Federal Judge Rejects Wyoming Lawsuit Against VW

A federal district court judge in California has tossed out a lawsuit by Wyoming against Volkswagen AG that sought $1.5 billion in environmental damages related to the carmaker’s diesel emission cheating scandal, Reuters reports.

ZF Joins Berkley AI Consortium

ZF Friedrichshafen AG has joined the University of California-Berkley’s DeepDrive research consortium for computer vision and machine learning technologies in automotive applications.

EU Readies “Real Driving” Emission Test

The European Union will debut a new emission test on Sept. 1 that is intended to measure pollution levels from cars in real-world conditions, Reuters notes.

Magna Touts Level 4 Autonomous Platform

Canada’s Magna International Inc. says it has developed an integrated platform that enables Level 4 autonomous vehicle operation (hands-free braking, steering, throttle and lane-changing) in most city and highway driving.

Zoox Self-Driving-Car Startup Gains 17 Ex-Apple Auto Engineers

Some 17 automotive engineers at Apple Inc. have joined autonomous car startup Zoox Inc., sources tell Bloomberg News.

Ford Self-Driving Strategy May Include Big Trucks

Ford Motor Co. is evaluating a variety of applications for emerging automated vehicle technologies, including light- and medium-duty commercial trucks.

Innoviz Gets Even More Tier One Support

Consider this: a company that was founded in January 2016 by former members of the Israeli Defense Forces has, within the matter of a couple of weeks, made agreements with two of the world’s leading automotive suppliers.

Toyota Invests in SE Asia’s Grab Ride-Hailing Service

Toyota Motor Corp. has joined a $2.5 billion financing round by GrabTaxi Holdings Pte Ltd., a Singapore-based ride-hailing startup.

Automated “Super Cruise” to be Standard on Top Caddy CT6

General Motors Co. will introduce its new Super Cruise self-driving technology as standard equipment this autumn on the top trim line of the Cadillac CT6 luxury sedan

Ford, Domino’s Test Autonomous Pizza Delivery

Ford Motor Co. and Domino's Pizza Inc. plan to begin testing customer reactions to pizza deliveries made with a self-driving car over the next two months in Ann Arbor, Mich.