Tesla's shares closed at a 2025 high on December 15, after the company confirmed it is testing its driverless vehicles in Austin without a human safety operator
or Riders Howard Smith / Motley Fool : Why Tesla Stock Hit an All-Time High Today Akash Sriram / Reuters : Tesla shares jump as Musk confirms driverless robotaxi testing Stan Schroeder / Mashable : Dr...
Waymo plans to launch a fully driverless robotaxi service in London in 2026, its first international expansion, after human-supervised cars first collect data
It's good timing too. The UK is ready to start piloting fully driverless vehicles. … London's iconic black cabs could soon face a new rival: Waymo.
Sources: Elon Musk is pushing lawmakers to help clear a path for driverless vehicles and has been weighing in on revisions of a bill on autonomous vehicles
In recent weeks, Musk and people who work for him have been calling members of Congress directly to gather support, said the people …
Study: autonomous vehicles trained to use “social sensitivity” in assessing the collective impact of multiple hazards cause fewer injuries during road accidents
Driverless vehicles that respond more like humans will cause less harm during road crashes, according to research
Amazon's Zoox says it paused all driverless vehicles, updated 270 robotaxis via a software recall, and resumed operations after a crash in Las Vegas on April 8
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Waymo plans to launch its Waymo One ride-hailing service in Washington, DC in 2026; the city currently prohibits autonomous vehicles without safety drivers
But it will need to change the law prohibiting fully driverless vehicles first. … Waymo announced that Washington, DC will be its next robotaxi city.
Waymo issues a software update to its 672 vehicles after one collided with a telephone pole in Phoenix on May 21, marking Waymo's second recall ever
Waymo is issuing a voluntary software recall after one of its driverless vehicles collided with a telephone pole in Phoenix, Arizona, last month, the company said.
Waymo says its Waymo One robotaxis now complete over 50K paid trips every week across San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles, up from 10K rides in May 2023
That's how many paid trips Waymo says its driverless vehicles perform each week. X: @waymo : Our safe and deliberate approach to scaling the Waymo Driver is gaining traction, as we're now serving more...
California laws leave driverless vehicles immune from traffic tickets, while Texas and Arizona rewrote traffic laws to issue tickets to AV owners for violations
even if they crash: report Christianna Silva / Mashable : California self-driving cars exempt from traffic tickets Bluesky: Emil Protalinski / @epro.social : It doesn't matter if someone isn't in the ...
California laws leave driverless vehicles immune from traffic tickets, while Texas and Arizona rewrote traffic laws to issue tickets to owners for AV violations
City streets are the testing ground for hundreds of self-driving cars in California, despite safety concerns and gray areas surrounding traffic laws.