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October 28, 2025

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Will Nvidia launch its own robotaxis?

Plus, Ride AI 2026 will take place in San Francisco! Details within.

October 28, 2025

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Announcement: Ride AI 2026 - It's Time to Market

On April 15, 2026 in San Francisco, Ride AI 2026 brings together AV pioneers, regulators, and AI experts to tackle the final frontier: marketing autonomous vehicles into mainstream adoption.

October 23, 2025

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DoorDash Launches The Cutest 20mph Delivery Robot

Plus, Zoox deploys its test fleet in Washington D.C.

September 30, 2025

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Bot Auto Validates Its Driverless Big Rig

Plus, Waymo makes big moves with Lyft, wins permit to service SFO

September 23, 2025

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Zoox Launches In Las Vegas

Plus, Lyft and May Mobility launch in Atlanta

September 16, 2025

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Robotaxis come for Munich

Plus, shoplifters try to escape via robotaxi, get arrested immediately

September 9, 2025

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I tried Zoox’s toaster-shaped robotaxi

Plus, Waymo navigates a haboob

September 2, 2025

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Nuro Closes $203M Funding Round, NVidia and Uber On Board

Plus, Waymo receives first ever autonomous testing permit in New York

August 26, 2025

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Get ready to buy your own Tensor Robocar in 2026

Plus, Tesla eyes NYC for robotaxis with new test-driver job posting

August 19, 2025

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GM Gets Back In The Driverless Car Game

Plus, Zoox Scores First Ever Federal Steering Wheel Exemption

August 12, 2025

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I tried the most aggressive robotaxi in China.

Plus, Waymo starts allowing employees to post highway service ride footage

August 5, 2025

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Waymo Forms Strategic Multi-Year Partnership With Avis

Plus, we break down the 36-car Chinese ADAS test and what it means.

July 29, 2025

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We Investigated The Uber-Nuro-Lucid Deal

Plus, Baidu will deploy "thousands" of robotaxis outside China with Uber

July 22, 2025

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BYD Will Pay For Any Damages Caused By Its Parking Assist

Plus, Tesla announces slew of expansion plans, officials say not so fast.

July 15, 2025

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Moove will raise $1.2B to buy Waymo AVs

Plus, we're launching a weekly Q&A section. Got questions? Ask and we will (try to) answer!

July 9, 2025

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Webinar: The Full Scale Challenges of Scaling Robotaxis: Operational and Charging Realities

The path from pilot programs to real-world robotaxi fleets is riddled with challenges that go far beyond refining autonomous driving software.

June 26, 2025

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Tesla Launches Robotaxi Service to Influencers

Plus, Waymo eyes New York launch, calls out policies

June 24, 2025

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Waymo Limits Service Nationwid

Plus, Tesla Robotaxis Spotted In Austin After Delay

June 17, 2025

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Amazon’s Delivery Robot Stretches Its Legs

Plus, inside China’s first autonomous semi-truck.

June 10, 2025

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Tesla Hints, Waymo Honks, Farmers Wait

Plus, Santa Monica residents rail against the machine(s)

June 3, 2025

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The Waymo Hockeystick

Plus, Zoox is heading to Atlanta.

May 28, 2025

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Details Leak Around Tesla’s Robotaxi Deployment

Plus, China cracks down on AV marketing after Xiaomi SU7 crash.

May 20, 2025

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The Busiest Ubers In Austin Are Waymos

Plus, I tried out WeRide’s self-driving services for myself.

May 13, 2025

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Aurora Makes Trucking History

Plus, what our readers think about owning a Waymo.

May 6, 2025

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Would You Buy a Waymo?

Plus, MOIA and Uber team up on AV strategy.

April 29, 2025

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Project AutonoRun: Reinventing the Coast-to-Coast Cannonball Run for the Age of Autonomy

At Ride AI 2025, Alex Roy contends autonomous vehicles need a Nurburgring Ring of their own.

April 25, 2025

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AV Alignment: How Safety and Transparency Regulate Driving Automation

At the Ride AI 2025 summit, experts from government, insurance, and community engagement come together to discuss AV Alignment—the evolving regulatory landscape for autonomous vehicles. From defining safety and trust to building transparent partnerships with cities and communities, this panel explores how AV regulation is shifting from rigid enforcement to data-driven collaboration. Moderated by Edward Niedermeyer.-- Mark Rosekind, Former Administrator, NHTSA-- Zoe RIco, Head of ART and Parametric Analytics, Aon-- Mark de la Vergne, Director, Michigan Central‍

April 25, 2025

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Autonomous Racecars: Continuing Motorsports' Innovation Legacy

At Ride AI 2025, this Pecha Kucha presentation by Ed Bernardon (Executive Vice President Motorsports Strategy, AIPEX Racing) charts the evolution of racing from its legacy as a global spectacle to its future at the intersection of autonomy and AI. From Formula One’s massive fanbase to the debut of autonomous racing at an F1 track in Abu Dhabi, the talk explores how motorsports is becoming a proving ground for advanced robotics, real-time data systems, and machine learning.‍

April 25, 2025

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The Next Frontier: How AI Breakthroughs Are Pushing the Frontiers of Automation in Personal Vehicles

