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Tesla Begins Cybercab Mass Production at Giga Texas as Safety Record and Regulatory Path Remain Uncertain
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.
WeRide and Grab Launch Singapore's First Public Robotaxi Service, Opening a New Front in the Global Autonomous Vehicle Race
Chinese AV firm WeRide and Southeast Asian superapp Grab begin public autonomous rides in Singapore's Punggol district, marking the city-state's first driverless service open to everyday residents.
Waymo Robotaxis Force First Responders Into Roadside Assistance Role as Fleet Expands to Ten Cities
A TechCrunch investigation identifies at least six incidents where police and firefighters had to manually drive Waymo vehicles during emergencies, including an Austin mass shooting and a California wildfire.
Waymo Crosses 500,000 Weekly Paid Rides Across 10 U.S. Cities as Robotaxi Leader Targets One Million by Year-End
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
GM Begins Public Road Testing of Eyes-Off Autonomous Driving System Ahead of 2028 Escalade IQ Launch
General Motors has deployed more than 200 test vehicles on highways in California and Michigan to validate its next-generation Level 3 autonomous driving system, which will allow drivers to look away from the road entirely when it debuts in the 2028 Cadillac Escalade IQ.
Uber Signs Robotaxi Deals With Both Zoox and Motional in a Single Week, Cementing Its Role as the Autonomous Ride-Hailing Platform
Uber launched Motional IONIQ 5 robotaxis in Las Vegas on March 13 and announced a strategic partnership with Amazon-backed Zoox two days earlier, accelerating a multi-partner platform strategy now spanning more than 25 AV companies.
Tesla Faces March 9 NHTSA Deadline to Hand Over FSD Crash Data as Austin Robotaxi Fleet Crashes at Four Times the Human Rate
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.
Autonomous Ships Cross Two Milestones in a Single Month as China Completes First Unmanned Port Call and U.S. Navy Begins Building Crewless Warships
China's Zhi Fei completed a fully autonomous port call at Qingdao while the U.S. Navy's Liberty Class entered construction, as the IMO races to finalize global rules by 2030.
NVIDIA Alpamayo Enters Production: The First Open-Source Reasoning AV Model Ships Inside the Mercedes-Benz CLA
NVIDIA's Alpamayo open-source Vision-Language-Action model is now shipping in production vehicles, marking a pivot from proprietary to open autonomous driving AI.
Wayve Raises $1.5 Billion at $8.6 Billion Valuation as BMW and Mercedes Abandon Level 3, Signaling a Tectonic Shift in Autonomous Driving
UK startup Wayve secures $1.5B from NVIDIA, Microsoft, Uber, and three automakers for its AI foundation model approach to self-driving, just as BMW and Mercedes shelve their in-house Level 3 programs.
Waymo Raises Record $16 Billion at $126 Billion Valuation, Plans Robotaxi Expansion to 20 Cities and First International Markets
Waymo secures the largest autonomous vehicle investment ever, tripling to 15 million rides in 2025 and targeting 20+ new cities including Tokyo and London in 2026