====== Full-stack Teams and Cars ======
All these teams are attempting to build the "full stack" of a robocar or other autonomous outdoor vehicle. They may also be building some hardware components, or in a few cases, plan to build or have custom manufactured the vehicle.
===== Robotaxi =====
These teams probably plan to deploy a robotaxi service using their system, and possibly their car

  * [[Waymo]] - The almost undisputed leader
  * [[Cruise]] / GM - GM purchased startup and now has billions of investment from [[Honda]], [[Softbank]].
  * [[Zoox]] - Well funded startup plans to build car, software and robotaxi service.  Maverick founder [[Tim Kentley-Klay]] was pushed out.
  * [[Uber]] - World's number one ride company has very active project, but it was set back tremendously by a [[Uber Fatality|Fatality]]
  * [[Lyft]] - The USA's number two ride company is making strong efforts.
  * [[Ford]] & Argo AI - Ford partnered with ex-Waymo engineer [[Bryan Saleskly]] to build a self-drive unit.
  * [[Tesla]] - Carmaker with aggressive promises that their [[Autopilot]] will turn to full self-drive in 2020.
  * [[Apple]] - Highly secret "Project Titan" employs many at the world's most valuable company.
  * [[Didi]] (the Uber of China)


===== Software Stack =====


These teams are building a fairly full self-driving stack, but it will go in a partner's or customer's car.
  * [[Aurora]] -- $2B valuation startup with founders including [[Chris Urmson]]
  * [[Baidu]] -- Chinese top search engine, behind the [[Apollo]] stack
  * [[Pony.ai]]
  * [[Roadstar.ai]]
  * [[Drive.ai]] -- Software startup once valued at $200M, now reportedly acquired by [[Apple]]
  * [[Phantom AI]]
  * [[Apex.AI]]
  * [[Momenta]]
  * [[AIMotive]] - Hungarian firm with simulator and autopilot
  * [[Renovo]]
  * [[Imagry]] -- Attempting mapless driving
  * [[TORC]] - Darpa Challenge competitors
  * [[Naver]] -- Korean search engine
  * [[Voyage]] -- out of [[Udacity]], aimed at retirement villages
  * [[Oxbotica]] -- from Oxford
  * [[Blackberry]] QNX division -- QNX Founder [[Dan Dodge]] has built a reference stack without neural networks.
  * [[FiveAI]]
  * [[ThorDrive]] -- Korea / SV doing vans
  * [[Helm.ai]] -- Stealth SV company, raised $10M

See also [[Advanced autopilot]] driver assist systems.

===== Automakers =====
These automakers have active, mostly full-stack projects.  (See Robotaxi section for automakers planning that business.)
  * [[Daimler]]
  * [[BMW]]
  * [[VW]]
  * [[Audi]]
  * [[Volvo]]
  * [[Nissan]]
  * [[Renault]]
  * [[Hyundai]]
  * [[Kia]]
  * [[Honda]]
  * [[Byton]]
  * [[Nio]]
  * [[Toyota]]
  * [[Faraday Future]]
  * [[Peugeot]] Citroen
  * [[Tata]]
  * [[Mahindra]]
  * [[Subaru]]
  * [[Changan]]
  * [[Xiaopeng]] / XMotors.ai -- Chinese electric carmaker
  * [[FCA]] makes vehicles for [[Waymo]] and has a partnership with [[Aurora]]


===== Logistics =====

See the [[Delivery]] section for last-mile delivery on sidewalks and roads.

==== Trucking ====
These teams have a focus on long haul trucks and large vehicles
  * [[TuSimple]]
  * [[Kodiak]]
  * [[Ike]]
  * [[Starsky]]
  * [[CarOne]] -- stealth
  * [[Embark]]
  * [[Cyngn]] -- from the bones of CyanogenMod Android fork
  * [[Waymo]]
  * [[Otto]] (defunct)
  * [[Thor]]
  * [[Pronto.ai]]
  * [[WeRide]]/JingChi
  * [[NullMax]] -- Shanghai
  * [[Aurora]]
  * [[Gatik AI]] -- SV based, out of CMU
  * [[PlusAI]]
  * [[Freightliner]] -- a unit of [[Daimler]].
  * [[Locomation]]
  * [[Peloton]]

Off-road
  * [[Komatsu]] -- mining trucks.

===== Tier One Suppliers =====
These companies are big suppliers and don't plan to build or operate vehicles, but are working on a system to sell to customers, or a reference implementation.
  * [[Bosch]]
  * [[Continental]]
  * [[Magna]]
  * [[ZF]]
  * [[MobilEye]]
  * [[Renesas]]
  * [[Nvidia]] -- promotes GPU chips for neural networks
  * [[Delphi]]
  * [[Valeo]]
  * [[Mando]] -- Korean supplier
  * [[Qualcomm]] -- processor chips and communication
  * [[Ambarella]] -- fabless chip company
  * [[Aptiv]] (Nutonomy) - Formerly part of Delphi

===== Shuttles =====
These teams are making shuttles or low-speed vehicles, rather than private taxis or private cars
  * [[Navya]]
  * [[Local Motors]]
  * [[May Mobility]]
  * [[Easymile]]
  * [[Ridecell]]
  * [[SB Drive]]

[[Academic Teams]]