proceeds. Trading began today after the company’s 2024 Nasdaq

6 November 2025

Innoviz Stock Skyrockets on LiDAR Boom and Big Autonomous Driving Deals

Innoviz’s recent stock surge reflects these positive fundamentals. CEO Omer Keilaf emphasized in the Q2 report that “we generated more revenues than in all of 2024” in H1 and drove cash burn into low single digits ir.innoviz.tech. He noted Innoviz has begun shipping units from its new Fabrinet production line and is advancing its L3 and L4 programs. Keilaf also highlighted the InnovizSMART product, calling it “built on the same technological foundation as [our] automotive solutions” for smart infrastructure ts2.tech. These comments underscore that Innoviz is not only growing sales but also diversifying into security, traffic and robotics markets. Analysts

15 October 2025

Autonomous Vehicles · LiDAR · Market News · Stocks · Technology

Oshkosh Unveils Autonomous “X-MAV” Launcher with 4 Tomahawks at AUSA 2025 – Game-Changer for Ukraine?

Sources: Official Oshkosh press materials and defense media reports oshkoshdefense.com navalnews.com kyivindependent.com united24media.com defensemirror.com aljazeera.com. These include Oshkosh Defense announcements and coverage by Naval News, Army Recognition, Kyiv Independent, United24, DefenseMirror and Al Jazeera.

14 October 2025

Autonomous Systems · Defense Technology · Military Innovation · Missile Launchers · NYSE:OSK · Ukraine Conflict

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

Autonomous Vehicles · Future Mobility · Innovation · NASDAQ:WRD · Robotaxi · Stock Market · Technology Trends

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

AGV · Autonomous Vehicles · Industry Trends · Robotics · Technology

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

Artificial Intelligence · Autonomous Vehicles · Industry News · NASDAQ:CYNG · NASDAQ:NVDA · Robotics · Stock Market