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Ferrari is willing to build an electric car. It is not willing to build a car that takes the driver out of the experience. That is the clearest message behind CEO Benedetto Vigna's latest comments on autonomy. As much of the auto industry continues to develop systems that take more control away from the person behind the wheel, Ferrari is drawing a line around one of its oldest promises. Even after revealing its first fully electric model, the Luce, the Italian brand says its future will still be built around the driver. Technology can make a Ferrari faster, sharper, safer, or more usable, but it cannot replace the person controlling the car. That stance fits the brand's identity. Ferrari has always sold more than speed, price, or engineering. It has sold the connection between a driver, a machine, and a road. The Luce Changes The Powertrain, Not Ferrari's Core Promise The reveal of the Luce has created strong debate among car fans. For many traditional buyers, a fully electric Ferrari represents a major shift from the brand's history of high-revving gasoline engines. Ferrari sees it differently. The company is presenting the Luce as another expression of the brand, not as a replacement for everything that came before it. That distinction matters. Ferrari is not treating electrification as a single road every future model must follow. Its latest long-term plan points to a 2030 lineup split between combustion models, hybrids, and fully electric cars. The Luce gives Ferrari a place in the electric ultra-luxury market. At the same time, it does not erase the role of V6, V8, V12, and hybrid performance cars in Maranello's future. Ferrari Wants Buyers To Choose The Experience Ferrari's strategy is built around powertrain variety. The company wants customers to choose different types of cars depending
Former Tesla labelers reveal FSD failures endangering pedestrians and animals Former Tesla labelers describe raw dashcam footage showing animals hit and near misses with children, raising urgent questions about FSD safety and company claims. Based on data from Reuters In a Utah office, hundreds of Tesla employees are carefully reviewing video footage gathered by cars using their Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature. Some clips show the cars hitting cats, dogs, or deer, as well as other, more common crash scenarios. Sometimes they don’t brake before a collision. The cars frequently accelerate. And occasionally workers see near-collisions with children playing in the street. They are known as “data labelers” – they train Tesla’s driver-assistance AI system. They label examples of successful and unsuccessful driving behavior and pass issues on to engineers working on improving the system. Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that FSD will soon make all of the company’s cars fully autonomous. Yet interviews with nine former data labelers and a former autonomous driving engineer reveal that the technology has continued to struggle with basic maneuvers in recent months – such as avoiding emergency vehicles or stopping for school buses that are loading or unloading students. Despite such dangerous shortcomings, Musk and other executives are increasingly pressing for the safety of FSD, while promoting public demonstrations of full autonomy for investors. Among these demonstrations is the robotaxi pilot in Austin, Texas, launched last June with partial human supervision in the cars and remote monitoring by an operator. Inside Tesla, as these events drew closer, workers put in long hours mapping routes and training software to respond to specific hazards in order to make the self-driving technology seem more “workable” to the public, according to former employees. They noted that such labor-intensive measures cannot be scaled to a broad rollout. These efforts,
When Ferrari publicly declared its position on autonomous driving technology and its commitment to combustion engines, the response split along predictable lines. Some analysts questioned whether the company was being strategically shortsighted. Enthusiasts largely cheered. And somewhere in between those reactions lies an important truth about what luxury automakers owe their customers — and what the automotive world risks losing. We covered Ferrari's stance on self-driving tech and gas engines when the news broke, but it's worth examining what this decision actually means at a deeper level — not just for Ferrari customers, but for everyone who cares about the future of driving. What Ferrari Actually Said Ferrari's position is essentially this: autonomous driving technology has no place in a Ferrari because it fundamentally contradicts the purpose of the product. Ferrari builds cars for drivers. The entire value proposition of a Ferrari is the experience of controlling it — the mechanical communication, the demand for skill, the emotional response it produces. Hand that over to a computer and you have an expensive transportation appliance, not a Ferrari. On the combustion engine question, Ferrari's position is similarly grounded in product identity. The sound and character of a Ferrari's engine is a defining part of the ownership experience. The company has committed to developing hybrid systems that enhance rather than replace the combustion engine, and to ensuring that whatever electric components enter their vehicles, the fundamental character of the driving experience is preserved. Why This Position Makes Sense for Ferrari Ferrari occupies a unique position in the market. The company is not trying to sell millions of units. Its entire business model depends on scarcity, exclusivity, and the perception that ownership of a Ferrari is meaningful in a way that ownership of most vehicles is not. Diluting the driving experience to conform
