Tag: Waymo/Google

Waymo’s robotaxi expansion accelerates with 3 new cities

Waymo said Monday it will launch a robotaxi service in Detroit, Las Vegas, and San Diego as the Alphabet-owned company hits the accelerator on its expansion plans. The announcement illustrates Waymo’s recent evolution from autonomous vehicle technology developer to commercial enterprise. It also follows comments by Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana, who said last week during… Continue reading Waymo’s robotaxi expansion accelerates with 3 new cities

TechCrunch Mobility: Everything said on, and off, the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! We’re mixing things up a bit this week to focus on what was said on, and off, the stage at TechCrunch… Continue reading TechCrunch Mobility: Everything said on, and off, the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Tesla Accused of Covering Up Details of New Robotaxi Crash

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Another Tesla “Robotaxi” has crashed in Austin, Texas, Electrek reports — and the automaker is trying to keep everything it can about it under wraps. In an updated crash report this week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed that another Robotaxi collision had taken place… Continue reading Tesla Accused of Covering Up Details of New Robotaxi Crash

NHTSA is investigating Waymo robotaxis for passing stopped school bus

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

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