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Auto Landscape of the United States

22,021 Auto companies in the United States, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.

22,021companies tracked
$52.8Bdisclosed funding
1,827hiring right now
7,257events · 24 months
1,329,665news articles · 12 months

Who leads Auto in the United States

Shows 22,021 tracked auto firms, highlighting which are hiring, funded, or receiving coverage; 1,827 are hiring now and 460 have disclosed a funding round.

open roles
Hiring now
ranked by live open roles
  1. 01PACCAR13last posted Aug 2026
  2. 02MSX International13last posted Aug 2026
  3. 03Harman International13last posted Aug 2026
  4. 04Cummins13last posted Aug 2026
  5. 05BorgWarner13last posted Aug 2026
  6. 06Allison Transmission12last posted Jul 2026
  7. 07Carvana12last posted Jul 2026
  8. 08dorman products12last posted Jul 2026
1,827 companies hiring · 21 posted in the last 30 days
disclosed funding
Most funded
disclosed totals, all rounds
  1. 01Novelis$2.8BConventional Debt · Jan 2020
  2. 02Ford$2.6BConventional Debt · Jan 2025
  3. 03Fair$2.1BSeries B · Mar 2022
  4. 04Dealer Tire$2BPE · Feb 2019
  5. 05Group1 Automotive$1.8BConventional Debt · Jun 2019
  6. 06AutoNation$1.8BConventional Debt · Dec 2014
  7. 07Caliber$1.7BConventional Debt · May 2020
  8. 08Michigan Economic Development$1.7BGrant (prize money) · Oct 2015
460 companies with disclosed rounds · $52.8B total
revenue
Revenue leaders
official filings first, else latest snapshot
  1. 01Ford$43.3BFY2022 filing
  2. 02General Motors$39.3BFY2025 filing
  3. 03carmax$25.9BFY2022 filing
  4. 04Asbury Automotive Group$17.2BFY2024 filing
  5. 05Avis$11.7Bsnapshot Dec 2025
  6. 06John Deere$9.6BFY2022 filing
  7. 07Cummins$8.4BFY2026 filing
  8. 08Penske Automotive$7.9BFY2019 filing
73 companies with a revenue figure
headcount
Largest teams
ranked by tracked headcount
  1. 01FCA US200,000tracked employees
  2. 02Ford177,000tracked employees
  3. 03O\'Reilly Auto Parts90,302tracked employees
  4. 04General Motors76,000tracked employees
  5. 05John Deere75,600tracked employees
  6. 06Cummins73,600tracked employees
  7. 07Genuine Parts Company60,000tracked employees
  8. 08Kia52,871tracked employees
1,407 companies with headcount data
headcount growth
Fastest-growing teams
headcount vs the previous snapshot (min 10 before)
  1. 01Yamaha Motor+400%+16 → 52,554 employees
  2. 02Michelin North America+400%+46 → 112,800 employees
  3. 03Honda+400%+164 → 197,039 employees
  4. 04O\'Reilly Auto Parts+400%+101 → 90,302 employees
  5. 05Delphi Technologies+400%+104 → 50,000 employees
  6. 06Monro+400%+33 → 8,600 employees
  7. 07Caliber+400%+90 → 21,000 employees
  8. 08Advance Auto Parts+400%+205 → 40,000 employees
5,478 companies with both snapshots
share of events
Share of voice
share of all tracked sector news events, 24 months
  1. 01General Motors20.9%2,611 tracked events
  2. 02Ford14.2%1,766 tracked events
  3. 03Toyota6.6%828 tracked events
  4. 04Kia2.9%357 tracked events
  5. 05Novelis2.3%287 tracked events
  6. 06Carvana1.7%214 tracked events
  7. 07Cummins1.6%205 tracked events
  8. 08John Deere1.5%185 tracked events
12,480 tracked events across 489 companies
articles
In the news
Prism news coverage, last 12 months
  1. 01Toyota28,275articles in the window
  2. 02ESG18,993articles in the window
  3. 03Chevrolet17,780articles in the window
  4. 04General Motors13,592articles in the window
  5. 05Cadillac10,811articles in the window
  6. 06Kia9,729articles in the window
  7. 07Dodge6,112articles in the window
  8. 08Chrysler4,500articles in the window
283 of these companies drew sector coverage in the window
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How the Auto ecosystem in the United States grew, 2016–2025

Lists the number of auto companies founded each year from 2016 to 2025, with a peak of 402 in 2016 and 46 in 2025.

