Key Points - Tesla stock trades at a sky-high price-to-earnings ratio of 321, making it 12 times as expensive as the S&P 500 average. - The S&P itself could be vulnerable to a sharp sell-off due to its own elevated valuation, which could send Tesla stock plunging to $100 (or less). - Tesla's electric vehicle business is recovering in 2026, but the company is falling behind its competitors in other industries like autonomous driving. The benchmark S&P 500(SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is hovering near a record high, but the risk of a sell-off might be rising due to the ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, the stubbornly high inflation rate, and the growing chance of an interest rate hike before the end of 2026. The S&P 500 currently has a Shiller cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings (CAPE) ratio of 41.6, its highest valuation since the dot-com bubble in 2000. That makes the index especially vulnerable to downside, and if it were to enter a bear market by experiencing a 20% decline, many stocks with elevated valuations would likely also suffer sharp corrections. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again.In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue » The S&P 500 last traded in bear territory during 2022 and 2023, which sent Tesla(NASDAQ: TSLA) stock plummeting by 75% to just $100. The electric vehicle (EV) giant recovered to set a new record high of $489 last year, but it's currently on the back foot once again. Here's why I predict it will fall below $100 if the S&P enters another bear market. Tesla stock is trading at a sky-high valuation Tesla used to be
Aug 29, 2026 · via theglobeandmail.com
Reality check for China’s carmakers as authorities tell them to focus on quality, not tech
Vice-minister says that to ensure safety, new technologies that fail to pass stricter approval procedures will be barred from market
A nationwide inspection campaign assessing the quality of Chinese-made cars that was announced this week would see some consumers shelve purchase plans, exacerbating a bearish outlook for the country’s auto sector, dealers and analysts said.
Vice-Minister of Industry and Information Technology Xin Guobin told a news conference in Beijing on Wednesday that new auto products and technologies would be barred from entering the market unless they passed stricter approval procedures.
“Some reckless innovative designs were installed in vehicles without sufficient testing and verification,” Xin said. “Several incidents attracted public attention due to concerns about the cars’ quality and the safety of autonomous driving technology.”
“Several accidents and growing consumer complaints have spurred the regulators into action,” said Gao Shen, an independent analyst in Shanghai. “With improved oversight, carmakers will have to shift their focus from making their vehicles more intelligent to ensuring quality.”
Aug 29, 2026 · via amp.scmp.com
Audio By Carbonatix For the first time in Denver’s history, an empty vehicle driving on its own was involved in a car crash. A (human) driver traveling on West 8th Avenue rear-ended a stopped vehicle and pushed it into the back of a stopped Waymo at the Delaware Street intersection at around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, according to the Denver Police Department. The self-driving Waymo taxi was unoccupied. None of the people involved suffered serious injuries, police say. The two drivers claimed the Waymo stopped suddenly for no apparent reason, blaming it for the collision, CBS reported. A Waymo spokesperson says its vehicle stopped to yield to a pedestrian waiting in the curb cut to cross the street, adding that the pedestrian crossed without incident. One of the drivers told CBS they didn’t see anyone crossing. There is no marked crosswalk or stop sign at the intersection where the Waymo stopped; however, state law requires vehicles to yield to pedestrians at all intersections and crosswalks, even if the lines are not marked. Police issued the driver a citation for following too closely, finding him at fault. “The driver who initially crashed was following too closely, causing his vehicle to strike the rear of another car and cause a secondary crash into the Waymo vehicle,” says a DPD spokesperson. “There is no indication that the Waymo vehicle caused the crash.” This is the first reported collision involving a Waymo in Denver, according to DPD. The incident comes before the self-driving taxis have even opened to the public. The company says Waymo will be fully operational and open to Denver riders before the end of 2026. Waymo arrived in Denver last September, unleashing a fleet of AI-powered self-driving vehicles to map out the city. The operation started with human employees
Aug 29, 2026 · via westword.com
