In the wake of a massive hours-long gridlock event, San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie has told state regulators it’s time to put more requirements on robotaxi operators like Waymo.
Washington, D.C. has become a battleground for Uber and Waymo’s competing views.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said emergency scenes are not “edge cases.”
The company may finally be ready to try to deliver on Elon Musk’s years-long promise of launching a robotaxi network of its own.
The companies confirmed to TechCrunch that their unusual partnership in Phoenix recently ended after nearly three years..
Aseon Labs, which came out of Y Combinator’s 2026 spring cohort, has raised $10 million from Crane Venture Partners and others.
The Department of Transportation wants to remove the brake pedal requirement for vehicles “designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems.”
The first global robotaxi rules set common safety expectations for fully autonomous vehicles, giving automakers a clearer target while leaving city approvals, local rules, and readiness as major rollout hurdles.
The new Zoox robotaxi has more cushioning, lighter colors, and a better microphone and speaker for communicating with Zoox Support.
Waymo’s robotaxis drove through highway construction zones 13 times before the company pulled the whole fleet from highway operations.