The Valuation Gap The Indian government’s refusal to sanction autonomous vehicles—driven by the stated concern of displacing millions of commercial drivers—has created a divergence between domestic policy and global industry trajectories. While transport authorities focus on preventing job displacement, the underlying technology shift is already occurring through non-vehicular applications and industrial automation. The core issue remains that while the domestic market prioritizes labor stability, global competitors are rapidly building out the foundational AI, sensor fusion, and data stacks that will define the next generation of logistics and transport. By restricting testing, India effectively limits the scale of local R&D, forcing native firms to either pivot toward industrial-only applications or relocate their testing facilities abroad to refine their autonomous systems. The Analytical Deep Dive Comparing India’s stance to global counterparts reveals a widening divergence. As nations like the U.S. and China accelerate toward Level 4 and Level 5 automation, India’s current strategy leans heavily into semi-autonomous, safety-focused interventions, such as the mandatory Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication systems slated for 2026. This focus on incremental safety features acts as a temporary buffer but does little to capture the broader economic value of full-stack autonomy. Historic underinvestment in semiconductors and advanced battery manufacturing serves as a cautionary tale; the country now risks repeating that cycle within the autonomous vehicle stack. Despite this, a vibrant private ecosystem including startups and technical institutions continues to develop vision-based systems and niche robotics, often operating in a regulatory vacuum. These entities remain the primary hope for maintaining even a modest competitive foothold in the global mobility hierarchy. The Forensic Bear Case Risks for the domestic sector are structural and substantial. The reliance on legacy, labor-intensive business models creates a high barrier to the adoption of advanced automation. Critics of the current policy argue that by suppressing R&D, the
Key Points For years, Tesla has served as investors' primary public market vehicle for aligning with Elon Musk's broader ambitions. A SpaceX IPO could reshape how investors value Tesla's stock. Still, robotaxis, AI, and robotics could create enormous value if Tesla executes successfully. For years, Tesla(NASDAQ: TSLA) offered investors something unique: a public market way to invest alongside CEO Elon Musk's technological ambitions. As the company has evolved far beyond an electric vehicle (EV) maker, investors have gradually viewed Tesla as a bet on artificial intelligence (AI), self-driving cars, robotics, automation, and Musk's ability to build industry-defining businesses. That perception helped Tesla command a premium valuation in the market. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » But a potential SpaceX initial public offering (IPO) could quietly change how investors view Tesla stock. For the first time, investors may have another large-scale Musk company to compare directly against Tesla. And that comparison could matter more than many investors realize. Tesla's valuation was never just about cars Tesla delivered roughly 1.6 million vehicles in 2025, making it one of the world's largest EV manufacturers. But traditional automakers also sell millions of vehicles. None trade at a valuation anywhere close to Tesla's. For perspective, Tesla's stock has a price-to-sales (P/S) ratio of 15.6, far ahead of General Motors' P/S ratio of 0.4. That's because investors never valued Tesla like a normal car company. They gave Tesla credit for businesses that remain largely ahead of it, including robotaxis, autonomous driving, humanoid robots, AI-driven software, and energy infrastructure. Investors effectively treated Tesla as a technology platform with multiple long-term growth opportunities. For years, Tesla also benefited from a powerful