Hyundai's Digital Measuring Center Uses Data & Robotics to Achieve Top Quality Survey Rankings Korean automaker deploys coordinate measuring machines & optical scanners to catch minuscule flaws that affect customer satisfaction scores. At a Glance - Coordinate measuring machines evaluate 1,000 points across 600 quality criteria on each vehicle body. - Autonomous robots and optical scanners verify moving components like doors meet design specifications. - High-speed cameras capture 500 measurements per second to detect imperceptible deformation issues. Hyundai Motor Group brands like Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis have consistently topped JD Power quality surveys in recent years, marking a stark turnaround for the Korean brands from 20 years ago, when they consistently lagged. We recently heard from Ford about how that company has combined senior engineers with AI to address its stumbles in quality scores, with the results already becoming evident. The Hyundai Group points to its Digital Measuring Center (DMC) at the Namyang Research and Development (R&D) Center as a contributor to its quality successes. The DMC’s Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) systems measure as many as 1,000 points on a single vehicle body structure across 600 parametric quality criteria to monitor four key quality verification areas with data: exterior quality, NVH, water tightness, function, and assembly feasibility. The goal is to discover the small variations and gaps that can be overlooked during casual inspection and tiny deformations that can only be spotted by sensors. By quantifying these factors, Hyundai shifted its quality management from reactive problem-solving to data-driven refinement. This lets Hyundai engineers directly attack the kinds of flaws that degrade customer satisfaction, such as panel gaps and surface misalignments that can lead to water leaks and wind noise. The challenge is that many of these dimensional challenges occur in areas that are invisible to visual inspection. The DMC uses
Aug 29, 2026 · via designnews.com
Tesla: Autonomous Monetization Begins, But Not Priced In Yet Summary - Tesla, Inc.'s price corrected drastically after Fiscal Q2 2026 earnings, reflecting the marketâs continued focus on its near-term margins. - This focus misses the companyâs long-term platform value brought about by its autonomous technologies. - FQ2 earnings updates show multiple signs of monetization for TSLAâs autonomy capabilities, whose nonlinear growth potential is not fully priced in. - Advances in robotaxi, Full Self-Driving, Optimus robotics, and AI compute capacity underpin explosiveâor even step changesâof future growth potential. - Looking for a helping hand in the market? Members of Envision Early Retirement get exclusive ideas and guidance to navigate any climate. Learn More » This article was written by Analystâs Disclosure: I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, and no plans to initiate any such positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. Seeking Alpha's Disclosure: Past performance is no guarantee of future results. No recommendation or advice is being given as to whether any investment is suitable for a particular investor. Any views or opinions expressed above may not reflect those of Seeking Alpha as a whole. Seeking Alpha is not a licensed securities dealer, broker or US investment adviser or investment bank. Our analysts are third party authors that include both professional investors and individual investors who may not be licensed or certified by any institute or regulatory body.
Aug 29, 2026 · via seekingalpha.com
Fast Facts | Demo Days Festival San Francisco 📍Location: Alameda Point in the San Francisco Bay Area 🛞 Demo Experiences: More than 22,000 drives and rides across all categories 🎤 EV Reality Check: 15 speakers across two days covered autonomous vehicles, grid infrastructure, and other practical EV topics 🧭 GreenCars Matchmaker: Personalized recommendations included battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, conventional hybrid, and 35-plug-mpg vehicles Record-Breaking Attendance In the Bay Area Demo Days made its first stop in the Bay Area this year, and it turned out to be the biggest weekend the festival has run. Held right on the water at Alameda Point on August 22 and 23, Demo Days allowed attendees to experience everything with a motor: gas, hybrid, or electric, with two wheels or four, over dirt or asphalt. With over 30,000 attendees across two days, Bay Area Demo Days drew the largest crowd in the festival's history. Attendees came from all over Northern California and the entire Bay Area, including the South Bay, East Bay, San Francisco, and the North Bay. Some even came from out of state. Here's a little bit of what they got to experience. Test Driving the Latest Vehicles Eighty percent of surveyed attendees said they came specifically to test-drive something. The lineup of vehicles available to test drive included passenger cars from first-time auto exhibitors Honda and Ram, alongside Toyota, Tesla, Jeep, Kia, Hyundai, and Rivian, including the first-ever public demo of the all-new Rivian R2. Attendees could also view a display truck from Slate, one of the fledgling automaker's first public showings. It's a good example of what makes Demo Days special: getting people behind the wheel of the latest, most anticipated vehicles. The test drives took place on a nearby airstrip, and the layout encouraged back-to-back cross-shopping. Many visitors turned a single
Aug 29, 2026 · via greencars.com
Waymo is bringing driverless taxis to Munich, its third city outside the US, as data suggests autonomous vehicles are far safer than human drivers.
