The main focus of robotaxi operations has leaned on using converted, mass-market EVs that can carry two or three passengers, rather than large custom-made shuttles with more seating capacity.

Despite that, I believe it's critical to know that Tesla doesn't seem keen to partner with Uber to build the robotaxi network. Given the expensive valuations that the market has tagged to TSLA ...

Nissan reveals its progress in the development of SAE Level 4 technology, having let its prototype navigate without a driver in complex traffic for the first time in Japan. The prototype is based ...

A serious robotaxi would demonstrate the primacy of safety; the manufacturer would place sensors in optimal positions—on the roof, as well as on the sides and corners of the vehicle. These ...

John Krafcik, the former CEO of the robotaxi company Waymo from 2015-2021, knows a thing or two about the driverless vehicle industry. And when he says that Tesla CEO Elon Musk might use some ...

As we rode through the streets of San Francisco in her company’s autonomous vehicle, we talked through all of the back-end things required to launch a robotaxi service later this year.

Waymo will start offering robotaxi rides to people in its “Waymo One” early rider program in Mountain View, Los Altos, Palo Alto, and “parts of Sunnyvale” starting Wednesday, an expansion ...

The US has a new robotaxi capital. Waymo and Tesla are going head-to-head in Austin, lured by Texas' hands-off approach to regulation. The number of robots on the road is growing, and local ...

The Waymo on Uber robotaxi service launched in Austin a week before SXSW and it’s been a challenge actually matching with one. In Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, consumers use the Waymo ...

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The catalyst for the selloff was a string of weak delivery reports. Investors hope that the Robotaxi will turn Tesla's fortunes around, but progress toward that service has been extremely slow.

Waymo plans DC robotaxi service debut as US plans new standards California permit approval moves Tesla a step closer to directly competing with Uber and Lyft Alphabet’s Waymo to offer self ...