Companies founded / year
new Auto companies in the United States
2016: 4022017: 3842018: 3572019: 3622020: 3342021: 2542022: 2372023: 1692024: 1172025: 46
20162025
peak 402 in 2016
Companies raising / year
with a disclosed round that year
20162025
peak 78 in 2023
Disclosed funding / year
sum of disclosed rounds (USD)
2016: 2,225,533,2162017: 6,007,179,5122018: 2,420,450,7232019: 9,271,274,2362020: 4,331,829,4942021: 4,492,304,7612022: 2,419,445,0422023: 2,273,102,5632024: 1,038,007,3022025: 1,394,861,352
20162025
peak $9.3B in 2019

Where Auto companies in the United States are based

Ranks U.S. cities by the count of auto companies, with Houston leading at 171 firms followed by Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, and Phoenix.

Houston skyline — Auto hub in the United States
Hub 01
Houston
171 Auto companies
19% of the Auto companies across these hubs
171companies
$2.4Bdisclosed funding
25hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Houston · CC BY-SA 4.0
Los Angeles skyline — Auto hub in the United States
Hub 02
Los Angeles
137 Auto companies
15% of the Auto companies across these hubs
137companies
$203.1Mdisclosed funding
16hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Los Angeles · CC BY-SA 4.0
Miami skyline — Auto hub in the United States
Hub 03
Miami
111 Auto companies
12% of the Auto companies across these hubs
111companies
$67.2Mdisclosed funding
6hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Miami · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dallas skyline — Auto hub in the United States
Hub 04
Dallas
109 Auto companies
12% of the Auto companies across these hubs
109companies
$230Mdisclosed funding
4hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Dallas · CC BY-SA 4.0
Phoenix, a Auto hub in the United States
Hub 05
Phoenix
106 Auto companies
12% of the Auto companies across these hubs
106companies
$493.7Mdisclosed funding
13hiring now
generated artwork
Chicago skyline — Auto hub in the United States
Hub 06
Chicago
98 Auto companies
11% of the Auto companies across these hubs
98companies
$1.3Bdisclosed funding
5hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · Chicago · CC BY-SA 4.0
Austin, a Auto hub in the United States
Hub 07
Austin
95 Auto companies
10% of the Auto companies across these hubs
95companies
$325.9Mdisclosed funding
6hiring now
generated artwork
New York City skyline — Auto hub in the United States
Hub 08
New York City
89 Auto companies
10% of the Auto companies across these hubs
89companies
$1.4Bdisclosed funding
7hiring now
Photo Wikipedia · New York City · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Auto market map of the United States: what these companies actually do

Breaks down product sub‑categories and revenue models for auto firms, noting the largest sub‑categories like consumer digital (974 firms) and the most common models such as e‑commerce product sales.

  • Consumer Digital974 companies · $14B raised · 55 hiring
  • B2C E-Commerce728 companies · $7.1B raised · 34 hiring
  • Online Auto Parts and Accessories350 companies · $233.8M raised · 21 hiring
  • Second Hand Goods311 companies · $7.3B raised · 11 hiring
  • Enterprise Tech266 companies · $6.4B raised · 24 hiring
  • Second Hand Cars E-Commerce243 companies · $7.2B raised · 6 hiring
  • Marketplaces237 companies · $2.5B raised · 17 hiring
  • Fintech179 companies · $4.1B raised · 13 hiring
  • Automotive Fintech162 companies · $3.6B raised · 10 hiring
  • Off Highway Vehicles156 companies · $896.1M raised · 25 hiring
  • Uber for Auto Services143 companies · $466.1M raised · 7 hiring
  • Insurtech116 companies · $2.2B raised · 7 hiring

Monetization

How Auto companies make money

How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.