At the Ride AI 2025 summit, leaders from Nuro and Wayve unpack their evolving strategies in the race toward autonomous driving. From L2+ ADAS to fully autonomous systems, the panel explores how the industry is navigating validation, hardware integration, and OEM partnerships to bring scalable autonomy to market.-- Timothy B. Lee, Founder, Understanding AI-- Andrew Chapin, COO, Nuro-- Kaity Fischer, VP of Commercial and Operations, Wayve

April 25, 2025

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Explosion in the East: Inside China’s Revolution in Electric and Autonomous Vehicles

At the Ride AI 2025 summit, experts on the Chinese AV ecosystem unpack how China has emerged as a global leader in autonomous mobility. From Baidu’s Apollo Go to startups like Pony AI, the discussion explores how government support, clear regulations, and rapid consumer adoption have fueled full-scale robotaxi deployment in cities like Beijing and Wuhan.With a projected $170B market by 2033, the panel dives into China’s unique approach to safety, commercialization, and rider experience—and what the rest of the world can learn from its accelerated progress.-- Sophie Schmidt, Founder & Publisher, Rest of World-- Helen K. Pan, General Manager, Apollo Autonomous Driving USA-- Zion Maffeo, Deputy General Counsel, Pony.ai-- Sophia Tung, Content Creator, SNN

April 25, 2025

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Funding the Future: Lessons Learned and New Opportunities for Investors in the AI Era

At the Ride AI 2025 summit, a panel of investors and executives explores the shifting economics and capital strategies behind autonomous vehicles and AI. From Tesla and Waymo’s divergent approaches to new funding models driven by sovereign wealth and corporate VCs, it’s a candid look at how autonomy is being financed—and who’s still betting big.From tariffs and tech stacks to hidden costs and business model shakeups, this session dives deep into what it really takes to fund the future of mobility.-- Horace Dediu, Founder, Asymco-- Ken Gawrelski, Managing Director, Wells Fargo-- Colin Langan, Automotive & Mobility Analyst, Wells Fargo-- Evangelos Simoudis, Managing Director, Synapse Partners

April 25, 2025

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DoorDash Launches Autonomous Delivery Bots

Plus, Nuro is rolling into Japan.

April 22, 2025

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LA Gets Zoox'd

Plus: Build or buy? Mobileye makes its case to OEMs

April 15, 2025

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Navigating Gig Mobility: What AV Can Learn from the Last Decade of Rideshare and Delivery

In this forward-looking panel, Gridwise CEO Ryan Green and S&P Global Mobility’s Jeremy Carlson break down the evolving gig economy—where human drivers, delivery networks, and autonomous vehicles intersect—with Bloomberg News reporter Natalie Lung. Hosted under the banner of Ride AI 2025, the discussion explores how pricing pressures, labor inefficiencies, and shifting consumer behavior are reshaping the mobility landscape.

April 12, 2025

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Crossing the Chasm: The Technology and Tactics of AV Trucking Commercialization

In this panel discussion hosted by journalist Timothy B. Lee (Understanding AI), leaders from Waabi, Bot Auto, and Torc dive into the rapidly evolving world of autonomous trucking—just as the industry approaches a pivotal moment. With 2024 shaping up to be the year of “driver-out” operations, panelists share how their companies are navigating commercialization, simulation, and OEM strategy.-- Xaodi Hou, Founder & CEO, Bot Auto-- Daryn Nakhuda, Head of Software, Waabi -- Summer Craze Fowler, CSIO, Torc Robotics

April 11, 2025

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Autonomous Vehicles Are Now a Marketing Challenge

Throughout history, groundbreaking technologies have often transitioned from formidable technical hurdles to marketing challenges once core obstacles are overcome.

April 10, 2025

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Waymo Spotted in Japan (But Not on the Road Yet)

Plus, WeRide and Uber bring robotaxis to Dubai.

April 9, 2025

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The Driving Machine: Lessons from 25 Years on the Cutting Edge

At the Ride AI 2025 summit, Dr. Amnon Shashua (CEO of Mobileye) unpacks the breakthroughs and roadblocks shaping the future of AI and autonomous driving alongside. From the power of the "Tokenize Everything" paradigm to the critical gaps in precision and data availability, this deep-dive explores how AI must evolve to reach true “eyes-off” autonomy. Interview by Edward Niedermeyer.

April 8, 2025

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How We Got Here: The Full Spectrum Challenge of Deploying Robotaxis

At the Ride AI 2025 summit, Vishay Nihalani of Waymo unpacks the company’s transformation from Google’s self-driving side project into a global pioneer of autonomous mobilit. From deployment strategy to global expansion, it’s a behind-the-scenes look at how Waymo is designing autonomy for the real world — and the road ahead. Interview by Edward Niedermeyer.

April 8, 2025

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Automation for the People: Developing Intelligent Machines for a Human-Centric Future

At Ride AI 2025, Dr. Gill Pratt (CEO of Toyota Research Institute) talks to Edward Niedermeyer about Toyota’s uniquely human-centered approach to automation and robotics. Rooted in the principle of Jidoka—automation with a human touch—this session explores how Toyota is designing technology to augment rather than replace human labor.From the integration of Kaizen with AI, to the reveal of autonomous drifting tech that merges safety with driving thrill, Dr. Pratt highlights how Toyota blends innovation with empathy. The discussion also touches on machine learning breakthroughs that let robots learn from human behavior, and how this tech could support an aging global population.It’s a deep-dive into purpose-driven innovation—where automation, robotics, and AI are built to elevate human capability, not sideline it.

April 8, 2025