TechCrunch
California to Robotaxis: Please Stop Blocking Fire Trucks, or Else
California passes a law to keep robotaxis from blocking fire trucks, because apparently that needed to be a law.
2026-10-04
TechCrunch
2026-09-18
TechCrunch
Nevada Lifts Robotaxi Cap, Letting Zoox's Steering-Wheel-Free Cubes Roam Free
Nevada's 100-robotaxi cap for Zoox expires, opening the door for more cube-like vehicles in Las Vegas - just as Waymo, Tesla, and Uber join the party.
2026-09-13
TechCrunch
Lyft Finally Puts Robotaxis on Its App, Only Took Four Years and a $550M Fire Sale
Lyft finally gets robotaxis on its app in Nashville, because nothing says innovation like selling your AV division for $550M and then partnering with the company that actually figured it out.
2026-08-10
TechCrunch
Zoox Finally Allowed to Charge for Robotaxi Rides; Uber's AV Empire Expands, Because of Course
Zoox gets the green light to charge for robotaxis, Uber drops $10B on AVs, and Travis Kalanick reassembles his old Uber crew at Atoms - the future of transportation is basically a reunion tour.
2026-07-24
TechCrunch
Waymo Reportedly Shopping Around for a Less Complicated Relationship Than Uber
Waymo and Uber's robotaxi partnership is on the rocks, with Waymo planning to go solo in Austin and Atlanta by 2028 after a series of public spats over driving behavior.
2026-07-06
BBC World
China's Robotaxis: The New EV, But With More Awkward Silences and No One to Blame for Bad Music
China's robotaxis are cruising Beijing traffic with no humans, but exporting them might be harder than selling EVs - especially when they get stuck in the snow or drag pedestrians.
2026-05-28
TechCrunch
Waymo's New Robotaxi Is a Chinese-Made Minivan That Dreams of Making Money
Waymo launches a Chinese-made, Swedish-designed minivan robotaxi with cup holders and a dream of profitability, because what could go wrong?
2026-05-02
TechCrunch
Uber Wants to Turn Your Toyota Into a Self-Driving Data Hoarder
Uber wants to turn its millions of drivers into rolling sensor networks for self-driving car companies, because why not squeeze a little extra data out of that commute?
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