Robotaxi

Waymo has started driverless rides to and from Nashville International Airport, rolling out access to riders over time, the company said on X.

Baidu's Apollo Go will give Tung Chung residents free self-driving rides from 21 Oct to 3 Nov, a Transport Department paper shows.

Tesla AI engineer Yun-Ta Tsai says Grok Bot is now enabled on all Cybercabs and the rest of the Model Y fleet. No release notes yet.

Tesla from October 2025 to October 2026: results, deliveries, robotaxi cities, NHTSA files, FSD in Europe. Confirmed facts, company claims and slipped plans.

Pony.ai and Uber say Gen-7 robotaxi testing in London starts in the coming weeks. It is a plan: no fleet size, operator or passenger date has been given.

XPENG named its robotaxi XPENG YOYO and opened invitation-code registration in China on 8 October. It is not a full launch, and the claims are XPENG's own.

Waymo says it closed a $5B term loan, its first debt financing. Bloomberg's 5.25-point pricing is still only reported. What is confirmed and what is not.

A Tesla Cybercab lost a door panel in a Philadelphia crash, with fault unknown and no Tesla AV certificate in Pennsylvania. Updated 10 Oct with the Texas registry count, NHTSA's 30 October deadline and Tesla's own claim of 300+ Cybercabs serving Austin. What is reported, what is confirmed, and what we don't know. Waymo, XPENG and Pony.ai/Uber stories now have their own posts.

Waymo’s own blog says it is adding a silver Ojai variant with interior trim updates, a wireless phone charger, new seats and rear armrests, ramping production in Mesa, Arizona, with rider service due first in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

From DARPA challenges to robotaxis on city streets—the journey, the technology, and what comes next.In 2004, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) offered a $1 million...