Just Realized
What robotaxis and gig platforms actually ship — Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Waymo, Tesla — with numbers, labor, and the boring edge cases.
Self-driving cars and autonomous transportation.
Uber announced a six-year partnership with Lucid and Nuro to deploy over 20,000 robotaxis, investing $300 million in the EV maker while Nuro provides Level 4 self-driving technology
Uber announced a partnership with May Mobility to deploy thousands of self-driving vehicles across US cities, starting with Arlington, Texas by late 2025, adding another AV provider to Uber's growing autonomous strategy
Waymo's new Swiss Re study shows autonomous vehicles have 88% fewer property damage claims and 92% fewer bodily injury claims than human drivers, finally proving the safety case for autonomous deployment.
Waymo and Uber are expanding their partnership to Austin and Atlanta, bringing fully autonomous rides to both cities starting early 2025. The service will be available only through the Uber app, with...
Motional's hitting pause on robotaxi deployments with Uber and Lyft, and they're laying off staff in the process. They're calling it "restructuring to focus on technology development," which is...
Mercedes-Benz has achieved a pioneering milestone in the US automotive industry by obtaining permits to use turquoise-colored lights on its vehicles to indicate autonomous driving
As someone deeply involved in tech, this recent event gave me serious pause
Lyft's co-founder once predicted that by 2021, most rides would be self-driving