- Six companies integrated a two-vehicle autonomous counter-drone Hunter-Killer UGV system at Operation Jailbreak and demonstrated it to the Secretary of the Army in under a week. - AZAK provided both UGV platforms, with HavocAI autonomy software, Leonardo DRS ACHR radar, Allen Control Systems Bullfrog weapon, Picogrid integration, and Anduril Lattice command and control. Six defense technology companies walked into a demonstration event with separate products and walked out days later with a fully integrated autonomous hunter-killer ground vehicle system, presenting it directly to the Secretary of the Army in what participants described as proof that the American defense industry can move at a speed the Pentagon’s traditional procurement culture rarely achieves. The demonstration, conducted under the name Operation Jailbreak, compressed what would normally be months of integration work into a matter of days and produced a functioning two-vehicle unmanned system capable of detecting aerial threats and engaging them without a human operator in the targeting loop. The event was hosted by Dr. Alex Miller, the Chief Technology Officer of the Army, and Colonel Daiyaan, with AZAK Inc., a robotics company focused on unmanned ground vehicle platforms, anchoring the hardware side of the collaboration. The six-company team assembled for Operation Jailbreak divided the problem into distinct capability layers and then integrated them into a single coherent system architecture, with each company contributing the component it knew best rather than attempting to build the entire capability stack from scratch. AZAK provided both unmanned ground vehicle platforms that served as the physical foundation of the system. The two vehicles, designated “The Hunter” and “The Killer” by the team, represent AZAK’s wheel-centric unmanned ground vehicle design, a platform architecture built around large-diameter wheels that provide mobility across difficult terrain while maintaining a compact overall footprint and a modular payload interface that allows operators
J.P. Morgan upgrades Tesla to neutral, cites robotics and autonomous driving as long-term catalysts The bank raised its price target by 227.6% to $475, projecting Tesla's revenue could more than double by 2030 on the back of autonomy and robotics ventures. J.P. Morgan just did something it hasn’t done in a while: it stopped being bearish on Tesla. The bank upgraded Tesla from Underweight to Neutral on June 5, lifting its price target from $145 to $475. That’s a 227.6% increase in the target. New analyst, new thesis The upgrade comes under new analyst Rajat Gupta, who assumed coverage of Tesla in May 2026, replacing Ryan Brinkman. Brinkman had been one of the most consistently bearish voices on Wall Street when it came to Tesla, so the changing of the guard here is more than procedural. It’s a philosophical shift in how J.P. Morgan views the company. Where Brinkman focused heavily on near-term EV sales metrics, where Tesla has admittedly struggled, Gupta is looking further down the road. His thesis centers on Tesla’s expanding portfolio beyond cars: autonomous driving, robotaxis, humanoid robotics, AI chips, and software services. The bank projects Tesla’s revenue will more than double to approximately $203 billion by 2030. Roughly 50% of that projected revenue is expected to come from newer autonomy and robotics-related ventures, not traditional EV sales. Earnings per share are projected to climb to around $7.50 by 2030. This upgrade essentially asks investors to look past near-term EV headwinds toward a post-2028 growth inflection. The robotics question Gupta specifically flagged execution risks in the humanoid robotics sector. Tesla’s Optimus robot program has drawn both fascination and skepticism from the tech world. Turning a prototype into a commercially viable product that generates tens of billions in revenue requires clearing manufacturing, regulatory, and market adoption hurdles
ICYMI: Trump weighs in on right-to-repair debate after meeting with automakers, dealers. GM truck production faces growing pressure from a supplier strike. Novelis to restart Oswego hot mill, easing Ford F-150 supply crunch. Auto industry warns AI chip demand could disrupt manufacturing. Stellantis partners with Wayve on self-driving tech. Here’s a closer look at these top stories and more headlines to stay on top of this week’s automotive industry news. Trump weighs in on right-to-repair debate after meeting with automakers, dealers. President Donald Trump met with senior automotive industry leaders this week to discuss the ongoing debate over right-to-repair legislation, which signals renewed attention to a long-running dispute between automakers, dealers and independent repair shops. Read More GM truck production faces growing pressure from supplier strike. Following a strike at a GM supplier’s plant in Three Rivers, Michigan, on Monday, concerns mount over potential disruptions to the automaker’s highly profitable pickup truck production. Nearly 1,000 union workers at Dauch Corp., formerly known as American Axle, walked off the job after contract talks broke down, halting production of axle components used in some of GM’s bestselling vehicles. Read More Novelis to restart Oswego hot mill, easing Ford F-150 supply crunch. Aluminum manufacturer Novelis expects to restart its Oswego, N.Y., hot mill within weeks, ahead of a previous target slated for the end of June. The restart brings relief to automakers and dealers who have weathered months of aluminum supply disruptions that cut F-150 inventory nearly 24% and cost Ford an estimated $2 billion. Read More Auto industry warns AI chip demand could disrupt manufacturing. A coalition of automakers, retailers, technology companies and medical device manufacturers is urging the federal government to address a growing shortage of memory chips driven by artificial intelligence data centers. The groups sent a letter to the
