#robotaxi

Waymo has introduced a new autonomous vehicle called the Ojai, with low steps, flat floors, elevator-style doors, and screen-reader-friendly controls aimed at easier entry and broader accessibility.

Waymo has started offering select riders trips in its new Ojai robotaxi, putting its sixth-generation Driver hardware into service across three major US markets.

Waymo says its autonomous ride-hailing network will span more than 1,400 square miles across 11 U.S. cities in the coming weeks, a scale-up timed to major World Cup host markets but pitched as a lasting expansion for day

Tesla has published fresh details on 17 robotaxi incidents, including two low-speed Austin crashes in which remote human operators drove vehicles into roadside objects.

Federal regulators are investigating Avride after identifying 16 crashes involving the company’s self-driving system, including one incident that caused a minor injury.

Tesla has released its Robotaxi app on the Google Play Store, extending access to Android users after launching the iOS version in September 2025.

Extracted candidate text indicates Tesla has launched a Robotaxi service in Houston and Dallas using very small geofenced operating areas, pointing to a tightly controlled deployment strategy.

Tesla says its Robotaxi service is expanding beyond Austin and San Francisco into Houston and Dallas, though the newly published service areas remain tightly constrained.

Uber has started on-road validation testing in Los Angeles with Volkswagen’s autonomous mobility unit MOIA, using custom-built ID. Buzz vans as the companies work toward public robotaxi rides later this year.

Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA America and Uber have begun testing autonomous electric microbuses in Los Angeles, marking the first U.S. city in a planned robotaxi rollout that is expected to start with safety operators and,

Amazon-owned Zoox says it is expanding its purpose-built robotaxi service to San Francisco, Las Vegas, Austin, and Miami, marking a broader national rollout.

Waymo says it is now providing 500,000 paid robotaxi rides a week, but incidents involving stranded vehicles are sharpening questions about who should handle failures in active streets and emergencies.

Nvidia will supply its full autonomous driving software stack to power Uber robotaxis starting in the first half of 2027, targeting 28 global markets across four continents by the end of 2028.

Amazon-owned Zoox has expanded its autonomous vehicle testing to Phoenix and Dallas, bringing its purpose-built robotaxi fleet to 10 markets nationwide.

Nissan is finalizing a partnership with Uber to deploy Wayve-powered autonomous vehicles for ride-hailing by fiscal 2027.

A Waymo self-driving taxi illegally passed a stopped school bus in Austin after a remote operator error, triggering a federal investigation.

Waymo has launched fully driverless robotaxi service in Nashville, marking another major expansion for the Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company.