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Zoox Launches Its Robotaxi Service in Las Vegas. Here's How to Hitch a Ride

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-01 09:00:05

Table of Contents Zoox Launches Its Robotaxi Service in Las Vegas. Here's How to Hitch a Ride Zoox on Wednesday launched its robotaxi service for members of the general public, starting in Las Vegas. Anyone can now download the Zoox app for iOS or Android and hail a ride aboard what the company calls its "purpose-built robotaxis" -- meaning there's no driver's seat, steering wheel or pedals. The boxy vehicles will drive on and around the Las Vegas Strip, and rides will initially be free. "Ride

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Lyft’s first ‘robotaxis’ are live in Atlanta

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-10-01 13:00:00

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. For months, Lyft has watched while its rival Uber made deals with seemingly every autonomous vehicle operator under the sun. But the smaller ridehail company has been quietly building a fleet of its own, and Lyft is ready to launch its first customer-ready robotaxi pilot in Atlanta. Lyft is teaming up with May Mobility, an

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Uber and Momenta will test fully driverless cars in Germany

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-10-06 14:00:00

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Uber and one of its many robotaxi partners, Momenta, will test fully driverless cars in Germany next year. The news comes as Europe continues to lag behind the US and China in the number of commercially operational robotaxi services. T

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People Are Backflipping Off of Waymo’s Robotaxis

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-10-07 17:30:17

In a bizarre (or hilarious) late-night episode that underscored public unease with autonomous vehicles, several men climbed onto stalled Waymo robotaxis in San Francisco’s Marina District and began attacking them. They then started sitting and climbing on them and, at one point, began doing backflips off the driverless cars while a crowd cheered. City police eventually cleared the scene, but the incident highlights growing tensions over deployments of robotaxis in urban areas. So what happene

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Tesla Makes a Huge Move to Appease Regulators

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-10-08 05:01:50

Tesla appears to be bending to the will of regulators. In a visible sign of its shifting posture from daredevil innovation to cautious compliance, Tesla this week relocated its robotaxi safety monitors, employees who supervise the autonomous software’s performance and can take over the vehicle’s operation at any moment, from the passenger seat to the driver’s seat. Tesla’s Robotaxi service represents one of the company’s most ambitious and long-delayed projects. First teased by Chief Executiv

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People Are Back-Flipping Off of Waymo’s Robotaxis

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-10-08 13:30:17

In a bizarre (or hilarious) late-night episode that underscored public unease with autonomous vehicles, several men climbed onto stalled Waymo robotaxis in San Francisco’s Marina District and began attacking them. They then started sitting and climbing on them, and are one point began doing back flips off the driverless cars while a crowd cheered. City police eventually cleared the scene, but the incident highlights growing tensions over deployments of robotaxis in urban areas. So what happen

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Anyone can now download Tesla's iOS Robotaxi app, but there's still a waitlist

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-09 21:55:23

Tesla has made its iOS Robotaxi app available for all iPhone users to download as it expands service beyond a group of early access users for the first time. Beyond the current lack of an Android app (Tesla says one is on the way), there are a couple of things to bear in mind here. The company's proper robotaxis are currently only available in Austin, Texas. There's also a waitlist, so you won't be able to book a ride immediately. That said, it might not take folks on the waitlist too long to g

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Want to Try Tesla's Robotaxis? Testing Is Now Open to All, Alongside Dedicated App

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-10 01:08:00

After a couple of months of testing its Robotaxi service with invited members, Tesla is beginning to open the doors to its Robotaxi program. The electric car maker's newly launched iOS app is now live, signaling the start of a wider public beta -- though it's not quite a free-for-all just yet. You'll still need to join a waitlist, but the service is now open beyond the Tesla-focused influencers who were previously invited. This move is Tesla's biggest yet in its driverless mission, and it comes

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Video Shows Tesla Robotaxi Safety Driver Giving Up, Climbing Into Driver's Seat

