July 14, 2026 11:05 am, EDT A Waymo vehicle in San Francisco. (Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images/Bloomberg) key takeaways: Robotaxi operators face increasing challenges from sleeping passengers, filth and medical emergencies as Waymo, Zoox and Tesla expand services in US cities. Austin recorded 99 “sleeper” calls in Waymo’s first nine months and officials said
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter delivers the stories that really matter straight to you every weekday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently announced an initiative to “safely unleash American innovation” to, among other things, remove brake pedals from autonomous vehicles, which it says are not needed. In
A Waymo autonomous taxi. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) June 29, 2026 4:14 pm, EDT key takeaways: Uber shut down its Waymo robotaxi offering in Phoenix last month after a limited deployment on its app began in 2023. Waymo said the Phoenix ride-hailing partnership completed hundreds of thousands of trips, while Uber faces investor concerns over robotaxi
Waymo Ojai self-driving vehicles in San Francisco. (Jason Henry/Bloomberg) June 25, 2026 5:36 pm, EDT key takeaways: Waymo registered Waymo Germany GmbH on June 15 to provide autonomous ride-hailing services, listing Google’s Munich office as its address. The move advances Waymo’s global expansion plans beyond the US, where it says it offers 500,000 autonomous trips
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, recently announced that it is recalling its entire Waymo fleet. The company says about 4,000 of its self-driving cars are being recalled because of a software problem that could allow the vehicles to enter a closed freeway construction zone and keep moving. According to multiple reports, there have been more than