Waymo's 500,000 Weekly Rides Signal a Turning Point for Alphabet's Robotaxi Bet
Waymo is now operating in 11 cities and completing 500,000 fully autonomous rides per week, marking a major milestone as Alphabet's robotaxi subsidiary scales...
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Waymo is now operating in 11 cities and completing 500,000 fully autonomous rides per week, marking a major milestone as Alphabet's robotaxi subsidiary scales...
Bosch and Kodiak's production-ready collaboration reveals that AI breakthroughs alone won't accelerate self-driving trucks; manufacturing expertise and sensor...
Uber is transforming its millions of drivers into a sensor network for autonomous vehicle companies like Wayve, addressing the industry's biggest bottleneck:...
Xpeng's new VLA 2.0 autonomous driving system is matching Tesla's FSD capabilities in real-world conditions, with a test drive in Beijing showing zero...
A Waymo robotaxi drove off with a passenger's luggage at San Jose Airport, offering only two free rides as compensation.
Qualcomm's automotive revenue surged 38% to $1.33 billion in Q2, crossing $5 billion annualized for the first time.
Chinese regulators suspended new robotaxi licenses after 100+ Baidu vehicles halted in Wuhan, signaling how safety incidents reshape autonomous vehicle policy...
Ford CEO Jim Farley hinted at possible robotaxi ambitions during earnings, leveraging lessons from defunct Argo AI and fleet management expertise.
Waymo is mapping Portland streets for a future robotaxi launch, but the company faces a patchwork of local opposition and regulatory uncertainty.
Amazon's Zoox successfully tested its autonomous robotaxi on public roads with employees aboard, marking a critical step toward commercial service.
Government safety requirements are transforming ADAS from luxury features into standard equipment, driving a 7.1% annual market growth and accelerating the...
California regulators just closed a legal loophole that let autonomous vehicles escape traffic tickets.
Two-thirds of Americans expect driverless cars within a decade, yet only 19% would own one.
Robotics startups are aggressively recruiting autonomous vehicle veterans from Waymo, Tesla, and Cruise, viewing AV experience as essential training for...
AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm invested $60 million in UK autonomous driving startup Wayve, signaling confidence in its flexible AI-based approach that works across...
Sebastian Thrun, who created Waymo, reveals the structural mistakes that plague robotics companies: hardware and software teams operate in silos, making it...
Roamly launches real-time insurance for Tesla Full Self-Driving vehicles, dynamically adjusting rates by the mile when autopilot is active.
Dmitri Dolgov, Waymo's Co-CEO, has transformed self-driving research into real-world robotaxi services.
Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 Elite processor delivers 80 TOPS of dedicated AI computing in the 2026 Asus Zenbook A14, weighing under one kilogram while...
Qualcomm and Chery deepened their partnership to integrate AI into vehicle cockpits and autonomous driving systems using Snapdragon Digital Chassis chips,...
Coplus and Pateo are leveraging NVIDIA's autonomous vehicle platform to transform how self-driving cars are built, shifting from traditional hardware suppliers...
Uber CEO argues autonomous vehicles will boost rider demand rather than destroy it.
Xiaomi's refreshed SU7 sedan now includes LiDAR and advanced autonomous driving hardware on every trim, undercutting Tesla's Model 3 while challenging the...
A viral video shows a cop stopping a Waymo robotaxi with no driver inside, exposing a critical gap: law enforcement has no clear protocols for autonomous...
Waymo's autonomous vehicles are 90% safer than human drivers by peer-reviewed metrics, yet a viral TikTok of a robotaxi near a crash sparked outrage.
As Waymo expands robotaxi services, a new competitive layer is emerging: intelligent fleet management platforms like Carziqo that optimize autonomous vehicle...
Pony.ai unveiled a new domain controller powered by NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion, delivering 4,000 FP4 TFLOPS of computing power to accelerate L4 autonomous vehicle...
Toyota revealed an AI vision engine ranked as the world's leading vision-language model, positioning the automaker to compete with Waymo and Tesla in...
Amazon-backed Zoox engineered its autonomous vehicle from the ground up for ride-hailing, not by retrofitting sensors onto existing cars.
Researchers reveal autonomous vehicles fail 22.8% more often when tested on unexpected scenarios like elephants crossing streets, exposing a critical weakness...
Waymo paused its robotaxi service in San Antonio after one autonomous vehicle was swept away by floodwaters during heavy rainfall.
Tesla plans to spend $25 billion in 2026 on AI, robotics, and autonomous vehicles, nearly tripling its previous year's investment.
Tesla has begun Cybercab production amid slumping global sales and major regulatory hurdles.
A Waymo driverless taxi breached a police cordon at a London stabbing investigation, nearly hitting an officer.
Amazon's Zoox robotaxi is currently free in the Bay Area, joining Tesla and Waymo in a pricing war that mirrors the early days of Uber and Lyft.
Tesla has begun Cybercab production after years of delays, with Elon Musk promising exponential ramp-up by year-end.
Tesla App 4.56.0 now embeds speed, steering angle, and FSD engagement data into downloaded dashcam clips, transforming raw video into incident documentation...
Mobileye announced a $250 million share repurchase program, reflecting leadership confidence in its ADAS and autonomous driving technologies.
Elon Musk claimed a Waymo hit a bus in Austin, blocking Tesla Robotaxis. Federal crash reports and Waymo's account tell a different story, raising questions...
Geely unveils China's first ground-up robotaxi prototype at Auto China 2026, targeting mass production in 2027.
Wayve's AI-powered autonomous driving technology will power Nissan vehicles on Uber's platform in Tokyo by late 2026, marking the first major robotaxi...
Nissan demonstrated its next-generation ProPilot autonomous driving system navigating Tokyo's complex streets with Wayve's AI technology, launching in 2027 on...
Tesla expanded its driverless Robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston with fully unsupervised rides costing $2-$3 per mile, roughly half Waymo's price.
Volkswagen's new ID. Unyx 08, starting at $33,300, uses Qualcomm's Snapdragon SA8295P to power dual displays and AI features, demonstrating how standardized...
Waymo compressed its path from first testing to full public launch from years to just months in new cities, signaling that autonomous vehicle technology is...
Uber has committed over $10 billion to autonomous vehicles, but not by building the technology itself.
Tesla deployed robotaxis to Dallas and Houston with near-zero availability, raising questions about whether the expansion is genuine service or strategic...
A resurfaced 2016 Tesla blog post claimed full autonomous driving was ready, but 10 years later FSD remains supervised.
NVIDIA DRIVE powers autonomous vehicles at Mercedes-Benz and Volvo by processing sensor data in real time.
Honor's new flagship phones pack Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite and 7 Gen 4 chips with advanced AI features, but the source material contains no information...