Uber has begun offering autonomous rides in Europe for the first time, in the Croatian capital, Zagreb. From Wednesday, riders there can book a self-driving car through the Uber app, the company said. The service is run with the Chinese firm Pony.ai an…
Also, the micromobility startup that spun out of Rivian last year, has raised $150 million in a Series D round. The round values it above $1 billion. The company told Fortune the money will go towards its real ambition, which is not e-bikes but small a…
Tesla asked Nevada regulators for permission to run up to 5,000 robotaxis across Las Vegas. It was granted 10. The Nevada Transportation Authority set out the limit in an interim order dated 27 July. The cap sits far below what the company requested. T…
Einride is buying 500 Tesla Semis, and Amazon quietly owns a slice of the company that will run them. The Swedish electric-trucking firm said on Tuesday it will deploy the 500 electric big rigs for Amazon and other customers. It called the order the la…
Robert Ferris put the question to forecasters and executives for CNBC on 15 August. The average American car is now 12.8 years old, on Mobility Global’s figures. A new one costs close to $50,000, and nobody selling software-defined vehicles will say th…
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan crashed his Tesla Model S on July 14 while the car was running on Autopilot. He was reaching for a phone that had dropped out of reach, and he took his eyes off the road.
The crash left him with a concussion…
A police department in Parker, Colorado, pulled over a Tesla going 64 mph in a 45 mph zone whose driver insisted they weren’t responsible, because the car was running “Full Self-Driving.”
Of course, Tesla will never take responsibility for that inciden…
Amazon’s Zoox will begin charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas on August 10, the company confirmed on Wednesday. Fares will be calculated from a base price plus distance and time, with destination fees for trips to and from the airport. Zoox said pr…
Uber wants to own the robotaxi era without building the cars. “Building a great autonomous driver is one part of building a successful autonomous business,” chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi told analysts on Wednesday. He then listed the rest: dispatch…
Nvidia wants self-driving cars to explain themselves. The company has released Alpamayo 2 Super, an open AI model for robotaxis that does not just plan a route but reasons about why, and it is now available for commercial use. The model is Nvidia’s pit…