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Zoox will start charging for robotaxi rides in Las Vegas on August 10

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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 pricing will be competitive with “comfort” tier ride-hailing services, a step above […]

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Uber says it’s building “the world’s largest platform for autonomous vehicles.” Its stock fell anyway.

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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, fleet operations, charging, insurance and regulators. It is a bet the company is spending billions to […]

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Nvidia opens up Alpamayo 2, a driving model that reasons out loud

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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 pitch for a more interpretable kind of autonomy. Rather than a black […]

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Amazon’s Zoox just won the first US OK to charge for rides in a no-wheel robotaxi

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Amazon’s Zoox has become the first company allowed to charge for rides in a robotaxi that has no steering wheel and no pedals. US regulators granted the exemption on Wednesday. It is a first for the driverless-car industry. The clearance came from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and was first reported by Reuters. It […]

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BMW is cutting 8,000 jobs and handing its cars’ brains to Qualcomm

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BMW had two messages for staff this week. It is cutting about 8,000 jobs. And it is handing the brains of its future cars to Qualcomm for the next decade. The German carmaker will shed the roles in Germany by the end of 2027 through a voluntary redundancy scheme, Reuters reported. The cuts hit administration […]

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Waymo keeps parking in tow-away zones in Austin. It has been fined 64 times.

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Waymo’s robotaxis have accumulated 83 parking citations and $9,325 in fines in Austin since the fleet arrived in 2024, according to city records obtained by The Wall Street Journal. The company has paid most of them. The more revealing number is 64: the count of violations involving tow-away zones, far more than any other category. […]

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A Korean AI model scores every possible driving path for safety before the car moves. CVPR called it a highlight.

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Most self-driving AI models study how humans drive and try to copy them. They work well in normal conditions but struggle to explain why they chose one path over another, which becomes a problem when a split-second decision goes wrong. A team at Seoul National University led by professor Jun Won Choi has built a […]

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Amazon’s Zoox recalls 105 robotaxis after one drove into heavy smoke at an active fire scene

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Amazon’s Zoox voluntarily recalled software in 105 of its robotaxis after an unoccupied vehicle drove into heavy smoke at an active emergency fire scene in Las Vegas on June 20. The smoke obscured the scene, which had not been cordoned off with cones. The vehicle entered, braked hard while attempting to steer away, and came […]

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Bliq.ai gets the green light for driverless cars in Finland

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Bliq.ai has won approval to run driverless cars in Finland, its second EU market after Estonia. First stop is a Helsinki winter. Europe has another driverless car heading for its roads. Finland has cleared Bliq.ai to operate its Bliq Driverless vehicles on public roads, effective immediately. It is the second EU country to approve the […]

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Uber lost the self-driving race. Now it wants to write the rules

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Uber lost the race to build a self-driving car. Now it wants to write the rules for everyone who did. In two US states it is lobbying for laws that would force robotaxis onto its app, and its own product chief is happy to explain why. Uber could not win the race to build a […]

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