It’s been almost a year now that Trevor Milton, founder of bankrupt electric truck startup Nikola sorry By President Trump. Now, the Wall Street Journal has published one of the first in-depth Milton’s new effort: Attempt to build autonomous aircraft. Milton and an “investment group” bought a struggling aviation company called Cyberjet Aircraft late last…
UK-based autonomous vehicle software company Wave raises $1.2B funding round working together Uber and Nissan are teaming up to launch a robotaxi service in Tokyo, with a pilot project scheduled for the end of 2026. Under the deal, Wave will integrate its AI-powered, self-driving software into the Nissan Leaf, which will be available on Uber’s…
Waymo has removed human safety drivers from its autonomous test vehicles in Nashville, as the Alphabet-owned company moves closer to launching robotaxi service in the city. Waymo, which has been testing in Nashville for several months, is scheduled to launch a robotaxi service there this year. Partnership with Lyft. Riders will initially receive rides directly…
On January 23, a Waymo robotaxi hit a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica, according to the company. Waymo told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that the child – whose age is not known – suffered minor injuries. NHTSA has opened a Investigation in the accident, and Waymo said blog post…
Uber and Lyft will begin testing Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxis in London in 2026, with Waymo and local startup Wave joining the companies that will have autonomous vehicles in the city next year. Lyft CEO David Risher said in a post on X that Lyft will begin testing as soon as it receives local regulatory…
Six months ago, Waymo revealed it was providing 250,000 robotaxi rides a week across its service areas, a growing list that includes Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The Alphabet-owned self-driving company has since been scrambling, simply reporting that it has hundreds of thousands in charge of weekly rides. Now,…
Uber Eats is partnering with sidewalk delivery robot company Starship Technologies to deliver food in the UK starting later this year. The companies will launch the service “from selected merchants” in the Leeds and Sheffield areas in December and expand from there. Uber said the service will expand to “additional European markets in 2026” and…
Automaker Stellantis and Chinese autonomous vehicle company Pony.ai have signed a non-binding agreement to build robotaxis for deployment in Europe. The collaboration will integrate Pony’s self-driving software into Stellantis’ electric medium-sized van platform, which is built with advanced sensors to support autonomous vehicles. The companies plan to first deploy a test vehicle based on the…
Pony.AI and WeRide have received a key approval from Chinese securities regulators, clearing the way for autonomous vehicle technology companies to pursue secondary listings on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. The Chinese companies, both based in Guangzhou, are already publicly traded on the Nasdaq exchange in the US. WeRide made its public debut in…
Wemo has been approved to serve the first Airpot in California: San Jose Mint International. The company announced on Thursday that it would begin testing its robotaxis there in the coming months, and it is planned to start a commercial ride by the end of the year. The company has spent years to work towards…
