Global Autonomous Driving Companies · Ranked

27 leading AV companies tiered into Leaders, Contenders, Challengers, and Followers — scored on technology, commercial deployment, safety, scalability, and data advantage. Updated April 2026.

Score Weights:Tech Capability 25%Commercial Deployment 25%Safety Record 20%Scalability & Business Model 15%Data Advantage 15%

27 AV companies tracked · Tier badges shown first; category-leader badges follow.

#	Company	Listing / Backer	Score	Tech Capability	Commercial Deployment	Safety Record	Scalability & Business Model	Data Advantage
🥇	Waymo🇺🇸LeadersBest Tech Alphabet · 2009 (Google Self-Driving)	Alphabet 2009 (Google Self-Driving)	89.9	95	92	88	78	92
🥈	NVIDIA DRIVE🇺🇸LeadersMost Scalable NVIDIA · 2015 (DRIVE PX)	NVIDIA 2015 (DRIVE PX)	87.4	92	88	82	95	78
🥉	Mobileye🇮🇱Leaders Intel (NASDAQ:MBLY) · 1999	Intel (NASDAQ:MBLY) 1999	85.3	88	80	85	90	85
4	Baidu Apollo🇨🇳Leaders Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) · 2017 (Apollo open-source)	Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) 2017 (Apollo open-source)	85.1	86	88	82	80	88
5	Momenta🇨🇳Contenders Momenta · Private · 2016	Momenta · Private 2016	82.4	82	80	78	90	85
6	Horizon Robotics🇨🇳Contenders Horizon (HKEX:9660) · 2015	Horizon (HKEX:9660) 2015	82.4	82	85	78	92	75
7	Pony.ai🇨🇳Contenders Pony.ai (NASDAQ:PONY) · 2016	Pony.ai (NASDAQ:PONY) 2016	80.6	84	80	80	75	82
8	Aurora Innovation🇺🇸Contenders Aurora (NASDAQ:AUR) · 2017	Aurora (NASDAQ:AUR) 2017	79.1	84	75	82	75	78
9	WeRide🇨🇳Contenders WeRide (NASDAQ:WRD) · 2017	WeRide (NASDAQ:WRD) 2017	78.7	82	78	78	76	78
10	Tesla FSD / Cybercab🇺🇸ContendersBest Data Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) · 2014 (Autopilot)	Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) 2014 (Autopilot)	78.5	80	70	60	95	98
11	XPeng XNGP🇨🇳Contenders XPeng (HKEX:9868 · NYSE:XPEV) · 2023 (XNGP city-NOA)	XPeng (HKEX:9868 · NYSE:XPEV) 2023 (XNGP city-NOA)	77.7	84	78	75	70	78
12	Kodiak Robotics🇺🇸Contenders Kodiak · Private (going public via SPAC) · 2018	Kodiak · Private (going public via SPAC) 2018	75.1	80	70	78	75	72
13	Wayve🇬🇧Challengers Wayve · Private (SoftBank, NVIDIA, Microsoft) · 2017	Wayve · Private (SoftBank, NVIDIA, Microsoft) 2017	74.4	86	60	72	82	75
14	DiDi Autonomous Driving🇨🇳Challengers DiDi (OTC:DIDIY) · 2019	DiDi (OTC:DIDIY) 2019	74.4	78	70	72	78	75
15	AutoX🇨🇳Challengers AutoX · Private (Alibaba, Dongfeng) · 2016	AutoX · Private (Alibaba, Dongfeng) 2016	74.3	80	72	75	70	72
16	Zoox🇺🇸Challengers Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) · 2014	Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) 2014	72.8	82	65	75	68	72
17	Gatik🇺🇸Challengers Gatik · Private (Koch, Innovation Endeavors) · 2017	Gatik · Private (Koch, Innovation Endeavors) 2017	71.5	72	70	75	75	65
18	DeepRoute.ai🇨🇳Challengers DeepRoute.ai · Private · 2019	DeepRoute.ai · Private 2019	70.5	78	65	70	70	68
19	Plus.ai🇺🇸Challengers Plus · Private · 2016	Plus · Private 2016	70.1	75	65	72	70	68
20	May Mobility🇺🇸Challengers May Mobility · Private (Toyota, BMW i Ventures) · 2017	May Mobility · Private (Toyota, BMW i Ventures) 2017	69.5	70	70	75	65	65
21	Hyundai 42dot🇰🇷Challengers Hyundai Motor Group · 2019	Hyundai Motor Group 2019	69.0	72	60	75	70	70
22	Woven by Toyota🇯🇵Challengers Toyota (NYSE:TM) · 2018	Toyota (NYSE:TM) 2018	68.6	75	50	78	70	75
23	Oxa🇬🇧Challengers Oxa (formerly Oxbotica) · Private · 2014	Oxa (formerly Oxbotica) · Private 2014	68.3	75	60	75	65	65
24	QCraft🇨🇳Challengers QCraft · Private · 2019	QCraft · Private 2019	67.8	72	65	70	65	65
25	Nuro🇺🇸Challengers Nuro · Private (SoftBank, T. Rowe Price) · 2016	Nuro · Private (SoftBank, T. Rowe Price) 2016	67.4	78	50	72	70	70
26	Motional🇺🇸Challengers Hyundai-Aptiv JV · 2020	Hyundai-Aptiv JV 2020	66.0	75	55	70	60	70
27	Cruise🇺🇸Followers GM (NYSE:GM) · 2013 · acquired by GM 2016	GM (NYSE:GM) 2013 · acquired by GM 2016	54.8	75	35	50	40	75