NASA awards $2.9bn contract to SpaceX for human landing system
The Starship HLS developed by SpaceX will land two US astronauts on Moon
Transport
Volvo Cars to provide XC90 cars for DiDi’s self-driving test fleet
19 Apr 21The XC90 cars will be integrated with the DiDi Gemini self-driving hardware platform
GM, LG to invest $2.3bn to build second EV battery plant in US
19 Apr 21The facility is expected to produce battery cells for GM's Spring Hill assembly plant
Self-driving car start-up Cruise secures investment from Walmart
16 Apr 21Investment is part of a funding round announced in January 2021, which takes the total capital to $2.75bn
Elon Musk’s SpaceX secures $1.16bn in recent equity financing
15 Apr 21The private space company had raised nearly $850m in February to take its valuation to $74bn
Mobileye to provide self-driving technology for Udelv’s Transporters
14 Apr 21The Mobileye-driven Transporters ADVs are underpinned by a pre-order booked by Donlen for 1,000 vehicles
Taxi-hailing company Kakao Mobility secures $50m investment from Google
05 Apr 21Google will take a stake of nearly 1.7% in the South Korean MaaS platform
Plus raises $220m additional funding for self-driving truck technology
01 Apr 21The funds will be used for the commercial deployment plans of the company’s driver-in autonomous driving solution PlusDrive
Volvo, Aurora partner to develop on-highway autonomous trucks
31 Mar 21The partnership will focus on the integration of the Aurora Driver into Volvo’s on-highway trucks
UK-based online car retailer Cazoo to merge with AJAX I in $7bn deal
30 Mar 21The merger will enable Cazoo to become a publicly-listed company