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-25 20:05:57

Launched just two months ago in Austin, Tesla's Robotaxi service has been plagued with errors and safety issues — many of which have been caught on camera by passengers — from the very start. From freaking out at the sight of a child and getting stuck in infinite loops to reckless wheel-jerking and ominous calls advising passengers to exit the vehicle immediately, it would seem that "failure" is not a strong enough word to describe how poorly Tesla's not-so-driverless taxis are doing. Now, it'

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Zoox taps ex-Uber Pool exec’s startup for routing software help

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-11-03 14:00:00

When James Cox, the former leader of Uber’s ride-share product, Uber Pool, left that company in 2019, the Silicon Valley giant had abandoned its autonomous vehicle development and sold off the division entirely. While Uber Pool had struggled to take hold, Cox felt a massive opportunity had been missed: taking the core of Uber Pool’s tech and applying it to robotaxis. For the last five years, Cox has instead been running a small startup called The Routing Company, which helps transit agencies ma

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Zoox taps ex-UberPool exec’s startup for routing software help

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-11-04 20:00:00

When James Cox, the former leader of Uber’s ride-share product, UberPool, left that company in 2019, the Silicon Valley giant had abandoned its autonomous vehicle development and sold off the division entirely. While UberPool had struggled to take hold, Cox felt a massive opportunity had been missed: taking the core of UberPool’s tech and applying it to robotaxis. For the last five years Cox has instead been running a small startup called The Routing Company, which helps transit agencies match

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Tesla Investors Are Suing Elon Musk Over His Disastrous Robotaxi Debut

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-03 03:08:43

Tesla shareholders have sued CEO Elon Musk and his carmaker as part of a proposed class action lawsuit, claiming that the billionaire had hidden significant risk with the company's robotaxis. As Reuters reports, the lawsuit charges that Tesla's failure to clarify the risks amounts to securities fraud. It's a major escalation, highlighting significant discontent, even among its own investors, with the way the EV maker's early testing of its long-awaited autonomous ride-hailing service has panne

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Tesla and Elon Musk Sued by Shareholders Who Say Robotaxis Violate Traffic Laws

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-12-03 08:25:50

Tesla shareholders filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday against both the EV company and CEO Elon Musk, alleging they made “materially false and misleading statements” about the safety of their robotaxis and the regulatory scrutiny that comes with launching autonomous vehicles. Tesla launched its Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, on June 22, but there’s a human “safety monitor” in the passenger seat, and the robotic vehicles are geofenced to a relatively small area in the city. Despite the p

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Lyft and Baidu plan to bring their robotaxis to the UK and Germany next year

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-06 17:21:33

Lyft and Baidu have shed more light on their plan for a worldwide fleet of autonomous vehicles . After the first rollouts — which are earmarked for Asia and the Middle East later this year — the companies have their designs set on Europe. They're aiming to deploy robotaxis in the UK and Germany in 2026, as long as they get approval from regulators. The goal is to then expand the European fleet to thousands of vehicles across the continent in the following years. Baidu is using its sixth-generat

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These Behind-the-Scenes Emails From Tesla Meekly Begging the State of California to Allow Its Horrible Robotaxis Are Unintentionally Hilarious

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-07 10:45:34

Email exchanges between Tesla and California regulators obtained by Politico reveal a comical discrepancy between what Elon Musk is saying his Robotaxi services can do publicly, and what the automaker is actually telling authorities behind closed doors. This week, Tesla launched a ride-hailing service in San Francisco, in what is being framed as an expansion of its Robotaxi efforts that started as an invite-only program in Austin, Texas last month, where it immediately began charging customers

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Tesla Robotaxi Gets Stuck in Infinite Loop as Support Tries to Break It Out

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-11 08:04:26

Footage taken by a passenger shows a Tesla Robotaxi getting totally stumped as it tries to escape a parking lot, aimlessly driving in circles while its human "safety monitor" sits bored in the front passenger seat, doing nothing to intervene. Ladies and gentlemen: the self-driving software that Elon Musk says will be piloting millions of cars by the end of next year. The video was uploaded by Dan Burkland, a self-described EV enthusiast. In a tweet, he explained that he "threw a curveball" at

