The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into Avride after identifying more than a dozen crashes and one minor injury.
A September 2025 incident where San Bruno police couldn’t ticket a Waymo for an illegal U-turn helped trigger California’s sweeping new AV regulations.
Hertz is creating a new affiliate company called “Oro Mobility” to provide fleet management solutions “across a range of mobility segments.”
Waymo now operates commercial robotaxi services in 11 cities, with various methods to hail.
Waymo’s weekly paid robotaxi trips have increased tenfold in less than two years.

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Kalanick’s existing ghost kitchen company CloudKitchens will be rolled into Atoms, which also wants to get into mining and transport.
Nuro began testing its self-driving software on public roads in Tokyo, marking the first international expansion for the AV startup.
It’s a precursor to launching robotaxis in those cities, though the Amazon-owned company is still waiting for federal approval to commercially operate its purpose-built AV.

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