E-Commerce - Product8,752
Physical Commerce7,859
Fee-For-Service7,208
Commission on Transaction4,449
Advertising2,295
E-Commerce - Service2,216
Subscription695
Renting / Leasing337
Business-model split
B2C 2,246B2B 297

Funding, M&A and the deals moving Auto in the United States

Earnings 1,702Announcement 1,608Leadership 1,404M&A 641Jobs 291Contracts 270Assets 265Product 261Lawsuit 242Layoffs 188
  • M&AThe Pete Store has expanded its East Coast footprint with the acquisition of G.L. Sayre, a family-owned Peterbilt dealer serving the Mid-Atlantic region for more than 90 years.2026-05-01
  • M&AGates to acquire the belts business from The Timken Company2026-05-01
  • FundingAustralian bioenergy company Delorean Corporation has secured a A$2.2 million strategic investment from LMS Energy, one of Australia's most established biogas operators, through a placement of 24.4 million shares at A$0.09 each.2026-05-01
  • M&AHarman completed the acquisition of several hi-fi audio brands in 2025, including the likes of Denon, Marantz, Polk, Definitive Technology, and Bowers & Wilkins.2026-04-28
  • FundingPlatinum Credit Opportunities Funds ("PCOF") and Ares Commercial Finance ("ACF") announced today that they provided financing to support Kingswood Capital Management's acquisition of Daramic, LLC.2026-04-27
  • IPOPower Probe, which makes power tools for the motor industry and debuted on AIM in December, raising $15m (£11.1m)2026-04-27
  • M&AGerman carmaker Porsche AG has agreed to sell its equity stakes in Bugatti Rimac and Rimac Group to a consortium led by HOF Capital, with BlueFive Capital as the largest investor.2026-04-24
  • M&AHigh Bar Brands has acquired Ohio-based Globetech Manufacturing, expanding its lineup of heavy-duty truck and trailer components for OEM and aftermarket customers.2026-04-15
  • M&AStanadyne, a global fuel injection systems designer and manufacturer, today announced the completion of buyout of a joint venture with The Amalgamations Group.2026-04-15
  • M&AVaden Distribution will acquire the existing Orlando franchise from Step One Automotive Group.2026-04-14

Mergers and acquisitions

Deals from the last 24 months where a Auto company in the United States was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.

AcquirerTargetDeal valueStatusDate
apollo tyresCooper Tire & Rubber CompanyundisclosedAnnounced2026-06-12
Xcite AutomotivePinnacle Automotive GroupundisclosedAnnounced2026-05-03
The Pete Storegl sayreundisclosedAnnounced2026-05-01
Gatesthe timken companyundisclosedAnnounced2026-05-01
Harman InternationalDenon, Marantz, Polk, Definitive Technology, Bowers & WilkinsundisclosedCompleted2026-04-28
hof capitalRimac GroupundisclosedAnnounced2026-04-27

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Provides details on specific events such as IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches, and contract wins for auto companies.

