Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Waymo might be the largest commercial robotaxi operator — offering 250,000 paid rides per week — but it is hardly smooth. The past seven days in Waymo’s… Continue reading TechCrunch Mobility: Applied Intuition’s eye-popping valuation, the new age of micromobility, and Waymo’s wild week
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Tesla releases details about ‘Robotaxi’ launch: there’s a ‘safety monitor’ in front seat
Tesla has released the details about its planned ‘Robotaxi’ launch in Austin, Texas, this weekend, and it’s even worse than we thought. There’s going to be a “safety monitor” in the front seat. Over the last few weeks, we have been discussing how Tesla’s planned launch of a “Robotaxi” service was a game of smoke… Continue reading Tesla releases details about ‘Robotaxi’ launch: there’s a ‘safety monitor’ in front seat
Everything we know about Tesla’s robotaxi launch in Austin
watch now Tesla‘s long-overdue robotaxi is finally hitting the streets this weekend, but the rollout may face some roadblocks. The Elon Musk-led electric vehicle company is expected to roll out robotaxis in Austin, Texas, on June 22, with the first driverless trip from the factory to a customer house expected on his birthday, June 28.… Continue reading Everything we know about Tesla’s robotaxi launch in Austin
German Manager Magazin: Audi, Cowboy, BMW, Volkswagen – The newsletter “Manage: Mobility” 004272
Dear reader, dear reader, Tesla Will Start with your own robotaxis on Sunday And Waymo no longer left the field in the USA without a fight. In China, too, more and more self -driving cars drive. And in Europe? You are still more in the announcement mode. Volkswagen is currently drumming for one to Robovan… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Audi, Cowboy, BMW, Volkswagen – The newsletter “Manage: Mobility” 004272
Tesla is asked to delay Robotaxi launch in Austin by Texas lawmakers
Texas lawmakers have officially requested that Tesla delay its planned Robotaxi launch in Austin by a few months due to a new law being implemented. It’s a Godsend for Elon Musk. As we previously reported, Tesla’s planned Robotaxi launch in Austin, Texas, now “tentatively” scheduled for June 22, is a moving of the goal post… Continue reading Tesla is asked to delay Robotaxi launch in Austin by Texas lawmakers
Waymo has set its robotaxi sights on NYC
Waymo said Wednesday it has applied for a permit to test its autonomous vehicles in New York City, the Alphabet company’s first step in a sticky regulatory process to bring its robotaxis to U.S.’s largest city. Waymo applied for a permit with the New York City Department of Transportation to operate its self-driving Jaguar I-Pace… Continue reading Waymo has set its robotaxi sights on NYC
Waymo cars are coming to New York, but with a driver behind the wheel
Waymo driverless vehicles wait at a traffic light in Santa Monica, California, on May 30, 2025. Daniel Cole | Reuters Residents of New York City will soon start seeing Waymo cars cruising the avenues. But at least for now, a human will be in the driver’s seat. Alphabet‘s self-driving car unit announced on Wednesday that… Continue reading Waymo cars are coming to New York, but with a driver behind the wheel
Amazon’s Zoox boosts robotaxi production ahead of first commercial launch in Las Vegas
Amazon’s Zoox robotaxi unit is ramping up vehicle production at a new facility in Hayward, California. Zoox Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle startup Zoox on Wednesday opened a sprawling new manufacturing facility in the San Francisco Bay Area, paving the way for more robotaxi production as it plans a commercial rollout of its fleet later this year.… Continue reading Amazon’s Zoox boosts robotaxi production ahead of first commercial launch in Las Vegas
German FAZ: Tesla’s last chance 009489
It would be the first commercial use of autonomous Tesla vehicles without security drivers. For Musk, this start marks the provisional end of an almost ten -year start full of delays and missed appointments on the way to autonomous driving. This epic attempt has set Tesla under enormous pressure to succeed: the robotaxi start is… Continue reading German FAZ: Tesla’s last chance 009489
German Manager Magazin: Autonomous driving: When will Germany conquer the streets autonomously? The Manage: Mobility Live-Talk004269
The US electric car manufacturer Tesla Just announced that it would want to conquer America’s cities with autonomous taxis, the Alphabet subsidiary Waymo does that long ago. Also in Germany If the breakthrough of the automated driving is regularly announced, only you can see little on the streets. After all, Volkswagen reported on Tuesday evening… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Autonomous driving: When will Germany conquer the streets autonomously? The Manage: Mobility Live-Talk004269