Autonomous Vehicles News The Robotics Media's Autonomous Vehicles category covers self-driving cars, robotaxis, autonomous trucking, delivery robots, and driverless shuttles. Coverage includes company news from developers like Waymo, Cruise, Aurora, and Zoox, plus funding rounds, regulatory decisions, safety reports, and sensor and AI technology advances. Readers also find analysis of commercial deployments, pilot programs, and industry partnerships shaping vehicle autonomy.
Waymo Challenges Tesla's Camera-Only Autonomy Ahead Of Cybercab Rollout — Aug 28, 2026 — Waymo is publicly pushing back on Tesla's camera-only autonomy playbook, arguing that reliable Level 4 driverless operation requires redundant percept...Waymo Announces Munich Robotaxi Launch Targeting End of 2027 — Aug 26, 2026 — Waymo unveiled plans on August 25, 2026 to launch its first commercial European robotaxi service in Munich by the end of 2027, kicking off mapping and...Waymo Reveals Custom 5nm ASIC And Seven-Supplier Stack Behind Its Ojai Robotaxi — Aug 25, 2026 — Alphabet's Waymo has opened up the boot of its robotaxi, publishing the architecture of its onboard computer, a purpose-built 5-nanometer ASIC that pu...Nevada Clears Tesla, Waymo And Uber For Up To 8,000 Paid Robotaxis In Clark County — Aug 25, 2026 — The Nevada Transportation Authority granted Tesla up to 5,000 driverless taxis, Waymo up to 1,000 and Uber up to 1,000 through Zoox and Motional, open...Nevada Approves Up to 8,000 Robotaxis For Tesla, Uber And Waymo In Las Vegas — Aug 23, 2026 — Nevada's transportation regulator unanimously cleared Tesla, Uber and Waymo to run paid robotaxi services across Clark County, unlocking up to 8,000 d...Tesla Sets Cybercab Launch Event For September 3 In Austin — Aug 22, 2026 — Tesla has begun sending invitations for a Cybercab launch event in Austin, Texas on September 3, taking the two-seat driverless robotaxi from Warner B...TIER IV Joins Open Invention Network 2.0 To Shield Autoware From Patent Risk — Aug 22, 2026 — Japan's TIER IV, the pioneer behind the open-source Autoware stack for autonomous driving, has joined Open Invention Network 2.0, gaining a royalty-fr...SANY Ships First Batch Of Autonomous Electric Mining Trucks To South America — Aug 22, 2026 — SANY Group has shipped its first fleet of SKT110Ei pure-electric autonomous mining trucks and intelligent dispatching system to a South American mine,...Nevada Clears Tesla, Uber And Waymo For 7,000 Robotaxis In Clark County — Aug 22, 2026 — The Nevada Transportation Authority unanimously granted commercial autonomous-vehicle permits to Tesla, Uber and Waymo, clearing them to deploy up to...Waymo Puts Gemini AI In The Cabin And Overhauls Ojai Robotaxi Interface — Aug 21, 2026 — Waymo adds Google's Gemini as a conversational assistant to its Ojai robotaxi cabin, alongside a redesigned tri-screen interface that adapts to which...Uber Names Tokyo Taxi Firm Hinomaru Kotsu As Robotaxi Fleet Operator — Aug 21, 2026 — Uber Japan will run its late-2026 Tokyo robotaxi pilot with Hinomaru Kotsu as licensed fleet operator, using Nissan LEAF EVs powered by Wayve's AI Dri...Waymo Cleared to Run Robotaxis Across 18 California Counties — Aug 19, 2026 — The CPUC has cleared Alphabet's Waymo to charge for fully driverless rides across 18 California counties, opening Sacramento and San Diego and coverin...Nevada Caps Tesla's Vegas Robotaxi Fleet at 10 — It Asked for 5,000 — Aug 19, 2026 — The Nevada Transportation Authority has granted Tesla an Autonomous Vehicle Network Company permit to run driverless cars in Las Vegas — but capped th...Kodiak AI Wins California Permit to Test Autonomous Heavy Trucks — Aug 19, 2026 — Nasdaq-listed Kodiak AI has been granted a permit under California's newly expanded Autonomous Vehicle Tester program, becoming one of the first heavy...Pony.ai and Uber to Deploy 2,000+ Robotaxis Across Europe — Aug 19, 2026 — Pony.ai and Uber expanded their tie-up to deploy 2,000+ Robotaxis across Europe with four new cities and a Middle East rollout in the pipeline.Einride And DAF Plug Level 4 Autonomy Into Electric Trucks — Aug 16, 2026 — Newly public Einride will integrate its Driver software into DAFs electric truck platform under a partnership with PACCAR and Dutch research institute...Waymo Cleared to Expand Robotaxis Across 18 California Counties — Aug 16, 2026 — California's CPUC has approved Waymo to run driverless robotaxis in 18 counties, opening Sacramento and San Diego and clearing the entire Bay Area and...Waymo Kills Dallas Waitlist, Opens Robotaxis To Anyone — Aug 16, 2026 — Waymo dropped its Dallas robotaxi waitlist on August 4, 2026, opening the fully driverless service to any rider on the Waymo app after 150,000 people...Waymo Wins California OK To Expand Robotaxis Across 18 Counties — Aug 15, 2026 — The CPUC signed off on Waymo's biggest state expansion yet, clearing driverless rides across 18 California counties from Sonoma to San Diego.Turing Plots US Office And $10B IPO For Japan Self-Driving Push — Aug 14, 2026 — Tokyo autonomous-driving startup Turing plans a US office within a year and is eyeing a US listing at roughly $10 billion valuation by 2031.