Musk says Tesla’s robotaxi will open to the public next month
Over the weekend, CEO Elon Musk said Tesla’s robotaxi “will be open access next month.” He made the statement in the way he makes lots of other important business statements: in a reply to a follower...
Tesla shuts down Dojo supercomputer team to streamline chip design efforts
CEO Elon Musk ordered the company to disband its Dojo supercomputer team, which had been designing and using its D1 chips to train its self‑driving and AI models, Bloomberg reports .
Joby dips on a steeper quarterly loss than Wall Street expected
It’s not easy running a business in a new market with an unproven product and essentially zero sales, as the latest earnings report by seems to reveal. The air taxi company reported second-quarter f...
Joby Aviation takes off after announcing it will buy Blade Air’s passenger business for $125 million
Air taxi company said Monday that it plans to acquire the helicopter ride-share business of rival for up to $125 million. The deal does not include Blade’s primary revenue driver , its organ transpo...
Jury rules that Tesla was partly to blame for 2019 autopilot crash, awards $329 million in damages
As stakes the future of its company on autonomous vehicles and attempts to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service, a federal court just delivered it a huge setback.
Joby Aviation partners with L3Harris on military aircraft, flight tests to begin this year
Air taxi maker on Friday announced a partnership with defense tech firm to develop military aircraft, with plans to begin flight tests this fall. Unlike Joby’s air taxis, which are electric, the pla...
Tesla moved its “robotaxi” to the Bay Area and put a driver in the driver’s seat
overhype machine continues to turn out the hits. Earlier this month, when asked about Tesla’s autonomous ride service, CEO Elon Musk said the company’s limited Austin robotaxi service would be expandi...
Uber sinks as Waymo announces a fleet partnership with Avis in Dallas
Human taxi drivers are not coming to a city near you. Waymo announced on Monday evening that it will launch robotaxi service in Dallas in a partnership with rental car giant . Avis will manage Waymo’...
WeRide climbs after securing Saudi Arabia’s first robotaxi permit
Saudi Arabia handed its first robotaxi permit to Chinese self-driving car company on Monday, sending shares of the company climbing in early trading. WeRide said it expects to launch nationwide robot...
Rivian, Nio climb amid increased investment from Swiss bank and growing robotaxi hype
EV makers and are climbing Friday amid news that Swiss bank Vontobel significantly boosted its stake in them this quarter. The stocks’ sails also appear to be catching wind from growing robotaxi hyp...
Musk thinks Tesla has some “rough quarters” ahead, as it waits (and waits) for autonomy
Maybe Elon Musk should say less sometimes. The news wasn’t great. Despite a few bright notes from Tesla’s second quarter — a largely successful, limited robotaxi launch in Austin, Texas, and essential...
Archer Aviation CEO Adam Goldstein thinks defense, not air taxis, could be its “front and center” business
A flying car, an electric helicopter, an air taxi, an eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft: whatever you want to call the vehicle, it’s closer than ever to being in a sky near you. A...
Uber’s focus on robotaxis might also accelerate its stalling electrification efforts
Last Thursday, announced a major deal with electric vehicle maker to create a fleet of robotaxis in the US — sending Lucid stock soaring, closing up more than 36% on the day. The deal signals just h...
Lucid soars as it gets big Uber investment to launch US robotaxi service next year
said Thursday that it’s making “multi-hundred-million dollar investments” in both autonomous driving company Nuro and EV company as part of a plan to launch its own robotaxi service in an unnamed “ma...
Tesla’s first jury trial to begin over fatal autopilot crash
Today a trial begins over whether is partly to blame for a fatal 2019 crash in Florida between a Model S using autopilot and a parked SUV. While Tesla’s autopilot has been involved in a number of fat...
Tesla has applied to test robotaxis in Arizona, but not California
Earlier this week, CEO Elon Musk said the company’s nascent robotaxi service would be expanding to the Bay Area “in a month or two,” but was notably light on the details. So far, the EV company has y...
Trump’s tax bill gives Anduril a monopoly on “autonomous” border surveillance towers
Tucked into President Trump’s tax bill , which was singed into law last week, is $6 billion allocated for “border security, technology and screening,” a key piece of his administration’s plan to restr...
Tesla to expand robotaxi service area in Austin “this weekend” and to the Bay Area “in a month or two”
CEO Elon Musk said the company’s robataxi, which launched last month to a limited ridership in a limited area in Austin, will expand its coverage area in the city “this weekend.” Musk also posted on X...
To speed or not to speed? Tesla and Google’s Waymo disagree
Waymo and are racing to win the driverless taxi market, but only Tesla appears to be going above the speed limit to get there. A number of Tesla robotaxi videos show the vehicles going five or more m...
Air taxi company Joby surges upward as it begins piloted test flights in Dubai
Last year, signed an agreement granting it six years as the exclusive air taxi operator in Dubai, beginning at the start of its commercial operations. Those operations, which Joby has planned to begi...