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.
2026-08-19
TechCrunch
Waymo's Cheaper Robotaxi Now Open to All Riders in Three Cities; Tariffs Add a Dash of Irony
Waymo's cheaper, next-gen robotaxi is now open to all riders in three cities, and it's a minivan from China - tariffs and all.
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.
2026-05-24
The Verge
Nuro Argues That Being Fashionably Late to the Robotaxi Party Is Actually a Genius Strategy
Nuro, the delivery robot company turned robotaxi wannabe, argues that being fashionably late to the party lets it learn from Waymo's mistakes while Uber and Lucid handle the boring logistics.
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