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Tesla’s ‘robotaxi’ rides in San Francisco have a human at the wheel

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-11 12:20:52

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Tesla’s newly-launched ride-hailing service in San Francisco isn’t quite ready for the “robotaxi” designation. After launching its robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, with a “safety monitor” in the passenger seat last month, a video of Tesla’s service in San Francisco shows a vehicle arriving with a human at the wheel, as reported earlier by Business I

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Waymo plans to bring its robotaxi service to Dallas in 2026

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2025-12-18 12:25:44

A Waymo rider-only robotaxi is seen during a test ride in San Francisco, California, U.S., December 9, 2022. Alphabet's Waymo unit plans on bringing its robotaxi service to Dallas next year, adding to a growing list of prospective U.S. markets for 2026, including Miami and Washington, D.C. Rental car company Avis Budget Group will be managing the Waymo fleet in Dallas, via a new partnership the companies announced Monday. Avis CEO Brian Choi said in a statement that the agreement marks a "mil

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Tesla Rolling Out Robotaxis With Human Drivers in the Driver's Seat, Defeating the Purpose of a Robotaxi

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-22 12:22:56

Tesla is planning to follow up on its extremely limited and technical-issues-plagued robotaxi service in Austin, Texas — with an even more limited rollout in San Francisco. According to an internal memo obtained by Business Insider, Elon Musk's EV maker is looking to accelerate its timeline by rolling out a robotaxi service across a large swathe of the Bay Area, as soon as this week. But there's a Gigafactory-sized caveat: a human safety operator will be sitting in the robotaxi's driver seat,

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Things Are Looking Really, Really Bad for Tesla

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-27 20:23:12

Elon Musk's carmaker Tesla is widely expected to disappoint with its Q2 earnings report later today. Demand for the company's EVs has dried up significantly over the past 18 months, driven in large part by its exceptionally divisive CEO's efforts to alienate buyers at the exact moment that the company is facing a flood of high-quality international competition. Deliveries fell a record 13.5 percent this quarter compared to a year earlier — and the accompanying earnings report, which is set to

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Uber Is Going All-in on Robotaxis

gizmodo.com Rhett Jones 2026-01-07 03:00:35

By the end of this decade, your next Uber ride might not have a driver at all. At least, that’s what Uber wants you (and its investors on Wall Street to believe.) Uber announced a new partnership today with luxury electric vehicle maker Lucid and the robotics company Nuro. Under the agreement, Uber plans to deploy a fleet of at least 20,000 Lucid Gravity SUVs equipped with Nuro’s self-driving technology over the next six years. The robotaxi service is expected to launch in a yet unnamed major U

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Uber's latest robotaxi plan involves 20,000 Lucid EVs

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-08 02:59:44

Uber is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Nuro and Lucid, the latest step in the company’s plan to build an extensive robotaxi program that can roll out globally. Uber’s partnership with EV manufacturer Lucid will see it deploy at least 20,000 of the Newark-based company’s vehicles over a period of six years. These will be equipped with the AI-powered Nuro Driver autonomous technology. The vehicles will be owned and operated by Uber or one of its third-party partners, and the service

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Uber inks six-year robotaxi deal with Lucid, invests $300 million in EV company

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-08 17:42:48

Uber on Thursday announced a partnership to deploy more than 20,000 robotaxis over the next six years as demand for driverless cars kicks into high gear. As part of the partnership, the ride-hailing company is teaming up with Lucid , the electric vehicle maker, and Nuro, an autonomous vehicle startup. Under the agreement, Uber will invest $300 million in Lucid. Nuro will develop the self-driving technology that Lucid will use to supply Uber with robotaxis over the course of the deal and receive

