Autonomous taxi company Waymo faced scrutiny last month when a car was caught on video illegally passing a stopped school bus that was letting children off in Atlanta. Now, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is looking into it. Georgia State Representative Clint Crowe seemed stunned after being presented with video of a Waymo… Continue reading NHTSA is investigating Waymo robotaxis for passing stopped school bus
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Woman Using Waymo Robotaxi to Deliver Doordash
dmpnzzz via TikTok It’s a tech CEO’s wet dream, but a labor economist’s worst nightmare: to film some content for a TikTok reel, one San Francisco woman decided to hail a Waymo to complete her Doordash delivery. The TikTokker, real name unknown but who goes by the handle @dmpnzzz, posted the minute-long clip last Thursday.… Continue reading Woman Using Waymo Robotaxi to Deliver Doordash
Beloved Bodega Cat Reportedly Killed by Driverless Waymo
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images The co-CEO of Waymo, Tekedra Mawakana, raised eyebrows this week when she suggested that society was ready for one of the company’s self-driving taxis to kill someone. “You know, we don’t say ‘whether,” she said Monday at TechCrunch’s Disrupt summit. “We say ‘when.’ And we plan… Continue reading Beloved Bodega Cat Reportedly Killed by Driverless Waymo
Tesla’s scaled-back robotaxi timeline is lagging in regulatory approval
Elon Musk recently walked back his impossible extremely ambitious robotaxi goals, shifting from a target of reaching “half the U.S. population by the end of 2025” to a more “modest” goal of launching in “eight to 10 U.S. metro areas” within the next two months. Now, in a development that should surprise no one, a… Continue reading Tesla’s scaled-back robotaxi timeline is lagging in regulatory approval
RoboForce Highlighted by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang in GTC Keynote for Breakthroughs in Physical AI Featuring its AI Robot TITAN
The Pioneer of Physical AI-Powered Robo-Labor Secures 11,000 Robot LOIs Across Multiple Industries MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — RoboForce, the pioneer of Physical AI-powered Robo-Labor, was featured by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang during his NVIDIA GTC keynote presentation in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 28. The keynote highlighted breakthroughs at the frontier of AI and robotics,… Continue reading RoboForce Highlighted by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang in GTC Keynote for Breakthroughs in Physical AI Featuring its AI Robot TITAN
Robotaxis: Waymo’s co-CEO believes in success even in the event of death
Even if a self-driving car caused a fatal accident, society would accept it, says Waymo’s co-CEO. (Waymo, car) Go to Source
Clean Technica: Robyn Denholm Hints At Cheaper Mass Market Tesla004228
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. When was the last time anyone heard Robyn Denholm, the chair of the Tesla board of directors, say anything about the products the company manufactures? Usually, she is in the background acting as the head cheerleader for the next ginormous pay package for Elon Musk… Continue reading Clean Technica: Robyn Denholm Hints At Cheaper Mass Market Tesla004228
San Francisco mayor: ‘We should be the testbed for emerging tech’
Waymo and Zoox robotaxis are a regular sight on San Francisco streets, and soon Uber, through a partnership with Lucid and Nuro, will descend on the city as well. It is exactly how San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie likes it. “I think we should be the testbed for emerging technology and AI and healthcare tech… Continue reading San Francisco mayor: ‘We should be the testbed for emerging tech’
Waymo CEO Says Society Is Ready for One of Its Cars to Kill Someone
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch Waymo robotaxis are so safe that, according to the company’s data, its driverless vehicles are involved in 91 percent fewer crashes compared to human-operated vehicles. And yet the the company is bracing for the first time when a Waymo does kill somebody —… Continue reading Waymo CEO Says Society Is Ready for One of Its Cars to Kill Someone
Uber to launch a premium robotaxi service in Waymo’s turf of San Francisco
Uber has picked San Francisco to launch a premium robotaxi service that will use Lucid Motors’ all-electric Gravity SUVs equipped with self-driving tech developed by Nuro, in 2026 — a move that puts the ride-hailing giant in direct competition with Waymo. The announcement was made as the last day of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 kicked off… Continue reading Uber to launch a premium robotaxi service in Waymo’s turf of San Francisco