IPO pipeline
19 companies listed or filing · last 24 months
  • Power ProbeIPO · London Stock Exchange · 2 reportsApr 2026
  • Aston MartinIPO · London Stock Exchange · 2 reportsApr 2026
  • Dick SmithIPO · ASX · 1 reportApr 2026
  • AGSIPO · 1 reportMar 2026
  • NovelisIPO · US · 3 reportsMar 2026
  • LendbuzzIPO · Nasdaq Global Select Market · LBZZ · 6 reportsFeb 2026
  • CarvanaIPO · New York Stock Exchange · CVNA · 5 reportsDec 2025
  • autolandIPO · 1 reportNov 2025
Leadership moves
203 tracked people moves · last 12 months
  • General MotorsNorm de Greve · Departure — was Chief Marketing OfficerMay 2026
  • Asbury Automotive GroupDan Clara · Appointment → Chief Executive OfficerMay 2026
  • Asbury Automotive GroupDavid Hult · Appointment → Executive ChairmanMay 2026
  • General MotorsLin-Hua Wu · Promotion → Chief Marketing OfficerMay 2026
  • ToyotaTom Stricker · Retirement — was group vice president, Regulatory Affairs and Environmental SustainabilityMay 2026
  • ToyotaLiz Gibson · Appointment → group vice president, Regulatory Affairs and Environmental Sustainability, corporate secretary, chief sustainability officerMay 2026
  • Capacity TrucksTodd Gibson · Appointment → Senior Director of SalesMay 2026
  • ToyotaKim Cockrell · Appointment → senior vice president, chief human resources and administrative officerMay 2026
Product launches
tracked launches · last 12 months
  • IronPoint Insurance ServicesAdvisorCovered.com (Digital platform for professional liability insurance)May 2026
  • General MotorsGoogle Gemini (In-car AI assistant)Apr 2026
  • CadillacCadillac new model (automotive, voice-assistant)Apr 2026
  • ToyotaToyota Bozhi 4X Robotaxi (Robotaxi)Apr 2026
  • Fordnext-generation Ford F‑150 Super Duty (Truck)Apr 2026
  • Fordmid‑size pickup truck (Truck)Apr 2026
  • Kiacodenamed CV (Electric vehicle)Apr 2026
  • KiaKia SubscriptionApr 2026
Contract wins
141 customer wins · last 24 months
Workforce actions
15 companies cutting roles · last 24 months
  • Cummins~59 roles reported · consolidationMay 2026
  • John Deere~225 roles reported · cost reductionApr 2026
  • Meteor Creativescale undisclosed · cost-cuttingApr 2026
  • General Motors~67% of workforce reported · market demandApr 2026
  • Ford~3,800 roles reported · market slowdownApr 2026
  • Aston Martin~600 roles reported · cost reductionMar 2026
Regulatory & litigation
86 regulatory events · 36 tracked suits · 24 months
  • General Motorstariffs struck down — Supreme CourtApr 2026
  • General Motorsapproved for refund of $500 million — US Supreme CourtApr 2026
  • General Motorsrefund of customs duties — Supreme CourtApr 2026
  • Bournsapproved takeover bid — New Zealand Overseas Investment OfficeMar 2026
  • Mike Musheinesh, detroit axle v white housechallenge to de minimis exemption for duty‑free shipping of auto parts · FiledApr 2026
  • bleichmar fonti & auld v driven brandsSecurities fraud allegations related to false financial statements and ineffective interna · OngoingApr 2026
Earnings pulse
companies reporting results · last 24 months
128 companies reporting2,031 company-quarters trackedbeat 457miss 159in line 31

Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +5.0%, half slower.

Who is building Auto in the United States

Profiles 1,859 founders and CEOs across 1,846 firms, noting frequent alma maters like Harvard Business School (14) and common prior employers such as Microsoft (7).

Founders and chief executives12 of 1,859, from the best-funded companies on this page
Scott Painter
Founder & CEO
Scott Painter
repeat founder

Autonomy, Fair.com, Pricelock, TrueCar, ex-Build-to-Order, Direct Ventures, Advertise.com, CarsDirect.com, Vision, Dental Advantage…

David Simmons
CEO
David Simmons

Ex-Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Canada. Carnegie Mellon University BS 1986

Mathias Carlbaum
President & CEO
Mathias Carlbaum

Navistar, ex-Scania, ex-Scania Do Brasil, Umeå Universitet, 1996

Amitay Kalmar
Co-Founder & CEO
Amitay Kalmar

Ex-Deutsche Bank, IDF · Tel Aviv University BSc 2002, MIT Sloan School of Management MBA 2010

