Editor’s Note: The video in the above player is from a previous report. Nearly 4,000 of Waymo’s autonomous taxis were recalled after the company’s software may have allowed the vehicles to drive into flooded roads,

The company will recall its software after one of its robotaxis entered a flooded road during a heavy downpour in San Antonio last month.

Dec 23 (Reuters) - Ride-hailing firms and technology ‌companies around the world are racing to deploy driverless taxis, betting that robotaxis will reshape urban transport and unlock new growth as regulation gradually opens up. From China and the U.S ...

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Board of Directors voted 12-1 on Thursday, Jan. 15, to oppose the expansion of driverless taxis and rideshares in the region until adequate oversight and regulations are in place. The vote comes as ...

California’s robotaxi rollout is finally getting flagged by lawmakers who are promising to bring harsher penalties to the masters of the automated machines for violated road rules. In San Francisco, driverless cars operated by Waymo have racked up hundreds of citations,

Let us know what you think by emailing the editor here. If this newsletter was forwarded to you, click here to sign up. You would be forgiven for thinking that Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit, had a rough 2025. In October, one of the ...

Concerns have been raised after a Waymo test vehicle, driven by a human validation driver in manual mode, drove through a police cordon in Harlesden, north-west London. Calls have now been made to suspend the London autonomous vehicle trial.

Ride-sharing has its own flaws: surge pricing in inclement weather, incessant rate hikes, late or canceled rides. But in all of the ways I’ve imagined improving upon the modern taxi, eliminating drivers themselves has never crossed my mind. And yet, the powerful minds of Silicon Valley and the investors who fund them are trying to do just that.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Driverless taxis will be operating on the streets of London by the end of the year, says U.S. autonomous vehicle company Waymo. But London's black cab drivers are unhappy about the ...

There are two ways to invest in the rapidly forming robotaxi opportunity. The first approach is to invest in companies with the highest likelihood of taking a big share of this fledgling market. If you opt for this route, Tesla ( TSLA +4.26%) stock is the obvious choice.