Tesla and Google’s autonomous vehicle launches this week have sent self-driving tech companies soaring
The mostly successful launch of ’s robotaxi in Austin as well as the expansion of -owned Waymo this week have been lifting the tide for other autonomous companies. That includes companies working on t...
Uber could be moving more into Google and Tesla’s territory
Travis Kalanick, the former CEO who was forced out in 2017, is back at the company — sort of. Uber is in talks with Kalanick to help fund the purchase of autonomous vehicle company , The New York Ti...
Defense drone maker Kratos falls after it unveils plans to sell stock
Drone weaponry maker is down after it announced the sale of roughly 13 million new shares at $38.50 apiece in an underwritten offering that will raise just over $480 million. The company could also s...
Human safety monitor had to intervene during an autonomous Tesla robotaxi ride
For autonomous ride-hailing service that launched this weekend in Austin, there’s been a notable asterisk: the robotaxi features a human “safety monitor” sitting in the front passenger seat. The reas...
Musk says every Tesla is “capable of being a robotaxi.” But a report says the robotaxis are getting special parts.
CEO Elon Musk has repeatedly painted a future where all Teslas would be autonomous and revolutionize the economics of car ownership. “In the future, most people are not going to buy cars,” he said on ...
Waymo launches in Atlanta, trying to take wind out of Tesla’s sails
Just two days after served its first robotaxi ride in Austin, its first market, Waymo is expanding to its fifth major market: Atlanta. Starting today, people using the app for trips within 65 squar...
Tesla is soaring on successful robotaxi launch
stock is currently surging more than 9% this morning and leading the S&P 500, after what was by most accounts a successful robotaxi launch this weekend. Though way smaller and more restricted than wha...
Tesla’s robotaxi launch, by the numbers
After years of delays, long-awaited robotaxi finally launched yesterday in Austin. And by many accounts it was successful, with its stock surging more than 8% this morning. The service was much less ...
Here’s the lowdown on Tesla’s looming robotaxi launch, including where invites landed
watchers have been waiting for years for the launch of the company’s long-delayed autonomous robotaxi service. Finally the launch appears imminent, set for Sunday, but in a much more subdued manner th...
There could be Waymo cars in New York City as company applies for testing permit
Waymo has applied for permits to test its self-driving cars in New York City — what the city’s Department of Transportation calls “some of the most challenging urban street environments for an AV.” Wa...
China drafts auto data rules, potentially a stepping stone toward Tesla’s full self-driving in the country
For the first time, the Chinese government has released draft guidelines for how car data generated there can be “queried, retrieved, downloaded and exported,” Bloomberg reports, saying the move could...
Air taxi maker Archer Aviation sinks 14% on $850 million share sale to fund AI software and LA Olympics push
After spiking early this week following President Trump’s executive orders to boost the air taxi business , shares of have plunged more than 13% on Friday. The drop-off occurred after Archer announce...
As the race for autonomy heats up, data shows Google’s Waymo costs more than Uber and Lyft
New data from ride-share comparison app Obi reported by TechCrunch puts data to what many riders in San Francisco already knew: driverless Waymo is more expensive than driver-having and . Waymo’s av...
Joby Aviation sinks after a downgrade from Cantor Fitzgerald
Shares of air taxi maker fell more than 6% in early trading Thursday following a downgrade to neutral by Cantor Fitzgerald. According to Cantor, Joby has the highest cash burn rate in the industry. I...
Tesla rises after Musk “tentatively” sets date for robotaxi service, says he “regrets some” social media posts
stock is up more than 2% in premarket trading after CEO Elon Musk publicly lamented his comments about President Trump... just hours after announcing a “tentative” date for the company’s robotaxi laun...
Tesla surges as Musk boasts about video appearing to show driverless robotaxi in Austin
is trading up more than 5% on tweets that suggest its long-awaited robotaxi launch is imminent — and on time. Today, the official Tesla X account posted emoji of a robot and a taxi. When users asked t...
Tesla rises as Musk reposts some Trump-adjacent tweets
After ending last week with a high-profile breakup between CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, the stock was struggling again this morning on news of analyst downgrades , sales declines in Chi...
Air taxi companies Joby and Archer Aviation take off on Trump’s executive order
Air taxi companies and are each up about 10% on Monday following President Trump’s recent executive orders set to boost their businesses. The orders , issued after the bell on Friday, work to promot...
Ives: Musk-Trump feud “not ideal” for robotaxi launch
is supposed to roll out its circumscribed robotaxi program as soon as this week, days after a very public breakup between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the president of the United States. While Wedbush Secu...
Uber’s having drivers train its AI while partnering with robotaxi companies that could replace them
, one of the OG tech disruptors, sure appears to be planning to disrupt its own workforce. Speaking at the Bloomberg Tech conference on Thursday, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the company’s drivers can n...