Tag: robotaxis
Waymo Jacks Up Lobbying In Washington, DC
The race is on in the robotaxi industry to get into new markets, build up customer bases, and edge out the competition before they arrive — or at least at these nascent stages when no one is too massive or dominant. I just covered news of Zoox launching paid service … [continued]
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Zoox To Start Charging Passengers Next Week
Zoox has been allowed to do self-driving vehicle and robotaxi testing for a long time, but it hasn’t been allowed to charge passengers for them. Now, however, that has changed — Zoox got approval last week from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to deploy up to 5,000 robotaxis … [continued]
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Lucid Aims Another Salvo At Tesla’s Robotaxi Business
The EV startup Lucid aims to focus more resources on its Robotaxi partnership with Uber, Nuro, and the Hertz affiliate Oro.
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Wayve & Uber Can Now Deploy Robotaxis in London
The year of robotaxis moves forward, and we have another robotaxi update today. The autonomous driving firm Wayve and partner Uber were granted Private Hire Vehicle licences from Transport for London (TfL) and can now deploy robotaxis in The Swinging City. That said, they must include human supervisors onboard for … [continued]
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Zoox Gets 1st Approval From USA For Paid Robotaxis — With No Human Controls
Looking at the headline, one might think, “Wait, what? Waymo has been providing paid robotaxi rides in the US for years now.” Yes, indeed, but those vehicles have included human controls, basically being consumer cars modified to drive themselves. This is a blanket approval for the USA for vehicles that … [continued]
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