autonomous vehicles

Cruise’s robotaxis are coming to the Uber app in 2025

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Cruise, General Motors’s self-driving subsidiary, said it has signed a multi-year partnership with ride-hailing giant Uber to bring its robotaxis to the ride-hailing platform in 2025.  Cruise didn’t say when exactly customers would see its vehicles on Uber’s platform, but a spokesperson told TechCrunch that this partnership will follow the re-launch of Cruise’s own driverless […]

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Cruise recalls robotaxi fleet to resolve federal safety probe

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General Motors’ AV company, Cruise, has recalled its fleet of 1,194 self-driving cars to resolve long-standing trouble with unexpected braking. Cruise has shipped software updates to those vehicles that should mitigate the braking problems, and as such, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has closed its nearly two-year probe into the issue. The recall and

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Chinese robotaxi startup WeRide gets approval to carry passengers in California 

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Chinese autonomous vehicle company WeRide has received the green light to test its driverless vehicles with passengers in California.  The step comes as WeRide begins the process to go public on the U.S. stock market at a nearly $5 billion valuation. The timing also coincides with reports that the Commerce Department is considering a ban

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Waymo to begin testing driverless robotaxis on San Francisco freeways

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Waymo plans to start testing its fully autonomous vehicles with no human safety driver on freeways in the San Francisco Bay Area this week. Its employees will be the first guinea pigs, and initial testing will start outside rush hour with “less than a handful” of vehicles. For those who didn’t already know, Waymo got

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China’s autonomous vehicle startup WeRide seeks US IPO at $5B valuation

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WeRide, a Chinese autonomous vehicle company, is officially gearing up for a U.S. public debut, over a year after China started easing its effective ban of foreign IPOs. The company is seeking a valuation as high as $5.02 billion in its initial public offering. WeRide expects to raise about $96 million from its offering, or $111.3

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China’s autonomous vehicle startup WeRide seeks US IPO at $5B valuation

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WeRide, a Chinese autonomous vehicle company, is officially gearing up for a U.S. public debut, over a year after China started easing its effective ban of foreign IPOs. The company is seeking a valuation as high as $5.02 billion in its initial public offering. WeRide expects to raise about $96 million from its offering, or $111.3

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Waymo expands robotaxi coverage in Los Angeles and San Francisco

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Waymo, the Alphabet-owned self-driving car company, is adding another 10 square miles to its robotaxi service area to include cities surrounding San Francisco.  The move, which adds Daly City, Broadmoor and Colma, pushes its total commercial service territory to about 55 square miles. Waymo said Tuesday it is also adding 16 square miles of new robotaxi

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Uber highlights autonomous vehicle efforts now that Tesla’s in its rearview mirror

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Uber reported strong second-quarter results, with gross bookings and net profit both up by a decent margin. But the company instead chose to highlight the success of its autonomous vehicle effort — likely to assuage investors concerned about incoming competition from Tesla, which aims to reveal its first robotaxi in October. Uber said in its

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Why Anthony Levandowski returned to his off-road autonomous vehicle roots with AV startup Pronto

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Five years ago, as robotaxis and self-driving truck startups were still raking in millions in venture capital, Anthony Levandowski turned to off-road autonomy. Now, that decision — which brought the former Google engineer and serial entrepreneur back to the roots that helped launch his pioneering and controversial career — is starting to pay off.  Pronto,

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