TIER IV and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) announced on November 11, 2026 that their Autoware research center will support development of an autonomous-driving system for a full-size city bus in Munich’s RISE project, which has up to €20 million in German federal funding. Through the center, TUM will draw on experience from Autoware-based autonomous bus deployments in Japan to adapt the open-source software stack to a new vehicle platform and Munich’s urban operating environment. The…