It may not have been the most thrilling getaway job, but San Francisco law enforcement said it’s one of the first crimes of its kind. It also remains unsolved after nearly six months. According to officials speaking with the San Francisco Chronicle, police are still investigating a case in which an unidentified man stole an arm-full of activewear from a local yoga studio, then fled the scene inside a self-driving Waymo taxi. “I would think it would be easier to solve in a Waymo,” Sgt. Tim Faye told the newspaper on June 4. Anticipating an open-and-shut investigation is understandable, but the situation is actually more complicated than it seems. While police couldn’t comment on an active case, it’s almost certain the robber used a burner account or stolen phone to order the taxi service, which debuted its self-driving option to San Francisco customers in June 2024. The white Jaguar used during the getaway features around 29 high-definition cameras mounted inside and outside the autonomous vehicle that provide 360-degree vantages, but Waymo only temporarily retains recordings. The company erased all interior footage by the time investigators filed a search warrant in April 2026, and data privacy laws ensure that any faces captured on cameras outside the car must remain blurred. Skeptical customers and safety concerns have restricted autonomous ridesharing to only seven cities across California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, and Georgia so far. That said, companies like Waymo are still aggressively pursuing plans to expand the service to other parts of the country. One of the only other similar crimes occurred last year in Los Angeles, when a suspect allegedly robbed a grocery store and then left in a Waymo. In that instance, police pursued the vehicle and successfully pulled the car over after turning on its emergency lights. “It’s highly unusual
Updated: 7 hours ago |Chaney discussed homeowners' insurance rates, roof-strengthening grants, health insurance options, and his plans for the 2027 election. Updated: 1 hour ago |Clackamas and West Linn met again in the OSAA 6A baseball championship game in Keizer on Saturday. Updated: 1 hour ago |The OSAA softball championships were played at Oregon’s Jane Sanders Stadium in Eugene over the course of two days, with six teams competing for a softball state title. Updated: 2 hours ago |Here's your FOX 12 Oregon Saturday evening forecast for June 6, 2026. Updated: 2 hours ago |More than 400 people and their four-legged friends hit the pavement in Salem for Oregon Humane’s Doggie Dash on Saturday. Updated: 2 hours ago |Former Oregon U.S. Senator Bob Packwood has died at the age of 93.
From Near-Bankruptcy to the AI and Autonomy Bet Ten years ago, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) was a Model S and Model X maker scrambling to ramp the Model 3 and absorb SolarCity. The decade since has packed in production hell, a brush with insolvency, S&P 500 inclusion in late 2020, a euphoric run past a $1 trillion market cap in 2021, and a brutal margin reset in 2022 and 2023 as price cuts and Chinese competition bit. The pivot that defines today’s Tesla started in 2024. Management reframed the company from automaker to AI, autonomy, and robotics platform. Robotaxi launched in Austin in mid-2025 and has since rolled into the Bay Area, Dallas and Houston (April 2026). FSD subscriptions hit 1.28 million, up 51% year over year, and Optimus production lines are being installed at Fremont and Gigafactory Texas. Your $1,000 Became Roughly $28,400 1-Year Return - Initial Investment: $1,000 - Current Value: $1,260 - Total Return: 26.02% - S&P 500 (same period): $1,270 (27.04%) 5-Year Return - Initial Investment: $1,000 - Current Value: $2,096 - Total Return: 109.56% - Annualized Return: 15.9% - S&P 500 (same period): $1,792 (79.15%) 10-Year Return - Initial Investment: $1,000 - Current Value: $28,443 - Total Return: 2,744.28% - Annualized Return: 39.8% - S&P 500 (same period): $3,582 (258.22%) The decade looks tidy on paper and felt anything but in real time. Most of that 27x came from a 2016 entry near $14.71 a share compounding through the 2020 mania, then surviving drawdowns of more than 70% in 2022 and another deep cut in 2024. Holders who flinched at any of those captured a fraction of the return. The one-year window now barely trails the S&P 500, a sign that easy alpha here is gone. I’d put $1,000 into Tesla today if
Blending artistry and AI to shape the future of GM Design 2026-06-05 At GM Design, the future still starts by hand. For sculptors Miranda Rumfelt and Tony Tarantino, that work begins in clay. They transform design ideas into full-scale clay models that designers can study, refine, and experience in ways that canât be matched with a computer screen. Pioneered at GM in the late 1920s, this clay modeling technique is now used by designers at nearly every mainstream automaker. Both Miranda and Tony were inspired by their fathers and a love of cars, and they share a mission: to use artistry and technology to help GM drive whatâs next. Mary Barra saw this blend of craftsmanship and digital capabilities in action during a recent visit to the Design Center, and NBC News spotlighted the intersection in a recent Business in America