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Amazon's Zoox Recalls 105 Robotaxis After One Drove Into Heavy Smoke at an Active Fire Scene
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 Launches Driverless Robotaxi Rides in San Diego, Las Vegas, Tampa, and Denver in Its Biggest Four-City Push Yet
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 Proposes Dropping Manual Brake Pedal Mandate for Driverless Vehicles, Clearing a Path for Tesla's Cybercab
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 Begins Rolling Out FSD v14 Lite to Hardware 3 Vehicles After Freeze Dating to Early 2025
Tesla started shipping FSD v14 Lite to roughly 4 million Hardware 3 vehicles, ending a freeze on FSD v12.6, though the system remains Level 2 as a Dutch legal claim grows.
Tesla Launches Robotaxi in Miami, Its First City Outside Texas and California, But Maps Only a Small Geofenced Zone
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 Rolls Out China's First Mass-Produced Robotaxi on GX Platform, Targets Driverless Service by Early 2027
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.
Einride Brings Cab-Less Autonomous Electric Trucks to Ohio as Company Files for $1.35 Billion Nasdaq Listing
Einride and EASE Logistics will deploy two SAE Level 4 driverless electric trucks in Marysville, Ohio this summer, while the company pursues a $1.35 billion Nasdaq listing via SPAC and scales an Amazon electric fleet.
Aurora Innovation Surpasses 370,000 Driverless Miles and Prepares to Deploy 200 Autonomous Trucks by Year-End
Aurora's Q1 2026 results show 370,000 driverless miles with zero attributed collisions, a second-gen hardware kit launching in Q2, and a 200-truck Sun Belt deployment target for year-end.
Waymo Crosses 1,400 Square Miles Across 11 Cities as Robotaxi Network Readies for FIFA World Cup
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.
NHTSA Opens Probe Into Uber Robotaxi Partner Avride After 16 Crashes in Four Months on Dallas Streets
Federal regulators flagged 16 crashes involving Avride's Hyundai Ioniq 5 robotaxis between December 2025 and March 2026, citing 'excessive assertiveness and insufficient capability.'
Humble Exits Stealth With a Cabless Electric Hauler and a $24 Million Seed Bet on Skipping the Driver's Cab Entirely
San Francisco startup Humble unveiled the Humble Hauler, a fully autonomous, cabless Class 8 electric truck, after closing a $24 million seed round led by Eclipse to pursue dock-to-dock freight without a human cab.
Tesla Admits Hardware 3 Cannot Support Unsupervised Full Self-Driving, Plans Micro-Factories to Retrofit Millions of Vehicles
Elon Musk confirmed on Tesla's Q1 2026 earnings call that roughly 4 million HW3 vehicles cannot run unsupervised FSD, reversing years of promises and triggering legal exposure.