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Aug 29, 2026 · via news.inbox.lv
Tesla's Cybercab Launch Is Next Week. Here's What Tesla Still Needs To Prove Tesla scheduled a Cybercab launch event for next week. But will you actually be able to buy one for $30,000? Tesla’s steering wheel-free, scissor door-having Cybercab is apparently ready for primetime. The two-seat robotaxi is getting an official launch event next Thursday in Austin, the carmaker announced this week. How quickly Cybercabs will actually hit streets—and whether you’ll be able to buy one for $30,000 anytime soon—are just some of the questions hanging over this rollout. A big one centers around software. Specifically: Is Tesla’s good enough? Famously, Elon Musk is betting that he can make Tesla an autonomous-vehicle juggernaut using cameras alone. The Cybercab was built from the ground up around that gamble. But how reliable Tesla’s system is at scale is still an open question. Many experts argue that sensor redundancy through lidar and radar is key for safety. Industry leader Waymo took a not-so-subtle shot at Tesla’s strategy this week by saying in a blog post that cameras are “not enough” for safe autonomous driving at scale. [We discuss the Cybercab and more on this week's Plugged-In Podcast, available wherever you listen/watch.] To Tesla’s credit, its Robotaxi service does now offer driverless Model Y rides in Austin and some other markets, and that part of the business seems to be growing. On X this week, Tesla said its “unsupervised fleet is a lot bigger” and that it had extended its operating hours. Ethan McKanna of the crowdsourced Robotaxi Tracker website has detected a significant uptick in unsupervised rides, The Verge reported. But the Robotaxi rollout has also been far more sluggish than Musk once promised. Last year, it was supposed to be “hyper exponential” and cover half the U.S. population by the end of
Aug 29, 2026 · via insideevs.com
MSU FRIB debuts new chip-testing facility to advance driverless tech and spaceflight The new MSU chip-testing facility will push forward critical research for the autonomous vehicle and spaceflight industries, utilizing the world’s most powerful heavy-ion linear accelerator. EAST LANSING, Mich. (News 10) - A new addition at Michigan State University aims to improve technology that may someday be used in things like driverless cars. Michigan Sen. Gary Peters stopped at MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) to take a look at the building’s new chip-testing facility alongside a group that included university President Kevin Guskiewicz. The new addition will help improve testing for technology used in the spaceflight and autonomous vehicle industries. The FRIB building houses the world’s most powerful heavy-ion linear accelerator, which produces rare isotopes that scientists can use to study their impact on medicine, national security, and diagnosing diseases according to the university. Peters said it is important to support cutting-edge research that makes a tangible impact on people’s lives. “Most people don’t realize the type of breakthrough research that’s occurring here and how it’s going to impact their lives both now and in the future, and it’s important for people to understand that,” Peters said. Since becoming a senator in 2015, Peters has helped secure more than $2 billion in public investment for the facility through bipartisan efforts. For Peters, the stop was the last on his statewide motorcycle tour of Michigan. This marked his 10th and final tour before he leaves office in January. The two candidates battling for Peters’ seat in November are Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers. Stream News 10 Lansing on your favorite devices! Here’s how to download the News 10+ app on Roku, Fire TV or Apple TV. Be the first to see the Mid-Michigan headlines you care
Aug 28, 2026 · via wilx.com
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People gathered at the Lansing Center at 5:30 p.m. Friday to march to the Michigan Capitol, marking 63 years since the March on Washington led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Aug 28, 2026 · via wilx.com
In a recent showcase at Hyundai’s headquarters in Seoul, the OEM did a deep-dive into how it is harnessing digital technologies and AI across the company to improve operations, including key achievements and plans for the future. A major focus of this discussion was the benefits of AI in development, particularly Hyundai’s crash testing AI agent. “AI is undoubtedly an important technology, but ultimately it is a tool that companies must utilize,” said Eunsook Jin, president and head of the ICT management division at Hyundai Motor Group. “What matters is not the technology itself, but how quickly an organization can understand new technologies, including AI, apply them to its work and business, and internalize them as a source of competitive advantage. Building on our ongoing digital transformation efforts, Hyundai Motor Group is expanding AI transformation through the integration of AI and other intelligent technologies.” In 2022, the group deployed the JIRA, Dooray and Confluence platforms to standardize project management, decision-tracking and knowledge-sharing. These systems are said to have transformed how staff work together across the organization. Employees gained greater visibility into group-wide operations and key project progress, and work processes and outcomes could be systematically accumulated as organizational assets. Microsoft 365 was also implemented, creating a unified cloud-based collaboration environment. R&D teams working on technologies such as autonomous driving and hydrogen had previously been unable to use external collaboration tools due to security regulations governing national core technologies. Now they were able to safely adopt SaaS solutions as relevant government authorities swiftly established guidelines for SaaS use. As a result, information and knowledge previously dispersed across the organization could be shared and accumulated within a single environment, while establishing a foundation for continuously securing digital assets that can be used by AI. In parallel, Hyundai launched the Global One Data