segment. Miranda discovered automotive sculpting at 13, after years of wrenching on race cars with her father. She later joined GMâs YMAD (Youth Modelers, Artists, and Designers) program, interned with GM Design, and joined GM full-time in 2022. She has worked on many concepts, including the Corvette CX. âWe have the power to make someone's favorite car that they love the moment they see it, step inside, and get behind the wheel,â Miranda said. Tony grew up helping his father in the garage, surrounded by GM trucks, and developed a passion for Chevrolet, NASCAR, and Corvette. He studied transportation design at ArtCenter College of Design, with a focus on clay sculpting. Before joining GM in 2019, Tony sculpted at Tesla, working on the Semi, Model Y, and Cybertruck. At GM, he has worked on the Sierra HD, Sierra EV, and Corvette CX concept. âWorking at GM has been a lifelong dream of mine,â Tony said. âThis company not only
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Lectric eBikes, a Phoenix, Arizona-based company known for its practical and affordable XP series electric bikes, has launched three new brands so far this year — a Juiced Bikes relaunch, a new Juiced Powersports brand, and now a premium adventure brand called Monarc — an expansion strategy that runs counter to the wave of bankruptcies that have plagued the sector. Together, Lectric has put about $10 million toward these initiatives, CEO Levi Conlow told TechCrunch. “Others might be pulling back, or raising money, we’re actually deploying and investing into initiatives like this,” he said. “I actually don’t think the market is saturated right now; Lectric last month had its biggest sales month in our company’s existence and we sold almost 30,000 bikes. I’m not sure anybody has done that before, even at like peak COVID.” It may seem like an odd time to launch an e-bike brand, let alone three. In the past two years a slew of e-bike companies have filed for bankruptcy, shut down, or withered until they were snapped up by larger companies. Rad Power Bikes, the buzzy electric bike company that raised nearly $330 million in venture capital, was perhaps the highest-profile collapse. The company, once valued at $1.65 billion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December. Its assets were acquired by Life Electric Vehicles Holdings for $13.2 million. “To me, it’s just opened it up,” Conlow said of the market after listing a dozen companies that had folded or left the U.S. market. “I think the market actually lacks a lot of worthy competition right now.” The contrarian bet has a contrarian backstory. Conlow and co-founder Robby Deziel never raised venture capital, instead bootstrapping the business, which they founded seven years ago as childhood friends, before taking an investment from private equity firm Bertram
Episode 245 of The Robot Report Podcast features Winston Leung, senior strategic alliances manager at QNX. Podcast guest: Winston Leung of QNX Leung is a seasoned innovation strategist with more than a decade of experience in both public and private sectors across North America and Asia. He has led initiatives in autonomous, connected, and electric vehicles, developed policies and strategies to support their adoption, and spearheaded Canada’s first connected vehicle testbed. He has also guided go-to-market strategies for transformative technologies, including quantum and 5G, collaborating with international stakeholders, influencing government policies, and driving startup success. By combining deep technical expertise with business strategy, Leung continues to shape the future of autonomous systems and robotics through impactful leadership and industry partnerships. In this episode, we dive deep into the intersection of physical AI and functional safety with BlackBerry QNX. Leung explains how the company uses its innovative, deterministic microkernel architecture to provide the real-time control and robust cybersecurity necessary for robots to safely navigate human environments. He also shares how key partnerships with industry giants such as NVIDIA and Intel are optimizing operating systems for high-performance computing, ensuring that the next generation of autonomous systems is both secure and reliable. Drawing on over a decade of experience pioneering autonomous vehicle testbeds and driving global strategies for 5G and quantum technologies, Winston bridges deep technical expertise with business strategy to show us exactly where the future of robotics is heading. QNX debuted its “Inside the Robot: Architecture Benchmark Report” at last week’s Robotics Summit & Expo. Show timeline - 6:17 – News of the week - 16:40 – Winston Leung, senior strategic alliances manager at QNX News of the week Here are the news stories covered on the show this week: - Slamcore raises $14M to make warehouse automation safer - Proteus
