Today in Automotive History: September 28, 2020 — A London Court Hands Uber Its License Back
On Sept. 28, 2020, a London court ruled Uber "fit and proper" and restored its license. The standard it set…
Waymo
A Waymo Spotted a Rifle, Pulled Itself Over, and Called SFPD on Its Own Riders
Waymo spotted a firearm in one of its driverless cars, stopped it and called police. The cameras, the hotline and…
Zoox Can Legally Build 2,500 Robotaxis a Year. It Still Can’t Charge You a Dime for a Ride in San Francisco.
Zoox holds two of California’s four robotaxi permits, and neither one allows it to take your money. The free rides…
Tesla Has 80,000 Superchargers and Still Doesn’t Have the Ones Its Own Robotaxis Need
Tesla’s Supercharger network was sized around how people charge. A driverless fleet does not behave like a person — and…
Hyundai’s Georgia-Built Waymo Robotaxi Isn’t a Patriotism Story. It’s a Compliance Deadline.
The first IONIQ 5 robotaxis arrive in the fourth quarter. A Commerce Department rule makes Chinese-origin driving software unsellable from…
Ford’s $4,195 Carhartt F-150, Germany’s First Driverless Truck, and What Else Moved
Not every headline gets its own story, but it still shapes the industry. Over the...
Ford’s 17-Truck Recall, Diesel Past $6, and What Else Moved
Our automotive news roundup for the last 24 hours: three more Ford recalls, a Daimler repair being done a third…
Uber Cut 3,300 Jobs to Chase Robotaxis. Its Best Robotaxi Partner Is Already Leaving the App
Every layoff comes wrapped in the same corporate vocabulary: flattening, simplifying, refocusing. Uber’s September 2...
Waymo Told NHTSA How It Decides School-Zone Speeds. Then It Blacked Out the Answer.
A nine-year-old girl in Santa Monica is fine. She stood up, walked to the curb,...
Nevada Just Cleared Tesla for 5,000 Robotaxis in Vegas — More Than Tesla Has Ever Run Anywhere, Combined
Nevada’s transportation regulators just gave Tesla permission to run 5,000 driverless robotaxis around Las Vegas....
A 127.5% Tariff Still Couldn’t Kill Waymo’s Chinese Robotaxi Bet — Here’s the Math That Makes It Worth It
Somewhere at the Port of Los Angeles, Waymo has been quietly paying a bill that...
Pony.ai Promised Europe More Robotaxis Than It’s Ever Built. Who Owns the Ones That Don’t Exist Yet?
Somewhere inside a routine filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sits a sentence...
Florida’s Flying-Car Test Track Is the Headline. The Robotaxis Already on I-95 Are the Real Story
Florida’s governor stood in front of a hangar in Auburndale this week and talked about...
California Legalized 80,000-Pound Driverless Trucks Using a Rule Built for Fixing Typos. The Teamsters Just Called That Bluff.
No self-driving semi has crashed on a California freeway. None has even been allowed to...
Waymo ‘Recalled’ 4,000 Robotaxis For Blowing Through Construction Zones — And Not One Of Them Stopped Driving
Nearly 4,000 Waymo robotaxis are now the subject of a recall filed with the National...