Aug 28, 2026 · via automotivetestingtechnologyinternational.com
Recent data shows that non-collision testing at Waymo and Zoox led to around two dozen injuries among test drivers in 2024 and 2025, mostly caused by hard braking or sudden automated maneuvers. A review by TechCrunch of data submitted to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), along with interviews with current and former workers, found that safety drivers testing autonomous vehicles on public roads have suffered injuries including sprains, strains, and whiplash. Some injuries were serious enough to keep workers away from the job for weeks or even months. However, not all injuries may have been recorded, as OSHA requires companies with 100 or more employees to publicly report certain workplace injury data. As a result, injuries involving test drivers in cities where operations are still in their early stages may not have been captured in the available data. Waymo’s autonomous driving technology has reportedly been linked to multiple workplace injuries. Transdev, which employs and manages Waymo’s test drivers, recorded 16 injuries across three Waymo depot locations after vehicles braked aggressively or swerved unexpectedly. As Waymo continued expanding into new service areas, the company likely increased the amount of autonomous vehicle testing required to familiarize its systems with unfamiliar roads and environments. Although Waymo does not disclose how many vehicles it dedicates specifically to testing, injuries among its test drivers also rose during this period. In 2024, Transdev reported five injuries involving Waymo test drivers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, one caused by hard braking and four attributed to erratic vehicle behavior. In one incident, a test driver reported that the car “suddenly backed up” while parking itself and “whipped the steering wheel.” This caused his left hand, with which he held the steering wheel, to bend “to the point he heard a crack in his wrist.”
Aug 28, 2026 · via motorbiscuit.com
On the Dash: - Hybrids hit 16.80% of new vehicle financing in Q2, up from 12.99% last year - Hybrid loans carry the lowest average monthly payment at $646, beating EVs and gas vehicles - Refinancing saved consumers $83 a month on average as rates declined According to Experian‘s State of the Automotive Finance Market Report, hybrid vehicles accounted for 16.80% of new vehicle financing in the second quarter of 2026, up from 12.99% a year earlier, while EV market share fell over the same period, dropping to 8.15% from 9.21%. The report highlights that the shift is driven by ongoing gas price pressures on household budgets. Hybrids had the lowest average monthly payment among new loans at $646, followed by EVs at $692, and gasoline vehicles at $721. For new leases, hybrids again had the lowest payments, averaging $566, compared to $602 for gas vehicles and $641 for EVs. Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of Automotive Financial Insights, pointed to the expiration of the federal EV tax credit as a factor pushing buyers toward hybrids, stating, “With the EV tax credit expiring last year, hybrids seemingly have become a more attractive option for consumers, particularly for those looking to save some money at the pump,” Zabritski said in a company statement. The trend also aligns with sales data reported earlier this summer, as NADA’s June Market Beat report showed hybrid sales increased to 19.4% in the first half of 2026 and EV sales fell 25.1% over the same span. Meanwhile, JD Power’s July forecast projected hybrids would account for 15.9% of retail sales that month, up 2.5 percentage points from a year earlier, as the end of the federal tax credit continued to reshape buyer behavior. Notably, broader market data showed rising costs for new-vehicle buyers overall. Since the average
Aug 28, 2026 · via cbtnews.com
Autonomous vehicles expand across Las Vegas as safety questions remain LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Autonomous vehicles are becoming a more familiar sight on Las Vegas roads, as companies including Zoox, Tesla, Waymo and Aviari move to expand driverless transportation in the valley. The growth comes as Waymo has announced a multiyear partnership with the Las Vegas Raiders, making it the team’s official ride-hailing partner. The agreement calls for a dedicated Waymo pickup and drop-off area at Allegiant Stadium for games, concerts and other major events. Waymo has not yet announced a public launch date for rides in Las Vegas. [Raiders announcement](https://www.raiders.com/news/the-las-vegas-raiders-and-waymo-announce-first-ever-autonomous-ride-hailing-partnership-at-allegiant-stadium) But as more vehicles operate without a human behind the wheel, some drivers remain uneasy about safety and accountability. Brendan Morris with UNLV’s Transportation Research Center studies machine learning and artificial intelligence in vehicles. He said he understands the hesitation but believes the technology has the potential to make roadways safer over time. Morris said autonomous systems are designed to remove some of the human errors that contribute to crashes, including distraction, impairment and reckless driving. Liability remains another concern for potential riders and motorists. Morris, who is not a legal expert, said responsibility in a crash involving a fully autonomous vehicle would typically fall on the company operating the service. Zoox has already launched robotaxi rides in Las Vegas, and its steering-wheel-free vehicles are now authorized to charge passengers under a temporary federal exemption. As the technology spreads, Morris said the key will be building public trust while companies and regulators continue to prove the vehicles can operate safely in real-world traffic.
