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Self-driving vehicles, smarter shipping and how goods move — the wins, and the jobs watching closely.

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The last 12 weeks
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This week

3 stories2 mixed1 concerning
3 min readConcerningTesla in 'Full Self-Driving' mode kills pedestrian on California interstateA 71-year-old man died after a Tesla operating in Full Self-Driving mode struck him on I-80 near San Francisco; the driver wasn't cited, and investigators are still deciding whether anyone will face charges.4 min readMixedWaymo Is Expanding Its Robotaxi Fleet With Chinese-Built CarsWaymo is importing thousands of Zeekr-made EVs rebadged as robotaxis, using a loophole in rules meant to keep Chinese vehicle tech off US roads.4 min readMixedSanta Monica May Rent Amazon's Zoox Parking for Up to 150 RobotaxisThe city could earn $500,000 a year letting Zoox park robotaxis at its library garage — even as it keeps fighting Waymo in court over robotaxi charging noise.

Last week

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3 min readMixedWaymo is coming to Toronto, but driverless rides are years awayAlphabet's robotaxi unit got the green light to test in Ontario, with a public service in Toronto not expected before 2028.3 min readConcerningTesla on Autopilot Slams Into Parked Patrol Car While Driver SleptCalifornia Highway Patrol footage shows a Tesla in self-driving mode ignoring flares and flashing lights before hitting a stopped cruiser, injuring two officers.3 min readMixedPortland proposes caps and fees before robotaxis like Waymo can operateCity planners want vehicle limits, long mileage tests, and a driver-support fee in place before robotaxis can pick up paying riders in Portland.

Earlier in October

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  1. Waymo Robotaxis Quietly Vanish From Uber's App in PhoenixAfter nearly three years, Waymo pulled its self-driving cars off Uber's Phoenix app in May, folding them back into its own fleet as Uber lines up a new, unnamed robotaxi partner for the city.Mixed
  2. Tesla renames 'Full Self-Driving' to 'Assisted Driving' — but only in EuropeAfter Germany called the name misleading, Tesla swapped it for "Tesla Assisted Driving" and agreed to cap speeding, while the US keeps selling the old name for $99 a month.Mixed
  3. Tesla pushed Dutch regulator to ease up on its self-driving reviewEmails show Tesla fought a safety-review bill and timeline with the Netherlands' RDW, which approved FSD and is now lobbying the whole EU to follow.Mixed
  4. L.A. robotaxi crashes triple as Waymo recalls thousands of cars over a software bugMore driverless cars on the road means more fender benders — and a separate recall shows how a software glitch could send one speeding into a closed construction zone.Mixed
  5. California will fine robotaxi firms that block police and fire crewsA new state law forces Waymo, Tesla and Zoox to send human help fast when their self-driving cars break down or get in the way of emergencies.Mixed

September 2026

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  1. Feds probe a $999 self-driving add-on after three deathsNHTSA is investigating whether Comma AI's aftermarket driver-assist hardware, and the open-source software it runs, failed to spot stopped cars ahead.Concerning
  2. Waymo says its robotaxis cause 82% fewer injury crashes than human driversA new self-reported safety analysis from Waymo, paired with survey data showing robotaxi riders warm to the tech fast, suggests driverless cars may already be safer - but skepticism and limited access still hold most people back.Good news
  3. Driverless Zoox Robotaxi Collides With Car on the Las Vegas StripNo one was riding in the Zoox vehicle when it crashed into another car on the Strip, reviving questions about how driverless cars handle unpredictable human drivers.Mixed
  4. NHTSA Investigates comma.ai's openpilot After 3 Deaths in Highway CrashesThe federal safety regulator is probing 30,000 aftermarket driving-assist devices after cars repeatedly failed to see stopped vehicles ahead.Concerning
  5. Mercedes Signs Deal to Put Wayve's Self-Driving AI in Future CarsMercedes will build a British startup's map-free driving AI into production vehicles within two years — its third self-driving system running in parallel.Mixed
  6. Joby's Pilotless Cessna Just Flew Across the US Without Anyone at the ControlsA converted Cessna Caravan flew over 3,100 miles across America on its own, and the company behind it is now aiming the technology at defense and freight, not just future air taxis.Mixed
  7. Some Texas robotaxi emergency phone lines don't actually workNBC News called every emergency contact number Texas driverless-car and truck companies filed with the state and found some disconnected, unstaffed, or wrong.Concerning
  8. Tesla sealed the details of 4 deadly crashes where Autopilot was onIn its worst month on record for driver-assist crashes, Tesla confirmed its own system was engaged in four fatal wrecks — then blacked out the data that would explain what happened.Concerning
  9. Waymo launches robotaxis in Las Vegas as rivals race to catch upGoogle's self-driving car service is now picking up riders on the Las Vegas Strip, its 15th U.S. city, with Tesla, Uber, and Zoox all cleared to compete there too.Mixed
  10. Amazon's Zoox Expands Free Robotaxi Rides in San Francisco, Challenging WaymoZoox is using free rides, festival sponsorships and restaurant partnerships to build buzz in Waymo's stronghold, but it still can't legally charge fares in the city.Mixed
  11. Minneapolis weighs forcing a human "safety monitor" into every robotaxiA proposed city ordinance would require a paid driver in the seat of any self-driving car operating in Minneapolis, which Waymo calls a de facto ban.Mixed
  12. XPeng starts mass-producing its humanoid robot on an automated lineThe Chinese EV maker says its new Guangzhou line is over 80% automated, with the IRON robot walking off it under its own power ahead of a 2026 mass-production target.Mixed
  13. Waymo riders in several cities say pickups are getting worse, not betterA Reddit thread about robotaxis stopping blocks from requested spots spread from Houston to Dallas, LA and beyond, just as Waymo races toward 14 cities and a million weekly rides.Mixed
  14. Federal regulators open safety probe into Tesla's driverless CybercabNHTSA is investigating whether Tesla's steering-wheel-free Cybercab robotaxis, already carrying paying passengers in Austin, meet U.S. vehicle safety standards.Mixed
  15. Tesla's own crash report confirms Autopilot was on when it killed a motorcyclistFederal filings show a Tesla Model X had its driver-assist system "verified engaged" in a fatal Ohio crash — but Tesla blacked out the details that would explain what the car did.Concerning
  16. Robotaxis go live for hire: London gets its first, Vegas robotaxis reach the airportLondoners can now book a Wayve-Uber self-driving cab with a safety driver aboard, while Amazon's Zoox starts airport runs in Las Vegas under a temporary US safety exemption.Mixed
  17. Uber cuts 3,300 jobs, flattens management to fund ride-share, delivery, robotaxi pushUber is laying off 10% of its global staff and cutting management layers as it pours more resources into ride-hailing, delivery and self-driving car partnerships.Mixed
  18. Waymo's driverless taxis now run in 14 U.S. cities after Denver, San Diego, Tampa launchWaymo opened its robotaxi app to the public in three more cities, growing its fleet past 4,000 vehicles as Tesla pushes its own driverless rides into the same markets.Mixed

