SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) — Tesla launched its driverless Robotaxi service in San Antonio Monday, which gives you another autonomous rideshare option and expanding competition with Waymo.
Waymo launched in February but temporarily suspended service after a vehicle was swept away during April storms.
California-based Aseon Labs is developing robotic pit stops that can charge, clean and inspect autonomous vehicles without requiring them to return to centralized depots.
Shua Sanchez, national campaign director for Safe Autonomous Vehicles Everywhere in the United States, is pushing for mandatory crash reporting similar to California’s regulations.
Sanchez says the public deserves greater transparency as driverless vehicles become more common on Texas roads.
1h ago · via ktsa.com
SAN ANTONIO - A new fleet of self-driving cars hit city streets on Monday as Tesla launched its robotaxi service for San Antonio riders.
Tesla announced the San Antonio launch on its official Robotaxi account on X just after midnight.
Waymo, which recently resumed service following a five-month pause due to vehicles getting stuck in floodwaters, currently runs its robotaxi operations in San Antonio, Austin, Dallas and Houston.
For now, tracking sites estimate only about seven Tesla robotaxis are circulating in San Antonio.
To ride, customers need to download the Tesla Robotaxi app, sign in with a Tesla account and request a pickup within the approved service area.
1h ago · via foxsanantonio.com
Kakao Mobility plans to integrate Nvidia’s artificial intelligence (AI) computing technology into Kia’s purpose-built vehicles (PBVs) as part of an effort to develop Level 4 autonomous driving vehicles.
Kakao Mobility plans to introduce a high-performance autonomous driving computing unit (ADCU) equipped with two Nvidia DRIVE AGX Thor platforms.
On July 16, Kakao Mobility signed a strategic partnership with Kia to develop and supply PBVs dedicated to autonomous driving services.
At the time, the companies agreed to develop autonomous vehicles based on Kia’s PV5 model and supply development kits (DevKits) connecting the vehicles with autonomous driving systems.
Kakao Mobility has been operating its Seoul Autonomous Vehicle service in Gangnam, Seoul, since March, using its proprietary autonomous driving technology.
8h ago · via thelec.net
Nearly half of the Waymo crashes reported to police in metro Phoenix were hit-and-runs.
Accounting for miles driven, Waymos were involved in police-reported hit-and-runs at 2.4 times the rate of drivers in Maricopa County.
There were 88 police-reported crashes involving Waymo vehicles from Sept. 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2024.
The company said rear-end crashes are the most common type of crash for both human and autonomous drivers.
Arizona law requires drivers who hit an unattended vehicle to locate the owner or leave their contact information.
13h ago · via azfamily.com
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“We're really trying to push the wider public sector to go, ‘Oh, hang on, this does actually have quite significant impacts.’”
And they, in some senses, have a really good window now to shape market evolution,” he says.
“Regulators, transport operators and civic society have a lot of opportunity to shape things at the moment.
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Wayve will train its foundation models on CoreWeave Cloud with NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, expanding its AI infrastructure for training, evaluation, and simulation.
Wayve began using Weights & Biases and has now scaled into leveraging CoreWeave Cloud.
Wayve's AI Driver is becoming the driving intelligence layer the automotive industry is choosing to build on, from personally-owned cars to robotaxis.
"Being able to access CoreWeave's AI cloud, purpose-built for workloads like ours, helps accelerate the commercial deployment of our AI Driver."
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1d ago · via sg.finance.yahoo.com
Tesla is expanding its robotaxi service to another Texas city as it seeks to compete with Waymo and position itself as more than just an automaker.
The company said in a post on X that it will make its robotaxis available in San Antonio starting at 5 a.m. local time on Monday.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk for a decade promised his company would deliver autonomous vehicles, and it eventually launched a robotaxi service in Austin in June 2025.
Its rival Waymo also operates a robotaxi service using a mix of driverless Jaguar I-Pace and Zeekr RT vehicles, branded Ojai, in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.
Tesla also has a ride-hailing service, under a transportation charter permit, that it operates in the San Francisco Bay Area.
