Autonomous Vehicles
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Madrid’s New Robotaxi Permit Puts Safer Rides Within Reach
A driver in Madrid’s morning rush hour spends an average of 30-plus minutes just getting across town, weaving through the kind of stop-and-go traffic that wears down concentration and patience in equal measure. That daily grind is exactly why Spain’s decision this month matters. On September 10, the country’s traffic authority issued its first-ever national…
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Waymo Robotaxi Rides Just Got Easier to Find in Nashville
It’s a Friday night on Broadway in Nashville. Honky-tonks spill music onto the sidewalk, and a visitor pulls out her phone to book a ride home. She taps the Lyft app she already has, the same one she used to get from the airport last month. Nothing about the request looks different. She has no…
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Hoboken’s Delivery Robot Pilot Puts Sidewalks to Work for Neighbors Who Need It Most
Hoboken just launched a 12-month sidewalk delivery robot pilot with Coco Robotics and Avride, easing traffic, cutting emissions, and helping residents who rely on delivery most.
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Tesla’s Cybercab Robotaxi Launch Brings a Driverless Ride to Austin
On September 4, a car with no steering wheel and no pedals picked up its first paying rider in Austin and pulled into traffic like it had done it a thousand times before. That single ride was the real Cybercab robotaxi launch, not a keynote video or a concept unveiling on a stage. Tesla’s ground-up…
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May Mobility’s Rural Shuttle Gives Japan’s Vanishing Bus Routes a Lifeline
Japan closes rural bus routes every year, not because towns stopped needing them, but because there aren’t enough drivers left to run them. May Mobility’s new rural shuttle just gave those towns a real alternative: the country’s first driverless Toyota e-Palette, now running on public roads without waiting on a volunteer behind the wheel. The…
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Washington’s New Self-Driving Plan Targets Rural America and Riders With Disabilities
In a lot of small towns, the nearest hospital sits forty five minutes away, the last bus route folded years ago, and getting anywhere depends on a neighbor with a free afternoon. That is the gap the U.S. Department of Transportation wants to close with a new push for self-driving rural access, and on September…
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Kodiak’s Driverless Trucks Just Passed a Major Safety Milestone
Truck drivers who haul freight overnight work some of the toughest hours on American roads, and fatigue is one of the most persistent reasons those long hauls turn deadly. Kodiak AI just moved a serious step closer to removing that risk from the equation. The company confirmed this week that its driverless trucking safety case,…
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Volvo’s Connected Safety Update Warns Drivers of Danger Ahead
Connected Safety pulls real-time hazard data from more than a million Volvo vehicles already on the road, turning every driver’s close call into an early warning for whoever passes through next.
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BMW’s New Active Safety Technology Protects Cyclists and Drivers
BMW’s fleet data shows the payoff: 243,977 potential crashes stopped in a single month across Europe. Here’s how a formerly optional safety suite became standard equipment on the new iX3.
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Zoox’s Airport Robotaxi Service Eases Travel in Las Vegas
Zoox is the only company with a direct-to-terminal robotaxi at Harry Reid International, for now. Tesla, Uber, and Waymo are expected to follow within a year, but Las Vegas travelers get first access.