Tracking the future of fully autonomous transportation
The Autonomy / Robotaxi desk
Autonomy / Robotaxi
Chris Lichtmannecker calls autonomous tech a city improvement tool aimed at ride pooling and transit links, yet Mobileye has released no timelines or regulatory filings to back the shift.
Jun 10, 2026 · 1 min read
Autonomy / Robotaxi · Europe
WeRide and Uber plan to launch robotaxi service in Madrid later this year through the Uber app, using an asset-light model with local partner AVOMO in what would be Spain's first commercial robotaxi operation.
Jun 2, 2026 · 2 min read
Autonomy / Robotaxi · US
Mobileye says it can mine millions of driving hours for the edge cases that actually matter. The harder question is whether targeted training closes the gap to driverless.
May 27, 2026 · 3 min read
Autonomy / Robotaxi
A sub-160,000 yuan sedan with an urban assisted driving trim forces every rival to explain why their stack costs twice as much in China.
May 20, 2026 · 2 min read
Autonomy / Robotaxi
Either a human is legally responsible for the car in real time, or the company is. Everything else in the autonomy debate follows from that one line.
May 19, 2026 · 3 min read
Autonomy / Robotaxi · Asia
Pony.ai reports paid robotaxi orders jumped more than sixfold over China's May holiday. Promising, but one week of demand does not make a market.
May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
Autonomy / Robotaxi · US
A network TV segment lined up The Knowledge against two very different self-driving stacks, and the real contrast is sharper than the soundbites suggest.
May 18, 2026 · 2 min read
Autonomy / Robotaxi · US
Waymo is racing to cover more ground in US host markets ahead of the 2026 World Cup, but its coverage maps still leave the hardest trips uncovered.
May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
Autonomy / Robotaxi · US
A Q1 2026 community recap claims a 58% revenue jump and 1,300 robotaxis in service. The five-year target of 200,000 AVs asks investors to take a much bigger leap.
May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
Autonomy / Robotaxi · US
An opinionated transparency checklist for the next phase of robotaxi operations: how often human help is requested, and how fast it arrives.
May 18, 2026 · 4 min read
Autonomy / Robotaxi · US
Tesla's CEO says US drivers will run cars without human monitors in 2026. The federal investigations and Tesla's own Austin pilot say something quieter.
May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
Autonomy / Robotaxi · US
Phoenix worked. SF worked. LA worked. Austin worked. Each new city tested a different muscle. The next one tests the whole org.
May 12, 2026 · 2 min read
