The partnership will involve Oxa’s autonomy software being installed in a variety of vehicle types operated by Beep.

Cruise said that it has started initial testing across the city and will be working towards offering driverless rides. 

The vote allows Cruise and Waymo to charge for all rides, expand hourly operations and service area, and add as many robotaxis to their fleets as they want.

Cruise has recently greatly expanded its service area in Phoenix, AZ, with its new service area being 20 times the size of its previous service area.

This makes Austin Waymo’s fourth major ride-hail city, joining Metro Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.

Wind River, a developer of software for mission-critical intelligent systems, has announced a strategic collaboration with Horizon Robotics. 

Kyle Vogt, the co-founder and CEO of Cruise, announced today that Cruise vehicles will be heading to Nashville.

Waymo still plans to continue to collaborate with DTNA to advance the technical development of an autonomous trucking platform.

TWK offers a portfolio of certified sensors in a compact design with different safety interfaces.

Rocsys, a provider of autonomous charging systems for electric transportation, has brought in $36 million in Series A financing.

Zoox’s purpose-built robotaxis with no steering wheel or pedals are now driving on public roads in Las Vegas.

After crashing earlier in the week, team PoliMOVE finished its final lap in a borrowed vehicle with a blistering 2:05.87 on the 5.79 kilometer / 3.6-mile-long track, with 11 turns, reaching a top speed of 273.4 KPH (169.8 MPH).

Fernride will use the funding to scale its operations with new and existing customers globally and boost its technological development. 

Alex Kendall, Wayve.AI’s co-founder and CEO, gave insight in a recent blog post about how generative AI models can aid the autonomous vehicle industry. 

The companies announced a multi-year strategic partnership that will make the Waymo Driver available on the Uber Platform. 

RoboTire has installed one of its autonomous tire-changing systems at a Detroit Garage in Plymouth, Michigan.

Waymo announced that it has doubled its robotaxi service area in Phoenix and is growing its service area in San Francisco. 

Cruise said its robotaxi that rear-ended a bus in San Francisco made an error predicting the movement of the bus.

Gatik’s medium-duty autonomous box trucks will be transporting products from a Kroger CFC in Dallas, Texas to multiple retail locations.

Bill Gates recently had the opportunity to take a ride in downtown London inside a Wayve autonomous vehicle (AV).

The Cruise robotaxi was operating autonomously but there were no passengers inside the vehicle.

According to the IFR, the operational stock of robots in the automotive industry reached about one million units. This represents about one-third of the total number installed across all industries.