TechCrunch Mobility: AV companies pick their lanes
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now,…
Zoox grounds Atlanta test fleet after workers report toxic gas exposure symptoms
Exactly what gases the Zoox employees were exposed to remains unclear. Davis said he…
TechCrunch Mobility: How do we know when an AV is safe enough?
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now,…
Waymo restarts San Antonio service 5 months after flooding troubles
Waymo has restarted its robotaxi service in San Antonio, Texas, five months after one…
May Mobility is going public in a $1.4B SPAC deal
Autonomous vehicle company May Mobility is merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)…
No little kids allowed, and other new info about Tesla’s Cybercab
Curiously, the Cybercab does not have the standard LATCH anchors for child seats. Instead,…
Tesla is asking people if they want to buy and run Cybercab fleets
Tesla published a form on Thursday for businesses interested in buying Cybercab fleets or…
The Cybercab is Tesla’s ‘fork in the road’ moment
But that may not matter much to Tesla, which believes scaling its robotaxi network…
Waymo goes on offense ahead of Tesla’s Cybercab launch
Despite being technical and a bit wonky, Waymo's claims kicked off a social media…
Sprains, pain, and whiplash: Waymo and Zoox test drivers are getting hurt as robotaxis scale
Two of the people who spoke to TechCrunch said that braking can be challenging…
US government lab is probing Chinese lidar for security vulnerabilities
A Department of Energy lab is investigating whether Chinese lidar sensors might pose a…
Tesla starts testing Cybercab without pedals or a steering wheel in Austin
Tesla has had its own growing pains with the Austin robotaxi network, but some…
Waymo and Uber quietly part ways in Phoenix
In the three years since, Waymo has grown its fleet to around 4,000 vehicles,…
Uber to put 500 data-collection vehicles on the road this year
Uber said Wednesday that it plans to roll out 500 of these kitted-out Hyundai…
Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods
Waymo has now paused service in four cities because its robotaxis are struggling to…
Waymo halts freeway rides after robotaxis struggle in construction zones
In the Bay Area in particular, freeway travel has helped Waymo dramatically cut trip…
