SAN DIEGO — As automated vehicles begin to roll out in San Diego, two City Councilmembers Monday will urge local and state officials to restore local control over what drives on city streets and protect residents.
San Diego City Councilmembers Sean Elo-Rivera and Marni von Wilpert will be joined by transportation workers, labor leaders and community advocates at 1 p.m. Monday to address the expansion of autonomous vehicles -- from such companies as Alphabet with Waymo, Amazon with Zoox and Tesla with Cybercabs.
Gavin Newsom to "restore local control over autonomous vehicle passenger service," as well as support protections for workers whose livelihoods may be impacted by AI and autonomous vehicle technology.
"Thousands of San Diegans earn their living as taxi, rideshare, and delivery drivers," a statement from the councilmembers read.
The San Diego City Council is set to discuss the resolution at 2 p.m. Monday.
Sep 14, 2026 · via 10news.com
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Autonomous Delivery Concept Targets European Logistics Stellantis Pro One and UQI Robotics are collaborating on autonomous delivery technology as they explore how driverless vehicles could support more efficient last-mile logistics operations.
The companies plan to develop the Box-on-Wheels proof of concept, an autonomous logistics vehicle intended to integrate autonomous driving, electrification, connectivity and supporting services into a single logistics solution.
AI and Robotics Drive Last-Mile Automation The collaboration combines Stellantis Pro One’s commercial vehicle expertise with UQI Robotics’ capabilities in AI, robotics and autonomous driving.
Autonomous End-to-End Logistics UQI Robotics is ultimately targeting an autonomous end-to-end logistics system combining autonomous vehicles with humanoid robots.
“This collaboration also marks an important milestone in UQI Robotics’ long-term vision to build an autonomous end-to-end logistics system with autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots.”
Sep 14, 2026 · via emeoutlookmag.com
Self-driving taxis signal changing role for professional drivers London has taken another step towards an autonomous future, with the capital’s first self-driving taxis now available to hire through the Uber app.
“London’s first self-driving taxis mark an important moment for the future of driving.
Autonomous vehicles introduce additional variables, including the performance of the automated system, software, sensors and the effectiveness of human intervention.
For professional drivers, meanwhile, autonomous technology may not necessarily mean the immediate disappearance of the driving role.
London’s first self-driving taxis therefore represent more than a new form of urban transport.
Sep 14, 2026 · via fleetpoint.org
In fact, one report found autonomous vehicles were solely at fault in just 4% of crashes involving other road users — the rest overwhelmingly caused by human drivers.
For communities that have waited generations for a subway line that will never come, autonomous vehicles could offer something transformational: transit connections for those still underserved today.
The same way app-based ride-hailing freed Black New Yorkers from a lifetime of cabs that wouldn’t stop, autonomous vehicles offer the next leap forward in rides that can’t discriminate.
This fall, Albany should work together to champion policies that would open the door to a well-regulated autonomous vehicle industry.
Autonomous vehicles are already making streets safer in cities and states across the country, and their potential to create new opportunities by filling transit gaps is only growing.
Sep 14, 2026 · via nydailynews.com
Staff writer, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source A delegation of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers visiting the US today said that they had met with San Francisco city officials to discuss technology innovation, autonomous vehicles and social welfare policies.
The lawmakers met with San Francisco officials, including Mark Chandler, director of the San Francisco Mayor's Office of International Trade and Commerce, to discuss technological innovation, smart transportation and social welfare policies, the delegation said in a statement.
They also met with members of the San Francisco Taipei Sister City Committee to promote local-level exchanges between Taiwan and the US, the statement said.
While in San Francisco, several lawmakers rode in autonomous vehicles operated by Tesla and Waymo, and described the commercial deployment and integration of self-driving cars into the transportation system as impressive, it said.
Earlier in the trip, the delegation visited the KMT's US headquarters, the Dr Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in San Francisco and several longstanding overseas Chinese community organizations, where they held discussions with community representatives.
Sep 14, 2026 · via taipeitimes.com
Although it may not have the force of law, the San Diego City Council on Monday approved a resolution urging the California Legislature and Gov.
“I am simply asking for San Diego to have a say in where that road is going.”
“Many drivers are concerned about their jobs and their family’s future,” said Luis Arias, president of San Diego Drivers United.
“This includes new engagements with National City Fire and Coronado Fire, alongside refresher sessions for the San Diego Police Department, Harbor Police, California Highway Patrol (CHP) and San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.”
Waymo’s baby-blue, all-electric robotaxis can be seen in more than a dozen cities, including new deployments in San Diego, Tampa and Denver.
Sep 14, 2026 · via sandiegouniontribune.com
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Sep 13, 2026 · via ft.com
As driverless cars become more common in the streets of San Diego, city leaders are pushing for more controls over them.
Since Waymo made its debut in San Diego, you probably have spotted them driving around.
He supports more controls on driverless cars and said his job as a rideshare driver helps sustain his livelihood.
City documents state that one of the key provisions would urge the San Diego County Regional Port Authority to prohibit driverless vehicle operations at San Diego International Airport, citing safety concerns.
Travelers like Matthew Valentine said driverless cars at the airport could add to the congestion.
Sep 13, 2026 · via nbcsandiego.com
Hyundai Motor Group’s autonomous driving subsidiary, 42dot, is accelerating its drive to narrow the technology gap with industry leaders Tesla and Waymo.
“Once the group begins commercial production of our autonomous driving system, we expect to surpass our competitors in real-world data volumes within five years,” Park said.