Robin Kendrick
President & CEO
Robin Kendrick

Accuride, ex-Borgwarner, ex-Rgf, university of leeds england, 1986

Thomas Shortt
CEO
Thomas Shortt

Ex-Walmart, The Home Depot, ACCO Brands, Unisource Worldwide, EY, Shell, KPMG. HBS

Paolo Ferrari
Executive Chairman, CEO
Paolo Ferrari

Pirelli, TIM, Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso, Credit Suisse First Boston.Università Bocconi 1994, NYU Stern School of Business MBA 1999

Kevin Czinger
Founder, Lead Inventor, and CEO
Kevin Czinger

Czinger Vehicles, ex-Slm Solutions, ex-Coda Automotive, Yale University

Matthew Stevenson
CEO & President
Matthew Stevenson

Ex-Blue Bird, Terminix, Meritor WABCO · Kettering University BS, University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business MBA

Hadeel Alkhaldi
CEO
Hadeel Alkhaldi

Saudi Readymix Concrete, ex-Su Allen HR, SALL INVESTMENTS, State Farm, Arab Orgnazation of Childhood Rights. Arizona State University MA 2016

Rob Wagman
President & CEO
Rob Wagman

University of New Hampshire

Alexander Timm
Founder & CEO
Alexander Timm

Drake University BSBA 2011

Where the founders studied
alma mater on record for 91 of 1,859 founders
Harvard Business School14
Stanford University11
Massachusetts Institute of Technology11
University of Pennsylvania10
University of California (Berkeley)7
Harvard University7
Wharton School5
Carnegie Mellon University4
Where they worked before
a previous employer on record for 23 of 1,859 founders
Microsoft7
Amazon4
Apple4
Intel3
Uber3
McKinsey2
Google2
Boston Consulting Group1
Founders flagged as repeat founders
of 1,126 founders with a profile on this page
6
carry a repeat-founder flag
  • flagged as repeat founders6
  • no repeat-founder flag1,120
Women and men among the founders
first names matched for 1,737 of 1,859 founders
8%
of matched founders are women
  • women139
  • men1,598
Inferred from first names, using 119 million people who state their own gender: a first name counts only where at least 20 of them share it and at least 90% of those share the same gender. The other 122 founders go in neither column.
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Who funds Auto in the United States

Tracks 927 funding rounds since 2016 from 776 investors, with a typical round size of $3.7 million.

Investor · most active investors since 2016RoundsLedLatest
Ministerstvo Hospodárstva Slovenskej Republiky41Apr 2024
Europa40Feb 2023
OSTI17Jun 2025
Madrona94May 2022
Y Combinator83Jan 2025
Tribeca Venture Partners74Feb 2023
BMW i Ventures74Feb 2023
American Family Ventures71Apr 2021
SVB71Apr 2025
Economy And Finance7Jun 2023
Stage mix · rounds since 2016
Seed & Angel241
Series A–B203
Series C+ / PE124
Grants, debt & other359

The typical round is $3.7M — half were bigger, half smaller.

The biggest Auto funding rounds in the United States

Lists the largest disclosed rounds, including Rimac Group’s $536 million Series D, and highlights ten other large recent rounds.

CompanyRoundSizeWhenBackers
Rimac GroupSeries Dmega-round$536MJun 2022SoftBank Vision Fund, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Porsche +1 more
FairSeries Bmega-round$385MDec 2018Exponential VC, G Squared, CreditEase +1 more
RootSeries Emega-round$360MAug 2019Coatue, DST Global, Drive Capital +4 more
CarvanaSeries Dmega-round$300MOct 2015
OneSeries Bmega-round$300MFeb 2023Temasek, Coatue, Riverstone Holdings +8 more
CarsDirectSeries Dmega-round$280MNov 1999Morgan Stanley, Oracle, Rustic Canyon Partners +1 more
VroomSeries Hmega-round$254MDec 2019T. Rowe Price, L Catterton
DivergentSeries Emega-round$250MSep 2025Rochefort
ExideSeries C$232.5MJun 2019
DivergentSeries D$230MNov 2023Hexagon
Venture round sizes · 2023–2025
<$1M33
$1–10M63
$10–50M36
$50–250M9
>$250M2

143 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.

