NHTSA

Amazon-owned Zoox is recalling software across its 105-robotaxi fleet after a driverless car entered heavy smoke at an uncordoned fire scene on June 20, fixing the flaw with an over-the-air update.

NHTSA proposed dropping the federal manual brake pedal mandate for purpose-built autonomous vehicles like Tesla's Cybercab, opening a public comment period through July 27, 2026.

Federal regulators flagged 16 crashes involving Avride's Hyundai Ioniq 5 robotaxis between December 2025 and March 2026, citing 'excessive assertiveness and insufficient capability.'

Tesla begins Cybercab mass production at Giga Texas, targeting one unit every ten seconds, as its Austin robotaxi service logs 14 crashes and operates fewer than ten unsupervised vehicles.

Waymo's weekly paid robotaxi trips have grown tenfold in under two years, reaching 500,000 across 10 cities even as school bus safety incidents draw federal scrutiny

NHTSA gave Tesla a final March 9 deadline to deliver crash video and telemetry from its FSD investigation, while data shows Austin robotaxis crash four times more often than human drivers.