Transportation & logistics
Self-driving vehicles, smarter shipping and how goods move — the wins, and the jobs watching closely.
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4 min readMixedMercedes Signs Deal to Put Wayve's Self-Driving AI in Future CarsMercedes will build a British startup's map-free driving AI into production vehicles within two years — its third self-driving system running in parallel.4 min readMixedJoby's Pilotless Cessna Just Flew Across the US Without Anyone at the ControlsA converted Cessna Caravan flew over 3,100 miles across America on its own, and the company behind it is now aiming the technology at defense and freight, not just future air taxis.3 min readConcerningSome Texas robotaxi emergency phone lines don't actually workNBC News called every emergency contact number Texas driverless-car and truck companies filed with the state and found some disconnected, unstaffed, or wrong.4 min readConcerningTesla sealed the details of 4 deadly crashes where Autopilot was onIn its worst month on record for driver-assist crashes, Tesla confirmed its own system was engaged in four fatal wrecks — then blacked out the data that would explain what happened.3 min readMixedWaymo launches robotaxis in Las Vegas as rivals race to catch upGoogle's self-driving car service is now picking up riders on the Las Vegas Strip, its 15th U.S. city, with Tesla, Uber, and Zoox all cleared to compete there too.4 min readMixedAmazon's Zoox Expands Free Robotaxi Rides in San Francisco, Challenging WaymoZoox is using free rides, festival sponsorships and restaurant partnerships to build buzz in Waymo's stronghold, but it still can't legally charge fares in the city.3 min readMixedMinneapolis weighs forcing a human "safety monitor" into every robotaxiA proposed city ordinance would require a paid driver in the seat of any self-driving car operating in Minneapolis, which Waymo calls a de facto ban.4 min readMixedXPeng starts mass-producing its humanoid robot on an automated lineThe Chinese EV maker says its new Guangzhou line is over 80% automated, with the IRON robot walking off it under its own power ahead of a 2026 mass-production target.4 min readMixedWaymo riders in several cities say pickups are getting worse, not betterA Reddit thread about robotaxis stopping blocks from requested spots spread from Houston to Dallas, LA and beyond, just as Waymo races toward 14 cities and a million weekly rides.3 min readMixedFederal regulators open safety probe into Tesla's driverless CybercabNHTSA is investigating whether Tesla's steering-wheel-free Cybercab robotaxis, already carrying paying passengers in Austin, meet U.S. vehicle safety standards.4 min readConcerningTesla's own crash report confirms Autopilot was on when it killed a motorcyclistFederal filings show a Tesla Model X had its driver-assist system "verified engaged" in a fatal Ohio crash — but Tesla blacked out the details that would explain what the car did.4 min readMixedRobotaxis go live for hire: London gets its first, Vegas robotaxis reach the airportLondoners can now book a Wayve-Uber self-driving cab with a safety driver aboard, while Amazon's Zoox starts airport runs in Las Vegas under a temporary US safety exemption.3 min readMixedUber cuts 3,300 jobs, flattens management to fund ride-share, delivery, robotaxi pushUber is laying off 10% of its global staff and cutting management layers as it pours more resources into ride-hailing, delivery and self-driving car partnerships.4 min readMixedWaymo's driverless taxis now run in 14 U.S. cities after Denver, San Diego, Tampa launchWaymo opened its robotaxi app to the public in three more cities, growing its fleet past 4,000 vehicles as Tesla pushes its own driverless rides into the same markets.4 min readMixedAtlanta Uber Drivers Say Robotaxis Are Already Cutting Into Their PayA driver union wants a per-ride fee on Waymo robotaxis, but a 2017 state law may leave Atlanta with almost no power to act.4 min readMixedRobotaxi test drivers are getting hurt as Waymo and Zoox scale upOSHA filings show two dozen-plus injuries from hard braking and sudden swerves — and reporting gaps mean the real toll on test drivers is likely higher.4 min readMixedLondon's robotaxi launch slips again as regulator sits on the rulebookUber, Wayve, Waymo and Baidu are all stuck waiting for Transport for London to publish the guidance needed before driverless taxis can legally operate.4 min readMixedLas Vegas clears Tesla, Waymo and Uber for driverless robotaxi ridesNevada regulators approved three more companies to charge for self-driving rides in Las Vegas, while a Nashville depot shows what happens to the drivers left behind.4 min readMixedDutch regulator fines Uber $966M for firing drivers by algorithmThe Netherlands says Uber let software deactivate drivers' accounts without enough human review — Uber calls the fine unjustified and plans to appeal.4 min readMixedNevada clears Tesla, Waymo and Uber to run up to 8,000 robotaxis in Las VegasRegulators approved paid, driverless robotaxi service across Clark County, but even the companies admit they won't hit those numbers this year.4 min readMixedDriverless Tesla robotaxi stops at barriers, then pushes through anywayWeeks after Tesla called its robotaxi program's safety record "impeccable," an unsupervised Model Y hesitated at plastic bollards — then rolled straight through them.4 min readMixedTesla asked Nevada for 5,000 robotaxis in Vegas. It got 10.A huge gap between what Tesla requested and what regulators approved shows how far the company's driverless ambitions still are from its actual fleet size.4 min readMixedSelf-driving trucks get a green light in California and a major manufacturer dealCalifornia just let autonomous 18-wheelers onto public roads for testing, while Einride and truck maker DAF struck a deal to build self-driving big rigs at scale.4 min readMixedWaymo can now charge for driverless rides across 18 California countiesCalifornia regulators tripled Waymo's service area to Sacramento, San Diego and most of the Bay Area and LA, just as its safety claims face independent scrutiny.4 min readMixedCalifornia regulators clear Waymo to triple its robotaxi service areaThe CPUC approved driverless rides across 18 counties, from Sacramento and San Diego to wine country — but Waymo says the actual rollout will be slow.4 min readMixedTesla's driverless Cybercab is finally rolling — with a satellite dish built inMore than a year after its flashy reveal, Tesla's steering-wheel-free robotaxi is in production in Texas, and the latest units carry a hidden Starlink antenna to keep them connected.3 min readMixedWaymo robotaxis stalled in traffic — and drove over exploding fireworks — on July 4thAs Waymo's fleet nears 4,000 cars, a chaotic San Francisco fireworks night shows how rare "edge cases" scale up with growth.4 min readMixedRobotaxi fleets are scaling fast — and running into more rare, dangerous momentsA fatal Dallas crash involving a Waymo and a Las Vegas Zoox that drove into a fire scene show how growth is exposing driverless cars' hardest edge cases.4 min readMixedPedestrian killed after SUV throws him into path of driverless Waymo in DallasA man struck by an SUV outside a crosswalk was thrown into the path of an empty self-driving car, which slowed but could not avoid a second hit.4 min readConcerningTesla driver blamed "Full Self-Driving" for speeding — the software is built to do itA Colorado traffic stop exposed a real gap: Tesla's Level 2 system can drive over the speed limit, and Tesla just removed the setting that let owners stop it.