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J.P. Morgan upgraded Elon Musk-led Tesla to “neutral” from “underweight” on Friday, citing that the electric-vehicle maker’s valuation is increasingly driven by its push into autonomous driving and robotics rather than near-term earnings. The more optimistic view on Tesla comes as Musk pursues expansion across multiple technology ventures. Musk is also taking SpaceX SPCX.O public in what could become the largest IPO on record, with a valuation of roughly $1.7 trillion, and an expected market debut on June 12. Investors are looking beyond Tesla’s slowing core electric-vehicle business and focusing on future growth opportunities, including robotaxis, humanoid robots, AI chips and software services that could reshape the company’s earnings profile over the next decade, the brokerage said. J.P. Morgan analysts led by Rajat Gupta, who took coverage of the stock last month, highlighted Tesla’s unmatched level of vertical integration across hardware and software. “We believe this aspect is still somewhat under-appreciated and misunderstood, but for the sheer starting-point advantage it brings.” Reflecting this optimism, J.P. Morgan hiked its price target on Tesla shares to $475 from $145. The brokerage also estimates Tesla’s earnings-per-share (EPS) to “potentially inflect” beyond 2028 and jump nearly threefold to about $7.50 by 2030 from roughly $1.95 in 2026. Tesla reported adjusted first-quarter 2026 EPS of 41 cents. Shares of Tesla were down marginally in early premarket trade on Friday. The company’s revenue is projected to more than double from about $95 billion in 2025 to roughly $203 billion by 2030, the brokerage said, with nearly half of that growth coming from services and newer businesses tied to autonomy and robotics. Gupta values Tesla across five interlinked markets - automotive, energy storage, robotaxis, humanoid robots and infrastructure licensing with a combined potential addressable market of about $3.9 trillion by 2035. The brokerage, however, warned that execution
No fare, no driving: Autonomous shuttle service rolls out in Atlanta ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A free autonomous shuttle service connecting part of the Atlanta Beltline with a MARTA station and a mixed-use development launches on Friday. ATL Spoke’s two-mile route has stops at the MARTA West End Station, Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard at Beecher Street and two locations in the Lee + White District — the food hall and Boxcar/Wild Heaven. Funded by a $1.75 million grant from the Georgia Transportation Efficiency Authority, the 12-month pilot project marks the city’s first use of autonomous public transit. It’s powered by Beep, an autonomous mobility services company. “As we seek to create an integrated and connected transportation network, ATL Spoke showcases the way innovative thinking can solve the first-mile last-mile connectivity challenges when we work with partners like MARTA, the Georgia Transportation Efficiency Authority, and Beep,” Clyde Higgs, president and CEO of Atlanta Beltline, Inc., said in a statement. “This project is piloting the future of neighborhood mobility in a way that improves access to transit and opportunity.” See the map: The shuttle service operates seven days a week from noon to 10 p.m. Each ADA-compliant vehicle can carry up to 12 people and has an onboard attendant. A shuttle arrives at each stop every 12 to 15 minutes. In the fall, organizers hope to add a stop at the Atlanta University Center Consortium. Although the shuttle marks the city of Atlanta’s first autonomous public transit option, similar projects have been launched around metro Atlanta. In 2023 and 2024, the Cumberland Hopper ran loops around the Cobb Galleria and over the I-285 Transit and Pedestrian Bridge to The Battery. Although the Hopper’s pilot phase is over, the project paved the way for a $6.6 million grant to fund a
There are plenty of incidents where Waymo robotaxis reportedly blocked emergency vehicles, and the latest one comes from Atlanta, where a police patrol vehicle with blaring lights and sirens was stuck because the autonomous vehicle would not move out of the way. A video of the incident has gone viral on Instagram, which appears to have been recorded late at night. Despite robotaxis being involved in several such incidents where they blocked emergency vehicles, a resolution does not appear in sight. If the same violation were committed by a human, they would be penalized for the act. Whether the authorities will ever demand accountability from autonomous taxi operators for delays in responding to emergencies remains to be seen. Did the Robotaxi Assume it Pulled Over to Let the Police Pass? The footage on Instagram shows the police car pull up right behind the Waymo that halted in the middle of the road, waiting for it to give way. On the left was a row of parked cars, which meant the officer could overtake the Waymo from the right. However, that did not happen. Instead, the officer waited for the Waymo to move to the right, likely because the robotaxi showed its right indicator. However, the Waymo then drove forward a few meters with the indicator flashing continuously, but it did not pull over to the side, nor did it make the right turn. It could be possible that Waymo assumed it had pulled over, but in reality, it was blocking the police car. This put the police car in a tricky spot because there was nowhere to go. Despite the officer's persistent honking, the Waymo remained stationary. Some spectators, meanwhile, were amused by the incident, with some recording the event while others tried to talk to someone in the car.