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- Avride Crosses 100,000 Autonomous Rides On Uber In Dallas — — Nebius-owned Avride said its Hyundai IONIQ 5 robotaxi fleet has completed more than 100,000 autonomous rides on the Uber platform in Dallas after driv...
- Waymo Opens Zeekr 'Ojai' Robotaxi To Riders, Slots In Hyundai IONIQ 5 — — Waymo has opened its next-generation Zeekr-built 'Ojai' robotaxi to all riders in select US cities and finalised plans to integrate Hyundai's IONIQ 5...
- Waymo Challenges Tesla's Camera-Only Autonomy Ahead Of Cybercab Rollout — — 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 — — 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 — — 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 — — 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 — — The Dutch Data Protection Authority is fining Uber €825M ($966M) — the second-largest GDPR penalty ever — over automated driver deactivations from 201...
- Tesla Recalls Nearly 3 Million EVs In China Over Hidden Door Handles — — Tesla and eight other automakers will install warning labels and push software updates to help occupants find hidden manual door releases, in China's...
- Nevada Approves Up to 8,000 Robotaxis For Tesla, Uber And Waymo In Las Vegas — — 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 — — 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 — — 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 — — 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 — — The Nevada Transportation Authority unanimously granted commercial autonomous-vehicle permits to Tesla, Uber and Waymo, clearing them to deploy up to...
- ALSO Bags $150M Series D To Take Rivian Spinout's Small EVs Autonomous — — Rivian micromobility spinout ALSO has closed a $150 million Series D led by Prysm Capital to accelerate autonomous versions of its TM-B e-bike and TM-...
- Waymo Cleared to Run Robotaxis Across 18 California Counties — — 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 — — 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 — — Nasdaq-listed Kodiak AI has been granted a permit under California's newly expanded Autonomous Vehicle Tester program, becoming one of the first heavy...
- SpaceX Hits 100 Launches for 2026 with Starlink 17-50 Flight — — SpaceX's Falcon 9 Starlink 17-50 launch from Vandenberg on August 18 marked the company's 100th mission of 2026, the third straight century year.
- Pony.ai and Uber to Deploy 2,000+ Robotaxis Across Europe — — 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 — — Newly public Einride will integrate its Driver software into DAFs electric truck platform under a partnership with PACCAR and Dutch research institute...