Launch Tesla promises a wheelchair-accessible robotaxi, expanding its autonomous vehicle ambitions beyond the standard passenger. Tesla Says It’s Building a Wheelchair-Accessible Robotaxi - WIRED · WIRED
Launch Waymo is quietly testing its Denver robotaxi ambitions on a captive audience of employees before facing actual customers. Waymo launching robotaxi service in Denver. But only for its own workers. · The Colorado Sun
Launch Waymo is pushing into four new cities as the company turns its longest-running robotaxi experiment into something resembling a real business. Waymo to start driverless rides in 4 more U.S. markets as expansion accelerates · CNBC
Launch Waymo is expanding its autonomous taxi service to San Diego, another notch in its methodical march toward mainstream driverless operations. Waymo's vehicles ready to drive themselves in San Diego, company says · NBC 7 San Diego
Launch Waymo's arrival in Tampa raises immediate questions about liability when self-driving cars inevitably collide with the city's notoriously aggressive drivers. Waymo comes to Tampa — who is responsible? · FOX 13 Tampa Bay
Research Johns Hopkins researchers examine what the crash data actually shows about autonomous vehicle safety, cutting through industry claims and regulatory uncertainty. The Safety Data on Autonomous Vehicles · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Opinion A California safety board questions whether Waymo's driverless cars are equipped to handle emergency vehicles and accident scenes. Waymo called on the carpet for emergency scene responses - Axios · Axios
Opinion As Uber and Waymo fight over robotaxi turf, the technology that was supposed to arrive any day now is finally generating real business disputes. Uber and Waymo Are Sparring. The Robotaxi Future Has Arrived - Bloomberg.com · Bloomberg.com
Opinion A local NBC affiliate examines how Waymo's arrival in Washington, D.C. would reshape taxi driving and street safety in the capital. What would Waymo mean for jobs and safety in DC? - NBC4 Washington · NBC4 Washington
Opinion A legal explainer weighs the liability quandaries that arrive when autonomous vehicles become witnesses to crime. When Your Self-driving Cab Calls the Cops on You - FindLaw · FindLaw
Opinion Waymo's decision to report teenagers in its robotaxis to police sparked a debate about whether autonomous vehicle companies should become de facto surveillance arms of law enforcement. Waymo called the cops on teen riders, raising privacy concerns - NPR · NPR
Opinion TechCrunch issues a stark demand to robotaxi companies: prove commercial viability or face a reckoning from skeptics and regulators alike. TechCrunch Mobility: A robotaxi ultimatum - TechCrunch · TechCrunch
Opinion An NTSB investigation finds a Tesla driver manually took control of Autopilot seconds before a fatal collision, raising questions about how well drivers understand the technology's limits. NTSB: Tesla driver overrode car's self-driving mode before deadly Katy crash - Houston Chronicle · Houston Chronicle
Opinion Testimony in D.C. splits on autonomous taxis—labor groups fear job losses while disability advocates see freedom from traditional transportation. ‘Job killer’, independence creator: Testimony on bill to allow autonomous taxis in DC - WTOP · WTOP
Opinion The Teamsters union is pushing back against a Washington, D.C. proposal that would expand Waymo's driverless taxi operations, arguing the city is selling out its workers for Silicon Valley's automation. DC Teamsters, Labor Coalition Demand City Council Reject Anti-Worker Waymo Bill - International Brotherhood of Teamsters · International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Opinion Robotaxis are expanding faster than regulators can write rules, creating a patchwork of municipal jurisdictions that threatens to balkanize the industry. Robotaxi growth meets a regulatory maze - Axios · Axios
Opinion Washington, D.C. councilmembers prepare to wrestle with the question of whether robotaxis should be allowed to proliferate on their streets. Future of driverless vehicles, robotaxis to be debated by DC Council - WTOP · WTOP
Opinion California's permitting loophole lets Waymo operate free robotaxi rides while skirting the state's commercial approval process. Free Waymo Rides in California? You Can Thank a Regulatory Quirk · WIRED
Other A shirtless man in East Hollywood smashed a Waymo robotaxi with his bare hands, a reminder that the autonomous vehicle future includes all the chaos of the present. Shirtless man destroys Waymo in busy East Hollywood intersection, video shows; LAPD arrests him for vandalism - ABC7 Los Angeles · ABC7 Los Angeles
Other Imax is designing large-format entertainment for the backseat of autonomous vehicles, betting that Chinese riders will want cinema-scale distraction during their commute. Imax to Develop Immersive Entertainment System for Self-Driving Cars in China - The Hollywood Reporter · The Hollywood Reporter
Other Waymo and Cruise passengers are dozing off during rides, leading to emergency calls from concerned bystanders—a quirk of the driverless taxi that nobody quite anticipated. Robotaxi Riders Are Falling Asleep, Sparking Frantic 911 Calls - Bloomberg.com · Bloomberg.com
Other Police clarified that a Miami bicycle collision blamed on Waymo involved a human driver, a reminder that autonomous vehicles still draw public suspicion when accidents happen nearby. No, a Waymo did not hit a bicyclist in Miami. It was a human driver, police say - Axios · Axios
Other Waymo's safety protocols caught minors vandalizing a robotaxi from the inside, a reminder that driverless fleets face not just technical challenges but the mundane disorder of human passengers. Waymo turns in teens who were drinking, shooting Orbeez from robotaxi in San Mateo · NBC Bay Area
Other Waymo's driverless fleet hit an unglamorous wall when holiday traffic left dozens of vehicles dead in the water on San Francisco streets. Waymo cars stranded on San Francisco streets as Fourth of July gridlock drains batteries · NBC News
Other Waymo's autonomous vehicles have become mobile surveillance systems, reporting misbehaving passengers to law enforcement. Waymo reports teen riders for bad behavior and delivers them to the police · Los Angeles Times
Other Waymo's autonomous vehicles created a traffic jam on Independence Day when their batteries died mid-route, leaving the cars stranded on San Francisco streets. Waymo cars ran out of charge, blocked roads during SF’s July 4 fireworks · The San Francisco Standard
Other Waymo's autonomous vehicles are creating dangerous delays for fire trucks responding to emergencies in San Francisco, stranding the department between tolerance and escalation. Waymo keeps blocking SF firefighters, and they’re fed up · The San Francisco Standard