Fresh cheques · last 6 months

What the news says about Auto in the United States

Counts 1,329,665 news articles in the last year, most often covering international political relations, security, defense policies, and trade agreements.

News volume
Auto coverage across United States · articles per quarter
2021Q2: 208,5772021Q3: 203,2402021Q4: 168,0892022Q1: 213,2252022Q2: 203,6312022Q3: 193,0862022Q4: 220,1232023Q1: 227,5412023Q2: 238,6532023Q3: 228,2702023Q4: 229,5772024Q1: 255,6292024Q2: 247,3442024Q3: 276,8352024Q4: 276,1062025Q1: 427,8132025Q2: 316,5662025Q3: 497,1532025Q4: 218,9642026Q1: 302,497
2021Q22026Q1
peak 497,153 in 2025Q3 · 1,329,665 articles in the last 12 tracked months
Tone of coverage
share of articles by dominant sentiment (positive / neutral / negative)
202120232025
Positive-tone share moved 51% → 44%, negative 46% → 54% across 2021–2025.

What the coverage is about

The subjects that dominate Auto news in United States. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.

  • International political relations180,814▲+32%
  • Security and defense policies128,651▲+58%
  • International relations and diplomacy83,058▲+19%
  • Trade policies and agreements69,576→+3%
  • Human rights advocacy reports62,342→+2%
  • Political asylum and refugee policies50,802→+2%
  • International sports competitions43,011→-7%
  • Cryptocurrency impact on forex markets42,042▲+37%
  • Transportation-related crashes and derailments41,452→+0%
  • Political satire and commentary31,641▼-13%
Most-covered companies · last 12 months

283 Auto companies here were named in the news over this period.

Prism

Watch Auto coverage in United States as it happens

Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.

Momentum

The words getting louder — and quieter

Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.

foreign policy analysis+46%national security strategy+126%multilateral diplomacy+60%diplomatic engagements+57%stock price+41%investment deal+138%oil price volatility+170%aerial bombardments+88%stablecoin fx impact+136%trade facilitation commitments+45%
olympic team selections-50%olympic trials-51%ceasefire violations-47%economic policy politics-37%electioneering tactics-60%

The pressures the press keeps returning to

Three recurring angles in United States Auto coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).

Regulatory Risk ▲ rising
1,146,446 articles touch this dimension · 54.2% critical tone
20212025
signals: tariff negotiations, stock performance, monetary easing
Funding Momentum ▲ rising
248,300 articles touch this dimension · 43.7% critical tone
20212025
signals: investment deal, inflation reports fx, currency intervention policies
Growth ▲ rising
366,801 articles touch this dimension · 37.5% critical tone
20212025
signals: vehicle sales forecasts, earnings report, automotive segment growth

Auto jobs in the United States: who is hiring and what they ask for

Aggregates 58,997 job postings from 1,953 employers in 12 months, with common skill requirements like Excel and a median advertised salary of $47 k per year.

58,997postings · last 12 months
97,280postings tracked overall
1,953employers advertising
$47kmedian advertised salary/yr (n=7596)

Demand

The Skills Employers Ask For

What Auto employers in the United States put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.