Aug 28, 2026 · via news3lv.com
Meta's India and SE Asia VP leaves for OpenAI to lead growth in Asia-Pacific.
Sandhya Devanathan, Meta's vice president for India and Southeast Asia, is leaving the company after over a decade to join OpenAI. She will be based in Singapore and oversee consumer growth, enterprise adoption, partnerships, regulatory engagement, a...
Aug 28, 2026 · via pluang.com
A recent episode of the “Talking Michigan Transportation” podcast produced by the Michigan Department of Transportation discusses federal-level efforts to expedite the deployment of “robotaxis,” which are autonomous vehicles operated by ridesharing companies. [Above photo via Amazon] This episode interviews Joann Muller, who writes the Axios Future of Mobility newsletter, about her recent reporting on Amazon’s Zoox (pronounced “zooks”) robotaxis. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration recently granted a temporary exemption to commercially deploy up to 2,500 robotaxis annually for two years. All of this comes as Waymo, Uber, and other companies are making investments in the rapidly evolving automated vehicle industry to try and bring more robotaxi services to the U.S. market. Muller explained that federal regulators are right now “trying to very rapidly clear out a lot of rules that were written years, even decades ago” regarding motor vehicle safety. “The idea here is if you have a car that doesn’t have a human in it, why do you need side view mirrors? Why do you need windshield wipers? Why do you need a steering wheel or brake pedals?” she said. “And, so, they’re like basically modernizing the rule book for the modern [autonomous] car, which doesn’t have a driver, though they’re still requiring that the stopping distance still has to be the same.” Muller also discussed what she called the “underappreciated importance” of the human remote monitors for robotaxis. “These are people who are sitting in an office somewhere and, when a robotaxi gets into trouble, pings this office,” Muller explained. “At that point, the human gets engaged through cameras and through other technology to figure out what’s happening and they sort of [figure out] here’s the alternate route [the vehicle] should take,” she said. “They are not taking control of the vehicle remotely; that is
Aug 28, 2026 · via aashtojournal.transportation.org
A Jacksonville Transportation Authority executive said autonomous public transit development in Downtown Jacksonville and surrounding neighborhoods will be reexamined amid a second straight year of revenue shortfalls and expense increases for the JTA.
Cleveland Ferguson, who was named interim CEO of JTA at the Aug. 27 board meeting, said “everything is on the table” as the authority considers how to spend $247 million that was planned for the build-out of the Ultimate Urban Circulator, or U2C, as the authority faces cuts to staff and service along with increases in rider fares.
Ostensibly, options for JTA’s autonomous transit program could be slowing it down or eliminating it.
“We are going to work through a plan,” Ferguson said, asked about the future of revenue from a local six-cent gas tax. “We will be having conversations with the city, both the mayor’s office and the City Council, about making those decisions in the future. So we are definitely going to have those conversations.”
