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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.

Waymo went fully driverless in Las Vegas and is bringing San Diego, Tampa, and Denver online next, pushing its network past 10 cities as it chases 1 million weekly rides by year-end.

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.

Tesla began robotaxi service in Miami on July 3, 2026 - its first city outside Texas and California - but the geofence covers only a small slice of Miami-Dade even as its fleet shrinks.

XPENG began mass production of its L4 robotaxi on May 18, making it the first Chinese automaker to build a robotaxi entirely through in-house engineering.

Waymo adds 200 square miles to five existing markets, reaching over 1,400 sq mi and positioning its autonomous fleet across six 2026 World Cup host cities.

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

Waymo's eight-vehicle NYC pilot lapsed March 31 with no incidents and no renewal, capping a year of restrictive testing as Governor Hochul abandoned statewide expansion and Mayor Mamdani signaled a worker-first stance.

Croatia becomes Europe's first country with a paid commercial robotaxi service, as Verne, Pony.ai, and Uber open Gen-7 autonomous rides to the public in Zagreb.

Select Uber employees in San Francisco can now hail Nuro-equipped Lucid Gravity SUVs through the rideshare app, a critical deployment milestone ahead of a public robotaxi launch planned for later in 2026.

Lucid Group has appointed former Schindler chairman Silvio Napoli as chief executive and secured roughly $1.05 billion in new funding from Saudi Arabia's PIF, Uber, and a public offering, while expanding its robotaxi commitment with Uber to 35,000 vehicles.

Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA America and Uber begin testing autonomous ID. Buzz minivans in Los Angeles, targeting commercial robotaxi service by late 2026 and fully driverless operations with 500-plus vehicles by mid-2027.