  • excel844
  • microsoft office506
  • word280
  • powerpoint275
  • driver\'s license220
  • outlook208
  • sql208
  • python205
  • inventory management180
  • aws170
What level are these roles?
Entry4,084
Intern1,028
Senior5,147
Lead1,920
Manager14,594
What they pay, by level
  • Manager$66k/yr (n=1379)
  • Senior$120k/yr (n=274)
  • Entry$35k/yr (n=257)
  • Lead$80k/yr (n=138)
  • Intern$50k/yr (n=43)
Most advertised titles
  • Automotive Technician2,493
  • Delivery Specialist1,644
  • Parts Specialist1,535
  • Service Advisor938
  • Automotive Service Advisor681
  • Sales Associate642

15 Auto-relevant internships in India were advertised over the same 12 months.

What Auto research in the United States is working on

Summarizes 3,252 U.S. academic papers on the auto sector, categorizing 601 on common problems, 126 on cautions, and 1,868 on opportunities.

How this field talks about itself
United States-affiliated Auto papers (gold) against all published research (grey)
Breakthrough31.7% · 26.2%1.2×
Promising25.7% · 37.4%0.7×
Descriptive17.0% · 17.3%≈ par
Problem-identifying16.7% · 9.7%1.7×
Cautionary3.9% · 4.4%≈ par
Comparative3.2% · 4.1%0.8×
How the work is done
Methods-led49.4%
Empirical36.9%
Reviews7.7%
Position pieces3.5%
Theoretical2.6%
How the research reads

90% positive · 4% neutral · 6% negative, across 3,252 papers.

The institutions doing the work · United States
  • Toyota Motor Corporation14k
  • University of California, Berkeley7k
  • Carnegie Mellon University7k
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology6k
  • Stanford University6k
  • Google5k

ranked by how often their work is cited

Leading researchers · United States-affiliated work

Andreas Geiger · P Lenz · R. Urtasun · Haibo He · Yang Bai · Edwardo A. Garcia · Shutao Li · Pei Sun