1d ago · via techcrunch.com
Autonomous vehicle technology is advancing, and the possibility of driverless trucks coming to a highway near you is very real.
Driverless trucks gaining momentum Recently, several headlines have highlighted progress toward driverless commercial trucking.
Economic opportunity As with most technology deployments, a major catalyst for autonomous trucking is the potential to reduce costs.
Fleets could program their autonomous trucks to run at consistent, fuel-efficient speeds, which could translate into additional savings.
Fleets will have to account for the inspection, maintenance, and certification of both traditional vehicle components and sophisticated autonomous systems.
1d ago · via fleetowner.com
🔍 UNDOCUMENTED CHANGE Tesla's Cybercab has been spotted doing something nobody expected from a light bar: apparently communicating its charging status in real time.
The Light Bar Is a Full RGB Strip This isn't a single-color accent light.
The color shown on the vehicle's front light bar corresponds to the color displayed in the rider's Robotaxi app — a clean, no-words-needed solution to the "which one is mine?"
Charging Status Is Unconfirmed — But Plausible Tesla has not issued any statement confirming the light bar is used to communicate charging status.
The light bar is doing the work that a driver's body language, eye contact, and hand signals used to do.
Nov 8, 2026 · via basenor.com
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Nov 8, 2026 · via mk.co.kr
Key Points Tesla is urging the Australian Government to approve fully autonomous vehicle trials on public roads from 2027, before national legislation is finalised.
Australia could take another step towards autonomous driving as Tesla pushes the federal government to allow fully driverless vehicle trials on public roads from 2027.
In its parliamentary submission, Tesla recommended that the government work with industry to issue permits for autonomous vehicle trials during 2027.
The company claims driverless technology could help save approximately 800 lives every year that would otherwise be lost in road crashes.
Allowing controlled trials in 2027 would give manufacturers an opportunity to test autonomous technology in Australian driving conditions, including local roads, traffic patterns and regulatory environments.
Nov 8, 2026 · via zecar.com
SINGAPORE -- Singapore ride-hailing company Tada Mobility has taken part in a self-driving minibus project that will launch early next year on the country's resort island of Sentosa, joining rivals such as Grab in moving into autonomous vehicle services.
Nov 8, 2026 · via asia.nikkei.com
A research team from Southeast University and Monash University has developed a physics-informed platooning control framework that integrates traditional vehicle control methods with learning-based optimization techniques to improve the stability and tracking accuracy of autonomous vehicle platooning under real-world conditions.
Experimental results demonstrated that the method improved vehicle platooning stability and tracking accuracy under realistic operating conditions.
The authors noted that the study provides fresh insights into the development of robust autonomous vehicle platooning systems, while outlining several avenues for future research.
Subject of Research: Physics-informed control framework for autonomous vehicle platooning Article Title: Can physics and artificial intelligence make autonomous vehicle platooning more reliable?
Article References: Can physics and artificial intelligence make autonomous vehicle platooning more reliable?.
Nov 7, 2026 · via bioengineer.org
A comprehensive scientific review published in the European Transport Research Review examines how emerging data space architectures can overcome the critical data fragmentation bottleneck currently hindering the development of autonomous driving technologies.
To resolve these technical barriers, the authors conceptualize a specialized autonomous vehicle data space architecture anchored in the Reference Architecture Model established by the International Data Spaces Association.
Managing vehicular information within a data space requires an end-to-end data lifecycle framework spanning generation, acquisition, preparation, processing, model training, and compliant disposal.
Looking toward future transportation ecosystems, the review outlines critical governance, privacy, and architectural mechanisms required to scale autonomous driving data spaces across the global automotive industry.
Datasets and data spaces in the autonomous driving domain: insights and trends.
Nov 7, 2026 · via bioengineer.org
Cisco URWB: Reliable connectivity for autonomous vehicle operations By providing more predictable wireless connectivity in demanding mobile environments, Cisco URWB helps automated guided vehicles (AGVs), autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and autonomous work vehicles (AWVs) operate with less manual intervention.
