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Antolin: The company is investigating the potential of lighting as a versatile and intelligent system capable of interacting with various functions within the interior. Its latest pioneering development (NightSight Assist) is based on a lighting system that can optimize the driver’s pupil diameter by inhibiting adverse effects caused by low-light conditions and thus improving the user’s vision.

Xpeng: The additional employees would represent a 25% expansion of the Volkswagen-backed EV maker's workforce from the latest headcount of 15,829 at the end of 2022. The expansion was announced in a letter from Chief Executive He Xiaopeng to employees on Sunday, the first working day after the Lunar New Year holiday.

Shares of GM rose about 2%. Cruise is an "incredibly valuable asset", General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra said at an event hosted by Wolfe Research. The Detroit automaker will focus on relaunching the unit this year, she added while reiterating her support for the unit.

Cruise Robotaxi: Cruise named Steve Kenner as its chief safety officer, who will oversee Cruise's safety management systems and operations.

Companies bought 31,159 robots in 2023, a decrease of 30% over the year before, the largest drop in percentage terms since 2006 and largest drop ever in net units, according to the group, known as A3. The pullback occurred in automotive-related industries - which made up about half of the market last year - as well as other sectors such as food and metals manufacturing.