The most-cited breakthroughs
  • Are we ready for autonomous driving? The KITTI vision benchmark suite · 14k cites
  • ADASYN: Adaptive synthetic sampling approach for imbalanced learning · 4k cites
  • Scalability in Perception for Autonomous Driving: Waymo Open Dataset · 3k cites
  • DeepDriving: Learning Affordance for Direct Perception in Autonomous Driving · 2k cites
  • Towards fully autonomous driving: Systems and algorithms · 1k cites
Common problems researchers identify556 papers · 7 recurring themes
Humanities / Philosophy — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 01
Humanities / Philosophy
120 papers · 21.6% of this block
Humanities · Philosophy · Population · Latin Americans
“Desigualdades sociales en salud en poblaciones inmigradas en España: revisión de la literatura”
120 of these papers raise it as a problem
Software Deployment / Aeronautics — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 02
Software Deployment / Aeronautics
103 papers · 18.5% of this block
Software deployment · Aeronautics · Systems engineering · Transport engineering
“Autonomous Vehicle Safety: An Interdisciplinary Challenge”
103 of these papers raise it as a problem
Human–Computer Interaction / Perception — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 03
Human–Computer Interaction / Perception
97 papers · 17.4% of this block
Human–computer interaction · Perception · Transport engineering · Intersection
“Planning and Decision-Making for Autonomous Vehicles”
97 of these papers raise it as a problem
Cadastre / Disease — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 04
Cadastre / Disease
89 papers · 16.0% of this block
Cadastre · Disease · Data collection · Qualitative research
“A Progressive Review: Emerging Technologies for ADAS Driven Solutions”
89 of these papers raise it as a problem
Computer Security / Internet Privacy — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 05
Computer Security / Internet Privacy
73 papers · 13.1% of this block
Computer security · Internet privacy · Lidar · Adversarial system
“Autonomous Driving Security: State of the Art and Challenges”
73 of these papers raise it as a problem
Humanities / Philosophy — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 06
Humanities / Philosophy
57 papers · 10.3% of this block
Humanities · Philosophy · Order · Reading
“Toward <scp><i>pedagogías entrenzadas</i></scp>: Braiding critical and asset‐based pedagogies of sciences, languages, and cultural responsiv”
57 of these papers raise it as a problem
Metadata / Volatility — Common problems researchers identify
Problems · theme 07
Metadata / Volatility
17 papers · 3.1% of this block
Metadata · Volatility · Descriptive statistics · Institutionalisation
“Análisis bibliométrico de Publicaciones Académicas Indexadas en Crossref.org para Gestión del Conocimiento. Informe 18-CR (64/138)”
17 of these papers raise it as a problem
Cautions122 papers · 4 recurring themes
Transport Engineering / Software Deployment — Cautions
Cautions · theme 01
Transport Engineering / Software Deployment
59 papers · 48.4% of this block
Transport engineering · Software deployment · Traffic flow · TRIPS architecture
“Autonomous Vehicle’s Impact on Traffic: Empirical Evidence From Waymo Open Dataset and Implications From Modelling”
59 of these papers raise it as a problem
Adversarial System / Object — Cautions
Cautions · theme 02
Adversarial System / Object
27 papers · 22.1% of this block
Adversarial system · Object · Object detection · Perception
“An Analysis of Adversarial Attacks and Defenses on Autonomous Driving Models”
27 of these papers raise it as a problem
Gynecology / Clinical Trial — Cautions
Cautions · theme 03
Gynecology / Clinical Trial
22 papers · 18.0% of this block
Gynecology · Clinical trial · Leukoencephalopathy · Internal medicine
“The ADAS-cog in Alzheimer's disease clinical trials: psychometric evaluation of the sum and its parts”
22 of these papers raise it as a problem
Humanities / Capital — Cautions
Cautions · theme 04
Humanities / Capital
14 papers · 11.5% of this block
Humanities · Capital
“Efectos de elementos de diseño del Programa Nacional de Cupos Transables de Emisión (PNCTE) sobre los precios de los cupos y las emisiones a”
14 of these papers raise it as a problem
Opportunities1,788 papers · 7 recurring themes
Anomaly Detection / Robustness — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 01
Anomaly Detection / Robustness
471 papers · 26.3% of this block
Anomaly detection · Robustness · Edge computing · Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
“SteeringNET - A Deep-Learning based Obstacle Avoidance Approach for Autonomous Driving”
Transport Engineering / Automotive Engineering — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 02
Transport Engineering / Automotive Engineering
352 papers · 19.7% of this block
Transport engineering · Automotive engineering · Intersection · Control engineering
“Collision Avoidance and Stabilization for Autonomous Vehicles in Emergency Scenarios”
Trajectory / Control Theory — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 03
Trajectory / Control Theory
240 papers · 13.4% of this block
Trajectory · Control theory · Motion planning · Model predictive control
“Design, Analysis, and Experiments of Preview Path Tracking Control for Autonomous Vehicles”
Humanities / Philosophy — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 04
Humanities / Philosophy
225 papers · 12.6% of this block
Humanities · Philosophy · Coccidioides · CADASIL
“The ADAS‐Cog revisited: Novel composite scales based on ADAS‐Cog to improve efficiency in MCI and early AD trials”
Object Detection / Lidar — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 05
Object Detection / Lidar
216 papers · 12.1% of this block
Object detection · Lidar · Object · Sensor fusion
“Fusion of 3D LIDAR and Camera Data for Object Detection in Autonomous Vehicle Applications”
Human–Computer Interaction / Perception — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 06
Human–Computer Interaction / Perception
168 papers · 9.4% of this block
Human–computer interaction · Perception · Robot · Systems engineering
“Drive as You Speak: Enabling Human-Like Interaction with Large Language Models in Autonomous Vehicles”
Reinforcement Learning / Reinforcement — Opportunities
Opportunities · theme 07
Reinforcement Learning / Reinforcement
116 papers · 6.5% of this block
Reinforcement learning · Reinforcement · Markov decision process · Action
“Attention-Based Hierarchical Deep Reinforcement Learning for Lane Change Behaviors in Autonomous Driving”
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