Waymo and Uber quietly part ways in Phoenix
Uber said it is readying the launch of a separate autonomous vehicle partnership in the city, but did not name the partner.
Uber said it is readying the launch of a separate autonomous vehicle partnership in the city, but did not name the partner.
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 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said emergency scenes are not “edge cases.”
Washington, D.C. has become a battleground for Uber and Waymo’s competing views.
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.
The recall comes as the top automotive safety regulator in the U.S. has warned AV companies about their vehicles interfering with first responders.
This isn’t the first time power outages have caused issues for Waymo.
The company didn’t say how many are in each city and has taken a far more cautious approach to scaling the network than CEO Elon Musk had promised.
The number of paid robotaxi miles traveled fell 36% in the second quarter, despite expanding to new cities, according to Tesla’s own figures.
Baidu’s Apollo Go autonomous vehicles will be available on Freenow, the mobility network that Lyft acquired in 2025.