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Aug 28, 2026 · via jaxtoday.org
Dutch company MyWheels adds Tesla full self-driving software to shared fleet Dutch car-sharing company MyWheels is introducing Tesla Full Self-Driving software in its fleet, beginning with one Tesla Model 3 in Den Bosch. The company plans to expand the FSD-equipped vehicles to at least 50 this year. MyWheels operates nearly 3,000 electric shared cars in the Netherlands. The Teslas are not fully self-driving. Customers must collect the vehicle themselves and hold a driver's license. “You can switch it on and then let it drive without having to intervene,” MyWheels CEO Laurens van de Vijver said. “But you are expected to be able to drive the car if necessary.” The company’s longer-term vision is a shared car ordered through an app that drives itself to a customer’s door and, after the trip, continues on its own to the next user. Van de Vijver rejected estimates that fully driverless operation remains a decade away. “If people tell me this will still take 10 years, I don’t believe that,” he said. “I really suspect that we will see this within five years.” MyWheels says driverless shared cars could be used more intensively because a vehicle would not sit idle between customers. That could mean fewer cars overall and more available parking space in cities. “I think you and I will still experience that there are no more cars standing on the canals in Amsterdam,” Van de Vijver said. He also pointed to opportunities outside major cities. Self-driving cars and vans could eventually serve as an alternative to regional bus service in areas that now have limited service. MyWheels intends to use the first FSD vehicles primarily to study how customers handle the technology and what effect it has on damage claims. Claims are a significant cost for a car-sharing operator because the vehicles
Aug 28, 2026 · via nltimes.nl
28 August 2026 Tekcapital plc ("Tekcapital" or the "Company") Portfolio Company Update Guident Corp. & Florida State College at Jacksonville Launch Autonomous Mobility Training Center Tekcapital plc (AIM: TEK), the UK intellectual property investment group focused on creating valuable products that can improve people's lives, is pleased to announce that Tekcapital portfolio company Guident CORP, a leader in autonomous vehicle remote monitoring and human-in-the-loop operations, has announced a strategic collaboration with Florida State College at Jacksonville (https://www.fscj.edu), ("FSCJ"), to advance workforce development for the rapidly evolving autonomous transportation industry. The partnership will support the development of an autonomous vehicle remote monitoring and control training program at FSCJ's Downtown Campus. The program gives students, faculty, and transportation professionals practical exposure to the technologies, workflows, and operating models required for transportation systems to transition from conventionally driven vehicles to autonomous and human-supervised mobility services. As a first major milestone, Guident has installed its GuideOn™ remote monitoring and operations technology at FSCJ, establishing the college as Guident's sixth Remote Monitor and Control Center (RMCC) location globally and marking the sixth GuideOn vehicle integration through the addition of FSCJ's "Olli" autonomous shuttle. The Olli autonomous shuttle will be incorporated into the training environment to provide hands-on experience for students learning remote assistance, analytics, safety procedures, and operational oversight. As autonomous vehicles become more common, the workforce will evolve beyond traditional drivers and maintenance technicians to include new roles focused on remote supervision, incident response, mobility data analysis, safety monitoring, and autonomous fleet operations. The partnership combines FSCJ's workforce-development mission with Guident's experience in human-in-the-loop autonomous vehicle operations and is designed to help prepare students and transportation professionals for the next generation of mobility jobs. It also supports a local talent pipeline for public transportation, campus mobility, airports, ports, logistics, municipal services, and commercial robotics.
Aug 28, 2026 · via investegate.co.uk
Waymo is bringing driverless taxis to Munich, its third city outside the US, as data suggests autonomous vehicles are far safer than human drivers. Following technology news about Europe on social media can be frustrating, as positive news is often overshadowed by complaints that consumers lack access to the latest innovative technologies and services due to a plethora of regulations from Brussels. The autonomous vehicle (AV) sector, however, looks positive in Europe this year — the United States’ leading autonomous vehicle company, Waymo, just announced that Munich will be its latest addition to its ongoing global expansion. While Waymo already offers services in dozens of cities across the United States, it recently began its international rollout, with London, Tokyo and Munich as the first three cities abroad. This is not the first good news for Europe’s consumers, lazy drivers and AV-enthusiasts this year. Yael Ossowski recently pointed out that a Dutch decision to greenlight Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Supervised (FSD) led to a domino effect of approvals, with Danish, Lithuanian and Estonian regulators quickly following suit and giving Tesla owners more choice in how much they trust their car's semi-autonomous features. AV taxis are 12 to 20 times safer than human-driven taxis Waymo coming to Munich’s streets is not just good news for passengers dreading the music choice of local taxi drivers but also has wider implications for road safety. Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman suggested early on that machines will ultimately be better and safer than humans at decisions about navigation and driving. A few years later, we do have hard data to back this up. Data from major US cities show that AV-taxis are between 12 and 20 times safer than human-driven taxis, helping prevent many accidents and injuries. Given that we still have around 20,000 road fatalities in Europe
Aug 28, 2026 · via euronews.com