Waymo Expanding Its Robotaxi Service To Los Angeles

Waymo One autonomous, electric robotaxis are heading for Los Angeles. Waymo Waymo says it will begin testing autonomous vehicles in Los Angeles with the goal of launching a robotaxi service in the cit...

Motional And Uber Announce 10-Year Deal To Deploy Automated Vehicles In Multiple US Markets

By the end of 2022, Motional automated vehicles will begin carrying passengers on the Uber network, … [+] part of a 10-year multi-market deal for both robotaxis and deliveries Motional Once upon...

Why Don’t You Have A Self-Driving Car Yet? Part Two Outlines Some Social Problems

Map of places where the public can ride in self-driving cars Brad Templeton/Google Many people are disappointed they don’t have or ride in a self-driving car yet, expecting it sooner. In part-one of t...

Why Don’t You Have A Self-Driving Car Yet? This 2-Part Series Explains The Big Remaining Problems

When will you have or ride in a self-driving car? What’s stopping you? Brad Templeton / Cruise People often ask, “Where’s my self-driving car?” “Why don’t I have one and when will it come?” A lo...

Cruise ‘Recalls’ Robotaxis After Crash, But The Recall Is The Wrong Mechanism

A Cruise robotaxi picks up a passenger at night, which is when they operate Cruise In June, General Motor’s “Cruise” unit, which is operating unmanned robotaxis at night in San Francisco, and about to...

Cruise Announces Expansion To Phoenix And Austin And More Plans

A Cruise test vehicle drives in San Francisco dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Kyle Vogt, CEO of GM’s “Cruise” unit announced today that within 90 days, Cruise would start robotaxi service — paid...

Baidu Begins Paid Robotaxi Service In China With No Employee Aboard

A Baidu Apollo Robotaxi travels with no safety driver in the vehicle in China Baidu BaiduBIDU has announced they have received permits to operate a paid Robotaxi service in China, with no human safety...

Baidu’s robotaxi can drive without a steering wheel, car price slashed

Baidu unveiled on July 21, 2022, the sixth generation of its self-driving electric car built for ride-hailing rides — at a cost nearly 50% below that of a model announced last year. Baidu BEIJING — Ch...

Baidu Unveils Custom Robotaxi With Steering Wheel That Will Be Removed

Baidu robotaxi after steering wheel is removed, configured with desk and drink dispenser in front Baidu BaiduBIDU , the Chinese search giant, has revealed a new custom designed robotaxi it states will...

Amazon’s Zoox Says Its Robotaxi Has Met The Highest Crash Safety Standards

Workers at Zoox’s Fremont, California, factory complete the assembly of an electric robotaxi. Alan Ohnsman via Forbes Zoox, the robotaxi startup Amazon bought two years ago, says it is now certi...

Cruise Robotaxis Keep Stalling On SF Streets, How Upset Should We Be?

A Cruise car testing in San Francisco, not stalled. (Cruise cars only carry passengers at night.) Getty Images Numerous reports have emerged of multiple robotaxis from GM’s Cruise unit stalling on San...

California PUC Grants Cruise Permission To Charge For Robotaxi Rides In SF. Now What Will They Charge?

Passenger gets in a Cruise robotaxi with no driver aboard. Soon, Cruise will start charging for … [+] rides. Cruise Today the California Public Utilities Permission unanimously voted to grant GM...

SF Fire Dept. Says Cruise Robotaxi Did Not Yield Properly And Delayed Fire Truck

File photo of a San Francisco Fire Truck going through an intersection Getty Images According to reports, a San Francisco Fire truck on way to a fire was delayed by the combination of a garbage truck ...

Waymo Prepares To Bring Robotaxi Service To Phoenix Airport And More

Waymo vehicles in Phoenix and near the airport Wayno Waymo (fomerly Google GOOG car) CEO Dmitri Dolgov announced today a further expansion of their efforts in Phoenix, on top of the expansions recount...

Waymo, Cruise, Chinese Firms Expand Robotaxi Service Areas; It’s On

AutoX shows off the size of their robotaxi fleet in Shenzhen AutoX Waymo announced today they would, as promised, expand their service in the suburbs of Phoenix into the downtown area, accepting appli...

China’s Beijing city loosens robotaxi rules for Baidu Apollo Go, Pony.ai

Chinese tech companies Baidu’s Apollo Go and Pony.ai announced Thursday they received permission from Beijing city authorities to remove the safety driver for part of their robotaxi business in ...

Robotaxi Services Must Go Beyond To Be Car Replacements, And Maybe Even Link Up

Waymo’s planned robotaxi vehicle, body made by Geely/Zeekr Waymo Most self-driving players are aiming to build a robotaxi (and even Tesla recently announced even more effort on that plan, though...

Everything is ready for Tesla’s Robotaxi- The Cryptonomist

Tesla’s Robotaxi takes shape and Elon Musk reveals 44 more details on the sidelines of the opening of the gigafactory in Berlin. Elon Musk’s word, Tesla’s Robotaxi is ready  Tesla’s new Robotaxi annou...

Tesla Teases A Custom Robotaxi, Are They Crazy?

At the Gigafactory opening and in yesterday’s earnings call, Elon Musk teased about Tesla TSLA working on a vehicle to be dedicated to robotaxi service. This isn’t the first time Tesla has talked abou...

Waymo Starts Fully Autonomous Rides In San Francisco, Expanding Arizona Robotaxi Zone

Waymo is beginning to operate electric Jaguar I-PACE SUVs in San Francisco with no human safety driver at the wheel. Waymo Waymo, the first self-driving company to launch a U.S. robotaxi service, said...

Flagging Down A Roaming AI Self-Driving Car Robo-Taxi Might Not Be In The Cards

Hailing a ride in an era of Ai-based self-driving cars. getty Not so long ago, it seemed that the hailing of a cab required long arms and a capacity to wave frantically to catch the eye of the taxi dr...