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Bank Warns That Robotaxi Companies May Have Overlooked Severe Obstacles to Actually Making Money

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-12 21:16:21

Bank Warns That Robotaxi Companies May Have Overlooked Severe Obstacles to Actually Making Money They're not convinced. Cost Benefit As Elon Musk's Tesla triples down on an autonomous ridehailing service, analysts are ringing the alarm bells, warning that even if the technology were swiftly perfected, it could take many years for robotaxis to become profitable. As Business Insider reports, analysts at HSBC warn that the market for driverless taxis — if there even is one — is being "widely ov

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Tesla is already trying to expand its robotaxi service to Arizona

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2026-01-19 21:58:12

Tesla has applied to test and operate autonomous vehicles in Arizona in a bid to bring its fledgling robotaxi service to the Metro Phoenix area, the state’s Department of Transportation confirmed to TechCrunch. Tesla contacted the Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) under the Arizona Department of Transportation on June 26 to begin the certification process, a spokesperson said in an emailed statement. The company, which launched a limited robotaxi service in South Austin last month, expressed interes

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Tesla is already trying to expand its Robotaxi service to Arizona

techcrunch.com Kirsten Korosec 2026-01-20 03:58:12

Tesla has applied to test and operate autonomous vehicles in Arizona in a bid to bring its fledgling robotaxi service to the Metro Phoenix area, the state’s Department of Transportation confirmed to TechCrunch. Tesla contacted the Motor Vehicle Division under the Arizona Department of Transportation on June 26 to begin the certification process, a spokesperson said in an emailed statement. The company, which launched a limited robotaxi service in South Austin last month, expressed interest in o

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Tesla moves to expand Robotaxi to Phoenix, following rival Waymo

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2026-01-20 12:56:04

Elon Musk's Tesla has applied to test and eventually deploy its Robotaxi vehicles in Phoenix, Arizona, following in the footsteps of market leader Waymo. Tesla has applied to conduct autonomous vehicle testing and operations, with and without human safety drivers on board, in Arizona, a spokesperson for the Arizona Department of Transportation told CNBC on Thursday. A decision on the application is expected at the end of July, and Tesla has "expressed interest in operating within the Phoenix Me

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Musk says Tesla is expanding Austin robotaxi service, adding Grok to cars

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-21 17:34:16

A vehicle Tesla is using for robotaxi testing purposes on Oltorf Street in Austin, Texas, US, on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company is expanding its robotaxi service area and bringing xAI's Grok to vehicles as it rolled out a new iteration of the artificial intelligence chatbot. Shares gained about 3%. Musk said on X that Grok, his AI chatbot that praised Adolf Hitler and posted a barrage of antisemitic comments recently, will be available in Tesla vehicles "next week

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Reckless Footage Shows Tesla Robotaxi Careening Through Heavy Rain at High Speed

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-30 03:14:57

Terrifying new footage shows a Tesla robotaxi ripping through partially flooded streets in Austin, Texas. The clip, which went viral on the r/SweatyPalms subreddit over the weekend, shows the modified Model Y blasting past human-operated vehicles that are operating with far more caution — while passing on the right lane, a no-no for prudent drivers. "That dude is leaving a permanent hand print on that door handle," one Reddit user joked, referring to the person in the driver's seat holding on

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Tesla Fans Rage Against Elon Musk as They Lose Money on Polymarket After Doing Exactly What He Told Them to Do

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-30 18:15:40

Elon Musk's fanboys are furious at the billionaire for giving them bad betting advice on Polymarket. Back when there was still a slight chance that Tesla might pull off a public Robotaxi launch by the end of June, the multi-hyphenate billionaire prognosticated on X-formerly-Twitter that betting against the haters on the crypto-based prediction platform would be a "money-making opportunity." Obviously, that didn't happen — the program remains glitchy and not open to the public — and now that th

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Tesla is already trying to expand its robotaxi service to Arizona

Tesla is already trying to expand its Robotaxi service to Arizona

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