The automaker plans to make its new "Full Self Driving" software update available to more customers.

The latest partnership gives Gatik another foothold amid increasing competition in the self-driving trucking realm.

Huawei Technologies, a major global supplier of communications equipment and smart phones, admonished managers this week who are pressing the Chinese company to expand beyond its core business and build connected vehicles. 

The World Economic Forum lays out ways in which regulators who lack technical expertise can move from a present-day murkiness toward practical frameworks for self-driving vehicles.