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Uber is spending $10 billion to deploy 120,000 robotaxis across 15 cities (techspot.com)

2026-08-06 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: autonomous, driving, uber

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Waymo in Dallas (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by The Waymo Team | tags: waymo, dallas, autonomous vehicles

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Waymo – Dallas Open to All (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by The Waymo Team | tags: waymo, dallas, autonomous vehicles

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China is Tesla's cash cow, but for how much longer? (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: tesla, shanghai factory, china passenger car association

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Tesla Whistleblower Describes Wildly Dangerous Safety Lapses While Developing Full Self-Driving (futurism.com)

2026-08-03 | by Frank Landymore | tags: tesla, full self-driving, autonomous vehicles

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TechCrunch Mobility: Two roads diverged — for robotaxis (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-02 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: zoox, robotaxi, waymo

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Inside the Luxury Robotaxi Uber, Lucid and Nuro Are Testing (cnet.com)

2026-08-02 | by Abrar Al-Heeti | tags: uber, lucid motors, nuro

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Deep-sea vehicles spot 'alien' sharks deep beneath the waves in the Pacific (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-02 | tags: deep-sea vehicles, alien sharks, pacific ocean

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Uber is building an autonomous vehicle empire, and here’s every company it’s using to do it (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-01 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: uber, autonomous vehicles, uber advanced technologies group

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After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: waymo, santa monica, autonomous vehicles

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China could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-31 | tags: china, ev recycling, battery materials

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Amazon's Zoox is the first steering wheel-free robotaxi to get regulatory approval for paid rides (engadget.com)

2026-07-31 | by Mariella Moon | tags: zoox, amazon, autonomous vehicles

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For the First Time, Zoox Can Charge People for Rides in Its Steering-Wheel-Free Robotaxis (wired.com)

2026-07-30 | by Aarian Marshall | tags: zoox, nhtsa, robotaxis

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Amazon's Zoox to begin charging for rides in Las Vegas after clearing NHTSA hurdle (cnbc.com)

2026-07-30 | by Annie Palmer | tags: zoox, nhtsa, robotaxi

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Zoox clears final federal hurdle to launch paid robotaxi service (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: zoox, amazon, robotaxi

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Waymo Returns to Freeways After Recall (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: waymo, freeways, recall

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At Waymo, an AI project isn't ready until its evals are — not when the model performs well (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: waymo, autonomous vehicles, machine learning

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Waymo robotaxis are starting to return to freeways (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-29 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: waymo, robotaxis, phoenix

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Waymo, robotaxi operators face fresh scrutiny over emergency response failures (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-28 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: waymo, robotaxi, autonomous vehicles

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Saudi prince buys 5% stake in Lucid Motors (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-28 | by Sean O'Kane | tags: lucid motors, prince al waleed, saudi arabia

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GM redesigned its engineering workflows around AI agents — and tripled its merged pull requests (venturebeat.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: autonomous vehicles, ai agents, pull requests

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Lyft and Baidu enter London’s robotaxi battleground as testing begins (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-28 | by Kirsten Korosec | tags: baidu, lyft, robotaxi

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New Data Shows EV Batteries Are Lasting Longer Than Initially Expected (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-25 | tags: ev batteries, tesla, battery longevity

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In an Industry First, Ford Will Use Apple Tech to Power Self-Driving Cars: ‘One of the Most Important Announcements’ (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-24 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: ford, apple, self-driving cars

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Rivian sues the US government for ‘full refund’ of Trump tariffs (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-24 | by Sean O'Kane | tags: rivian, us government, tariffs

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This May Be the Most Damning Single Fact in Tesla’s Quarterly Earnings Report (futurism.com)

2026-07-24 | by Frank Landymore | tags: tesla, robotaxi, elon musk

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Tesla’s car door defect could lead to tougher rules for everyone (theverge.com)

2026-07-24 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | tags: tesla, electronic door handles, nhtsa

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Tesla set to report second-quarter results after the bell (cnbc.com)

2026-07-22 | by Lora Kolodny | tags: tesla, spacex, elon musk

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MIT’s new lidar chip could give self-driving cars a wider view (sciencedaily.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: lidar, silicon-photonics, autonomous vehicles

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Bucking EV slowdown, Sila raises $300M to expand battery materials factory (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-21 | by Tim De Chant | tags: sila, battery materials, anode