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The US is expected to propose banning Chinese software in autonomous and connected vehicles in the coming weeks.

Mercedes earned approval to conduct L4 self-driving in Beijing. The German company is the first international carmaker to secure permission to put its self-driving tech on the road in the Chinese capital, ahead of Tesla.

Aurora Innovation raised $483M, surpassing expectations, by issuing additional shares in the publicly traded self-driving truck company. The proceeds from the sale will be used by the startup to initiate driverless truck testing in Texas later this year.

Uber says that in Q2 autonomous vehicles trips on its platform grew 6x from a year prior —fueled by partnerships with robotaxi operator Waymo, delivery robot firm Serve, autonomous freight startup Waabi, and more.

And Uber has another important partnership coming online soon. The ridehailer just announced a deal with BYD to put 100,000 electric vehicles onto its platform, starting in Europe and Latin America. Uber also highlighted the automated driving features of BYD’s vehicles.

Related: BYD unveiled new updates to Seal EV, its Tesla Model 3 competitor, including roof-mounted lidar.

Chinese self-driving startup WeRide has filed for a U.S. IPO, looking to raise up to $500M.

San José won a $260,000 grant from the Toyota Mobility Foundation to explore AI and computer vision technologies to improve local traffic safety.

Elsewhere in California, Beep is expanding its driverless shuttle to Walnut Creek after a successful rollout last year in San Ramon.

Self-driving buses are coming to Tokyo’s Haneda airport to help carry travelers around the premises.

AutoFlight, a Shanghai-based developer of autonomous eVTOLs, has inked a strategic partnership and investment deal with battery behemoth CATL that is said to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Anthony Levandowski’s off-road autonomy startup, Pronto, has expanded its partnership with Heidelberg Materials North America, one of the world’s largest producers of building materials and cement.

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