San Francisco’s race for robo-taxis cleaves sharp divide over safety
Safe Street Rebel, a group of anonymous anti-car activists, protests the spread of driverless taxis.…
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Waymo robotaxis make more inroads in Phoenix, San Francisco
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego arrives in a Waymo self-driving vehicle on Dec. 16, 2022, at the Sky Harbor International…
Robotaxis Are Going to Sound Weird
Zoox has designed a whole suite of sounds for its vehicles. The resulting audio palette sounds like the synthy soundtrack to an '80s movie that’s been sliced into tiny bits. The car's…
Amazon’s Zoox robotaxis take to California roads
Robotaxi services being tested in parts of the United States typically have manual controls so humans can take over…
Waymo says it’s bringing robotaxis to L.A.
Driverless car company Waymo already operates autonomous taxi fleets in Phoenix and San Francisco. On deck: Los Angeles.The company, owned by Google parent Alphabet, said Wednesday it plans…
Baidu Bags License to Operate China’s First Fully Driverless Robotaxis
China search engine giant Baidu said on Monday it has obtained permits to operate fully driverless robotaxi services on open roads from two Chinese cities, the first of their kind in the…
How Shenzhen Is Accelerating China’s Goals for Driverless Vehicles
On a busy downtown street three delivery bikes suddenly dart over the pedestrian crossing ahead of the car. On the car's dashboard they look like small 3D blue blocks from a 1990s video…
Pony.ai Gets Taxi Licence for Self-Driving Vehicles in China
Self-driving tech company Pony.ai, backed by Toyota Motor, said on Sunday it has obtained a taxi license in China, which will allow some of its driverless vehicles to start charging…
Verizon and Cisco test virtualized network for deploying autonomous delivery vehicles…
The proof-of-concept project shows that this approach could be a safe and cheaper alternative to roadside units, according to the companies.
This is one scenarios for a…
First ‘robotaxis’ enter service in Beijing
An 'Apollo Go' autonomous taxi on a street in Beijing.
It looks like a normal car but the…