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Uber Technologies operates one of the world's largest mobility and delivery networks and is integrating autonomous-vehicle services into its ride-hailing platform through partnerships with NVIDIA, Lucid, Nuro, Autobrains, Waymo and others. The company is rapid...
Waymo to Drop Uber Exclusivity in Austin and Atlanta, Launching Its Own App in 2028 — Nov 4, 2026 — Waymo confirmed it will stop routing all rides through Uber's app in Austin and Atlanta starting January 2028, opting for direct customer relationship...A 78-Year-Old Keeps Getting Arrested for Blocking Uber Eats' Delivery Robots in Philadelphia — Nov 2, 2026 — Carolyn Marvin, a retired University of Pennsylvania professor, was cited for disorderly conduct after blocking an Avride delivery robot, testing a Pe...May Mobility Heads To Nasdaq In A $1.4B SPAC Deal With ACP Holdings — Sep 17, 2026 — May Mobility agreed to merge with ACP Holdings Acquisition Corp. at a $1.4B valuation, taking the autonomous ride-hail company public on the Nasdaq wi...Pony.ai, Verne Launch Europe's First Fully Driverless Robotaxi Rides In Zagreb — Sep 12, 2026 — Passengers now travel with no human onboard along a 22-km Zagreb route as Pony.ai and Rimac-backed Verne remove the safety operator from Europe's firs...Waymo Adds Denver, San Diego And Tampa To Robotaxi Map, Now Live In 14 US Cities — Sep 7, 2026 — Waymo has begun offering public robotaxi rides in Denver, San Diego and Tampa, extending its commercial network to 14 US cities and rolling out the ne...Zoox Robotaxi Service Expands To Las Vegas Airport, First Driverless AV At LAS — Sep 4, 2026 — Amazon-owned Zoox extended its commercial robotaxi service in Las Vegas to Harry Reid International Airport on September 3, becoming the first driverl...Tesla Unveils Production Cybercab At September 3 Austin Launch Event — Sep 3, 2026 — Tesla formally unveiled the two-seat production Cybercab at a downtown Austin event on September 3, 2026, kicking off its next robotaxi push against W...Uber And Wayve Launch London's First Robotaxis With Supervised Mustang Mach-Es — Sep 3, 2026 — Uber and British self-driving developer Wayve began matching UberX, Uber Comfort and Uber Electric riders in London with a small fleet of Wayve-equipp...Uber Cuts 3,300 Jobs — 10% Of Global Staff — To Fund Robotaxi Push — Sep 3, 2026 — CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is trimming Uber by 3,300 people, cutting managers 20% and ending remote work as robotaxi partners with Waymo, Zoox, Nuro and Wa...Waymo Turns On Driverless Rides In San Diego, Tampa And Denver As Zoox Tests Houston — Sep 2, 2026 — Alphabet-owned Waymo opened paid robotaxi service in three new US cities on the same day Amazon's Zoox said it will start supervised testing in Housto...Uber, Zipline Target 1 Million Daily Drone Deliveries By 2029 — Aug 30, 2026 — Uber and Zipline announced a strategic partnership on August 17, 2026 to bring autonomous drone delivery into Uber Eats, with a shared goal of one mil...NVIDIA Unleashes Cosmos World Foundation Models For Physical AI — Aug 30, 2026 — NVIDIA on August 27, 2026 released the next generation of its Cosmos world foundation models, plus Cosmos Reason 2 and two Omniverse-Cosmos blueprints...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...Uber Faces Nearly $1B GDPR Fine Over Automated Driver Suspensions — Aug 24, 2026 — The Dutch Data Protection Authority is fining Uber €825M ($966M) — the second-largest GDPR penalty ever — over automated driver deactivations from 201...Amazon Prime Air Drone Drops Package Into Texas Pool, Fueling MK30 Design Backlash — Aug 24, 2026 — A viral video of an Amazon MK30 drone letting a Texas customer's package fall into her swimming pool has revived design questions about Prime Air's ho...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...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...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...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.Pony.ai Lines Up 4,000+ Robotaxis for Overseas Deployment — Aug 18, 2026 — Chinese autonomous-driving developer Pony.ai says its planned and potential robotaxi deployments outside China now exceed 4,000 vehicles, signaling a...