Kwon Jung-hyun, the group’s newly appointed head of the autonomous driving development center, noted that deploying Nvidia’s commercial solution first provides crucial mass-production experience for Hyundai.
Currently, among Hyundai’s 40 Ioniq 6-based test cars, or pace cars, around 10 to 20 units are dedicated exclusively to autonomous driving tests, while others serve general software-defined vehicle (SDV) validation.
As a dual-track strategy, 42dot is developing Vision-Language-Action models that add language reasoning capabilities to traditional Vision-Action End-to-End models such as the Atria AI.
Sep 13, 2026 · via koreaherald.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- When Vita Shafiro, 51, and her daughter Mikhaela, 15, recently walked back to their downtown San Francisco hotel after sightseeing, an odd vehicle caught their eye.
She and her daughter returned the next day and rode a Zoox to the Ferry Building, a landmark on the San Francisco waterfront.
It cannot yet charge for a ride in San Francisco as it awaits state regulatory approval.
For now, Zoox offers only free demonstration rides in San Francisco, which began in November 2025.
Driverless car companies are still selling the very concept of a driverless taxi, he said.
Sep 13, 2026 · via nwaonline.com
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Sep 13, 2026 · via prnewswire.com
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy's been hard at work deregulating autonomous vehicles so the tech can haphazardly flood American roads faster.
Researchers at MIT along with Motional — an autonomous vehicle technology company — recently published their study in Nature.
Think about it, in a recent Jalopnik article, we discussed Duffy's AV Framework that went ahead and basically said "hey, autonomous vehicles don't need brake pedals or emergency brake levers."
Autonomous vehicles have demonstrated they are far from perfect through several well-documented failures in real-life emergencies.
Now put an algorithm into the framework of the autonomous vehicle technology that allows the AI to tell you why the car is doing what it's doing.
Sep 12, 2026 · via jalopnik.com
That is the uncomfortable blind spot in autonomous driving.
They accumulate until the real car no longer matches the car the software believes it is controlling.
Verified vehicle condition should become a first-class data layer, not maintenance paperwork that sits outside the intelligence stack.
We cannot build trustworthy physical AI on static assumptions about changing hardware.
Autonomous driving has spent years asking whether a car can understand the road.
Sep 12, 2026 · via calcalistech.com
In a statement, Zurich Airport announced that it has been preparing the project with the Chinese company WeRide since March 2025.
The first fully automated trips took place in early September.
However, employees from the partner companies Swissport and Krummen Kerzers monitor operations from a remote cockpit and can intervene if needed.
The current step now corresponds to the targeted automation level, Level 4, the officials emphasise.
In doing so, we are creating the conditions, not only for ourselves but also for our partners, for the safe deployment of automated vehicles at the airport.”
Sep 12, 2026 · via electrive.com
Two young people riding in an autonomous vehicle were arrested in San Francisco after authorities allegedly found them in possession of an illegal “ghost gun.”
San Francisco Police Department did not identify the operator of the autonomous vehicle, but a Waymo spokesperson confirmed to The Times that the incident involved one of its cars.
The company alerted emergency services and “cooperated fully” with San Francisco police.
San Francisco police did not immediately respond to The Times’ request for comment Friday.
The hat-topped cars are now a fixture in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and even sparked a beeping backlash in Santa Monica.
Sep 12, 2026 · via latimes.com
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Sep 11, 2026 · via designnews.com
This is considered to be the market hot spot, where drivers prefer not to hand over total control to the autonomous driving system.
This type of autonomous driving offers automatic lane changes, traffic jam support, and continuous driver monitoring.
Rather than wait for the wider industry to build its own systems and train its own autonomous driving models, IDrive Autonomy Assisted Driving offers the model out, at a cost per car.
That makes a fully autonomous system extremely difficult to commercialize and even harder to license as a general-purpose product.”
Vehicles sold with IDrive Autonomy Assisted Driving will have the intelligence, the software, and camera hardware from IDrive included.
Sep 11, 2026 · via techradar.com
In a meeting that stretched into the early morning hours, the Santa Monica City Council voted to join a four-city regional affordable housing trust and to extend emergency zoning rules governing autonomous-vehicle fleet operations for two more years.
Council joins Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust The council adopted a resolution approving the city's membership in the Westside Cities Affordable Housing Trust, a regional Joint Powers Authority formed alongside West Hollywood, Culver City and Beverly Hills to expand affordable housing financing across the Westside.
The trust would provide a dedicated structure to receive, manage and deploy affordable housing funding — chiefly Measure A dollars distributed through the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency, known as LACAHSA.
The council appointed Councilmember Natalya Zernitskaya as the city's director on the trust board and Hall as the alternate.
City staff has cited operational concerns including vehicle queuing, staging in the public right-of-way, and noise and lighting from around-the-clock operations.
Sep 11, 2026 · via smdp.com
Pony.ai and Verne have started fully driverless robotaxi test rides carrying passengers on public roads in Zagreb, Croatia, in what the two companies describe as a European first.
The move builds on a partnership between Pony.ai, Verne and Uber, announced just over five months ago, to launch what the companies say was Europe’s first commercial robotaxi service.
“Fully driverless passenger rides in Zagreb mark an important step in Pony.ai’s international growth,” says Dr James Peng, founder and chief executive of Pony.ai.
The progress in Zagreb provides a strong foundation for expanding fully driverless mobility across Europe and other international markets.”
We are now taking the next step, moving from autonomous driving with an onboard AV operator toward fully driverless operations.
Sep 11, 2026 · via traffictechnologytoday.com