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Waymo’s Ojai test asks whether robotaxis can become everyday infrastructure

Waymo is starting selected rider trips in its new Ojai robotaxi, the first vehicle using its sixth-generation Driver hardware.

Nuro wants the robotaxi second wave after Waymo paid for the hard lessons

Nuro is not pretending to be ahead of Waymo; its sharper argument is that the robotaxi market may only now be mature enough for a disciplined second mover.

Tesla’s robotaxi test is moving from demo rides to crash paperwork

Tesla has unredacted narratives for 17 ADS crashes from Robotaxi testing in Austin, and the important details are less spectacular than operationally uncomfortable.

Waymo’s Atlanta loop shows the harder test for robotaxis: behaving like neighbors

Waymo's autonomous cars in Atlanta did not escape from science fiction, but they circled the same cul-de-sac long enough to show how thin the line is between a routing choice and a public nuisance.

Waymo’s robotaxi test has moved from the road to the balance sheet

Waymo has expanded its robotaxi service to more than 1,400 square miles, moving past the pure demo phase.

A flooded road exposed the test Waymo’s robotaxis still have to pass

Waymo’s first major recall affects 3,791 robotaxis after a vehicle misjudged a flooded San Antonio road, forcing an OTA software fix.

California’s driverless trucks now face the test demo videos leave out

DAIMON is trying to teach robot touch with 10,000 hours of tactile data.

Waymo’s robotaxi boom is becoming a city-infrastructure test

Waymo is running 500,000 paid rides a week while first responders report blocked responses and behavioral backsliding.

A robotaxi with no front end shows why autonomy needs a different body

Zoox places sensor pods on the four upper corners of its robotaxi to give the vehicle an unobstructed view around the body.

Tesla’s autonomy promise now depends on a chip millions of cars do not have

Tesla has confirmed that HW3 vehicles will not receive unsupervised FSD, drawing a hard line under the old narrative that software would carry everyone forward.

Uber's Self-Driving Vans Hit LA

Uber's self-driving vans are hitting the streets of LA, marking a significant step forward in the company's collaboration with Volkswagen on autonomous technology.

Waymo Robotaxis Hit Nashville

With 11 cities now under its belt, Waymo's commercial robotaxi services are gaining momentum, and the company's partnership with Lyft in Nashville is a key factor in this growth.

Robotaxi remote interventions: The transparency black box

Senator Ed Markey’s investigation into Cruise, Waymo, and Zoox reveals a critical omission: not one robotaxi company will disclose how often human operators intervene to prevent failures.

Cy-trust gives trust a number, but reality still gets a vote

Harvard researchers propose an algorithm that lets autonomous vehicles and robots judge each other's reliability, but without actual consciousness.

AI funding bonanza: Who really wins?

$160B raised in Q1—yet just four firms pocketed over $10B of it, distorting an entire ecosystem.

Baidu’s robotaxis freeze in Wuhan’s real-world test

Wuhan police logged multiple 911 calls about Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxis locking up mid-route, stranding passengers in a gridlock that even human drivers couldn’t untangle.

Tesla’s Robotaxis: Remote Humans at the Wheel Below 10 MPH

Waymo at the Airport: Robotaxis Beyond Demo Mode

Waymo added San Antonio Airport as its fourth airport, but access remains tightly limited.

Waymo Fails School Bus Test

Waymo's self-driving cars have failed to stop for school buses in a series of incidents in Austin, Texas.

Waymo’s police problem exposes AV’s real-world blind spots

TechCrunch found police manually moving Waymo vehicles at two active crime scenes, a detail absent from the company’s safety reports.

Zoox’s robotaxis hit the road—but real miles reveal real limits

Zoox’s robotaxis now operate in two new US cities, but the company’s silence on scale and performance metrics speaks louder than its press releases.

Waymo vs Apollo Go: The robotaxi reality behind the demo

Basler and Orbbec’s Stereo mini targets logistics robots, but its real test begins where demo videos end.