Honda has chosen Cisco URWB to provide its connectivity Read more in Honda news about how Cisco URWB provides the wireless networking backbone for the Honda AWV’s airfield perimeter-inspection demonstration.
Cisco URWB helps provide the reliable connectivity autonomous vehicles need for real-time monitoring and control.
Cisco URWB uses multiprotocol label switching (MPLS)-over-wireless technology and make-before-break handoffs to help maintain connectivity as vehicles move throughout the site.
Learn more Find additional information through a Cisco authorized Learning Partner to see Cisco URWB in action and register for the Cisco URWB training.
Nov 7, 2026 · via blogs.cisco.com
CINCINNATI — Waymo, a self-driving car company owned by Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., has spent the last two months mapping Cincinnati streets, potentially setting the stage for testing autonomous vehicles with people in the backseat and no driver.
Self-driving Waymo cars, which are mostly Jaguars with a spinning sensor on top, are already providing automated rides in 15 cities across the country, including Nashville.
"Our hope is that a year from now, everyone will have the opportunity to drive, to be in a driverless car.
Last week in Columbus, a lawmaker representing the Zanesville area introduced a bill that would allow driverless vehicles on Ohio roads and establish statewide regulations.
Another concern raised involves the human toll of self-driving vehicles, with Boente preferring the idea of paying a real person for a ride rather than relying on an automated driving machine.
Nov 6, 2026 · via wlwt.com
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is trying to expand the supply of rides as demand grows.
Freight grows, with losses still to cover For Khosrowshahi, two businesses still have room to grow: freight and autonomous vehicles.
Uber Freight is essentially a digital broker that connects companies that need to ship goods by truck with trucking companies and independent drivers to make the trip happen.
Businesses pay Uber Freight, and Uber Freight pays the trucker; the arrangement mirrors the role Uber plays between customers and drivers in its core mobility business.
Uber Freight aims to address a problem that has long plagued trucking: wasted trips with empty trailers and a slow process for finding loads.
Nov 6, 2026 · via observer.com
Autonomous vehicles could begin speeding around a $39 million test track in East Huntingdon this spring.
The project is a partnership among the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the Regional Industrial Development Corp., the Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corp. and Carnegie Mellon University.
Bringing this here is something the county is very excited about,” Westmoreland County Planning Director Jason Rigone said.
The funds will help Westmoreland County develop what is being called the Golden Hour Initiative.
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, in a letter supporting the county’s request for federal funding, said there was a need to implement first responder training in Westmoreland County.
Nov 6, 2026 · via community.triblive.com
Tesla plans to scale back Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas by mid-2027 to free up manufacturing capacity for its autonomous Cybercab.
Cybertruck struggles to meet volume expectations When Tesla launched the Cybertruck in late 2023, the electric pickup stood out for its unconventional design and stainless-steel body.
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Cybercab takes priority at Gigafactory Texas The planned reduction in Cybertruck output reflects Tesla's growing emphasis on autonomous driving technology and artificial intelligence.
Reallocating production capacity at Gigafactory Texas would allow Tesla to prioritise the Cybercab as it prepares to scale manufacturing of autonomous vehicles.
Nov 6, 2026 · via automotivemanufacturingsolutions.com
THE TAKEAWAY Waymo is expanding efforts to prepare its autonomous vehicles for severe winter weather.
Alaska’s snow, ice and extended darkness will provide a rigorous test of Waymo’s cold weather capabilities.
FAIRBANK, Alaska - When winter weather makes travel treacherous, snow and ice can make the roads challenging for any driver, but what happens when there’s no one behind the wheel?
Waymo, one of the world’s leading autonomous vehicle companies, is bringing its self-driving vehicles to Alaska to test the company’s technology in heavy snow and severe winter conditions.
The 6th-generation Waymo Driver uses cameras, radar and lidar to navigate the world around it, while built-in heaters and micro-wipers keep sensors clear in icy conditions," Waymo said.
Nov 6, 2026 · via foxweather.com