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A Waymo rider-only robotaxi is seen during a test ride in San Francisco, California, U.S., December 9, 2022. Paresh Dave | Reuters Despite General Motor’s decision to shutter its Cruise robotaxi business earlier this month, the U.S. has never been closer to a driverless future. For the autonomous vehicle industry, 2024 will be remembered as […]
Tesla analyst Gary Black shared a pessimistic view of the robotaxi fleet’s future over the weekend. Black posted on X, wondering what percentage of Tesla owners would enroll their vehicles into the company’s robotaxi fleet. Black predicts that less than 50% of Tesla owners will join the company’s robotaxi fleet. The main argument against including […]
Tesla is already eyeing the first city where it plans to launch some sort of Robotaxi operation as it has initiated preliminary talks with the authorities in the area, a new report states. At its Robotaxi unveiling event in October, Tesla said it planned to kick off fully autonomous ride-sharing operation in Texas and California […]
On December 11th, Pony.ai and GAC AION held a Robotaxi strategic cooperation signing ceremony at the GAC Group’s headquarters in Panyu. The two parties will further collaborate to create commercially competitive mass-produced Robotaxi models and jointly promote the commercialization of fully autonomous Robotaxis. According to the agreement, both parties will jointly develop a fully redundant […]
General Motors has announced that it will stop funding the development of the Cruise self-driving taxi. The company says it will now “refocus autonomous driving development on personal vehicles”. GM also pointed to the increasingly competitive robotaxi market as a reason for the move. In October, Tesla boss Elon Musk unveiled the electric car giant’s […]
Photo: Shutterstock/Phil Pasquini (Shutterstock) General Motors’ Cruise robotaxi mapping unit returned to the Bay Area in September, about a year after one of its cars hit a pedestrian. That didn’t last long, though, as GM announced today that it “plans to realign its autonomous driving strategy and prioritize development of advanced driver assistance systems on […]
Since General Motors acquired the San Francisco self-driving-tech developer Cruise in 2016, the Detroit automaker has poured more than $8 billion into creating a robotaxi service. Now GM is turning off the spigot. On a call with investors today, General Motors CEO Mary Barra said the company would no longer invest in Cruise and its […]
Waymo is expanding its Waymo One ride-hailing robotaxi service to Miami, Florida. The self-driving unit announced the update in a blog post on its official website. Miami presents an environment for Waymo to enhance its self-driving technology, particularly when it comes to handling challenging weather conditions. Details: Initial testing of Waymo vehicles on Miami streets […]
As promised, robotaxi developer Waymo is expanding its Waymo One service to new US cities. The latest on its service map is Miami, which will see a start of robotaxi testing operations next year before Waymo opens up public rides to all customers. ¡Hasta pronto, Miami! The world is still not completely sold on the […]
Waymo is setting its sights on its next location: the Sunshine State. The Alphabet-owned company announced Thursday that it will be hitting the roads in Miami. Waymo said it will first begin cruising through the Florida city with human safety drivers in 2025 before opening doors to riders for its robotaxi service through its Waymo One […]