August 2026

19 stories18 mixed1 concerning
  1. Atlanta Uber Drivers Say Robotaxis Are Already Cutting Into Their PayA driver union wants a per-ride fee on Waymo robotaxis, but a 2017 state law may leave Atlanta with almost no power to act.Mixed
  2. Robotaxi test drivers are getting hurt as Waymo and Zoox scale upOSHA filings show two dozen-plus injuries from hard braking and sudden swerves — and reporting gaps mean the real toll on test drivers is likely higher.Mixed
  3. London's robotaxi launch slips again as regulator sits on the rulebookUber, Wayve, Waymo and Baidu are all stuck waiting for Transport for London to publish the guidance needed before driverless taxis can legally operate.Mixed
  4. Las Vegas clears Tesla, Waymo and Uber for driverless robotaxi ridesNevada regulators approved three more companies to charge for self-driving rides in Las Vegas, while a Nashville depot shows what happens to the drivers left behind.Mixed
  5. Dutch regulator fines Uber $966M for firing drivers by algorithmThe Netherlands says Uber let software deactivate drivers' accounts without enough human review — Uber calls the fine unjustified and plans to appeal.Mixed
  6. Nevada clears Tesla, Waymo and Uber to run up to 8,000 robotaxis in Las VegasRegulators approved paid, driverless robotaxi service across Clark County, but even the companies admit they won't hit those numbers this year.Mixed
  7. Driverless Tesla robotaxi stops at barriers, then pushes through anywayWeeks after Tesla called its robotaxi program's safety record "impeccable," an unsupervised Model Y hesitated at plastic bollards — then rolled straight through them.Mixed
  8. Tesla asked Nevada for 5,000 robotaxis in Vegas. It got 10.A huge gap between what Tesla requested and what regulators approved shows how far the company's driverless ambitions still are from its actual fleet size.Mixed
  9. Self-driving trucks get a green light in California and a major manufacturer dealCalifornia just let autonomous 18-wheelers onto public roads for testing, while Einride and truck maker DAF struck a deal to build self-driving big rigs at scale.Mixed
  10. Waymo can now charge for driverless rides across 18 California countiesCalifornia regulators tripled Waymo's service area to Sacramento, San Diego and most of the Bay Area and LA, just as its safety claims face independent scrutiny.Mixed
  11. California regulators clear Waymo to triple its robotaxi service areaThe CPUC approved driverless rides across 18 counties, from Sacramento and San Diego to wine country — but Waymo says the actual rollout will be slow.Mixed
  12. Tesla's driverless Cybercab is finally rolling — with a satellite dish built inMore than a year after its flashy reveal, Tesla's steering-wheel-free robotaxi is in production in Texas, and the latest units carry a hidden Starlink antenna to keep them connected.Mixed
  13. Waymo robotaxis stalled in traffic — and drove over exploding fireworks — on July 4thAs Waymo's fleet nears 4,000 cars, a chaotic San Francisco fireworks night shows how rare "edge cases" scale up with growth.Mixed
  14. Robotaxi fleets are scaling fast — and running into more rare, dangerous momentsA fatal Dallas crash involving a Waymo and a Las Vegas Zoox that drove into a fire scene show how growth is exposing driverless cars' hardest edge cases.Mixed
  15. Pedestrian killed after SUV throws him into path of driverless Waymo in DallasA man struck by an SUV outside a crosswalk was thrown into the path of an empty self-driving car, which slowed but could not avoid a second hit.Mixed
  16. Tesla driver blamed "Full Self-Driving" for speeding — the software is built to do itA Colorado traffic stop exposed a real gap: Tesla's Level 2 system can drive over the speed limit, and Tesla just removed the setting that let owners stop it.Concerning
  17. Amazon's Zoox starts charging fares for its driverless shuttle in Las VegasAfter a year of free rides, Zoox will begin charging passengers in Las Vegas on Aug. 10 — its first real test as a paying business, not just a demo.Mixed
  18. Zoox Wins Federal OK to Start Charging for Driverless Robotaxi RidesNHTSA granted Amazon's Zoox a first-of-its-kind exemption, clearing the last big hurdle to sell paid rides in its steering-wheel-free robotaxi.Mixed
  19. Waymo drops the waitlist — anyone in Dallas can now hail a robotaxiWaymo's driverless cars are open to all Dallas riders, not just early sign-ups, but the service still skips the airport and pauses when it floods.Mixed