Self-operating shuttle bus crashes after Las Vegas launch (All Things Self Driving)

ronjor · Feb 1, 2025

Autonomous vehicle testing in California dropped 50%. Here’s why.

Kirsten Korosec January 31, 2025
Today, fewer companies are willing to pour millions into the development of autonomous vehicle technology. Although there are some recent outliers. Wayve raised $1 billion in May and Waymo raised $5.6 billion in November.
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ronjor · Mar 4, 2025

Waymo is now available exclusively on Uber in Austin

by Andrew J. Hawkins Mar 4, 2025
Waymo only operates within a 37-square-mile area in Austin, which includes Hyde Park, Downtown, Montopolis, and other “popular destinations,” according to the company. So the trip will need to originate and end within that service area in order to qualify for Waymo. It also doesn’t operate on highways yet, so the route will only comprise local streets.
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ronjor · Mar 12, 2025

Waymo expands its robotaxi service again, this time to parts of Silicon Valley

Lora Kolodny@in/lorakolodny/ Mar 11 2025
Waymo on Tuesday announced it is expanding its service to include another 27 square miles of coverage around the San Francisco Bay Area.
With the expansion, Waymo will now take passengers around Mountain View, Los Altos, Palo Alto and parts of Sunnyvale, California.
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ronjor · Mar 27, 2025

After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers

Timothy B. Lee – Mar 27, 2025
Waymo has been in dozens of crashes. Most were not Waymo's fault.
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ronjor · Apr 20, 2025

Surge pricing, the scourge of ridehailing, is evolving for the robotaxi era

by David Zipper Apr 19, 2025
That justification makes intuitive sense, but it raises an awkward question about robotaxis, which are expanding across the US, from San Jose, California, to Washington, DC. If surge pricing is intended to expand the driver pool, why is it now being used by companies with driverless vehicles?
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ronjor · Apr 25, 2025

Waymo reports 250,000 paid robotaxi rides per week in U.S.

Lora Kolodny@in/lorakolodny/ Jennifer Elias@jenn_elias Apr 24 2025
Alphabet reported Thursday that Waymo, its autonomous vehicle unit, is now delivering more than 250,000 paid robotaxi rides per week in the U.S.
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stapp · May 1, 2025

Aurora launches commercial self-driving truck service in Texas

Autonomous vehicle technology startup Aurora Innovation says it has successfully launched a self-driving truck service in Texas, making it the first company to deploy driverless, heavy-duty trucks for commercial use on public roads in the U.S.
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https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/01/aurora-launches-commercial-self-driving-truck-service-in-texas/

ronjor · May 5, 2025

Waymo says it will add 2,000 more robotaxis in 2026

by Andrew J. Hawkins May 5, 2025
In a blog post published today, the Alphabet company said it currently has 1,500 Jaguars operating across its four main markets: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin. And it plans on adding 2,000 more vehicles into 2026, for a total fleet size of 3,500. The company recently hit an average of 250,000 paid passenger trips per week.
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ronjor · May 7, 2025

Amazon-owned Zoox issues recall following robotaxi crash

Kirsten Korosec May 6, 2025
Zoox, the autonomous vehicle company owned by Amazon, paused its driverless testing program for more than a week and issued a voluntary recall of its software following a crash in Las Vegas, according to the company and a filing with federal safety regulators.
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ronjor · May 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM

Waymo recalls 1,200 self-driving vehicles after minor collisions

By David Shepardson and Deborah Mary Sophia May 14, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Alphabet is recalling more than 1,200 self-driving vehicles to update software and address risks of collisions with chains, gates and other roadway barriers after U.S. auto safety investigators opened a probe last year.
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