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Road to Autonomy Index Ranks Baidu Apollo Go First in Global Robotaxis, With Three Chinese AV Firms in Top Five

techcrunch.com · 2026-06-21 · Score: 19

Go Inc. Eyes Robotaxis and Acquisitions After Japan's Biggest IPO of 2026

techcrunch.com · 2026-06-19 · Score: 18

Momenta Receives Chinese Regulator Approval for Hong Kong IPO as US Listing Plan Lapses — GM- and Toyota-Backed AV Startup Targets $1B+ Raise, WSJ Cites ~$9B Valuation

cnevpost.com · 2026-06-18 · Score: 24

ALERT Waymo Recalls 3,871 Robotaxis in Sixth Safety Action — Software Flaw Drove Fleet Into Active Freeway Construction Zones 13 Times at Speed

bloomberg.com · 2026-06-18 · Score: 29

Decart Launches Oasis 3 World Model for AV Simulation — Hours of Photorealistic Driving at $0.02/Second With Physics Caveats

techcrunch.com · 2026-06-10 · Score: 20

Einride Lists on Nasdaq at $1.35B — 73% Below $5B Bank Discussions — as Autonomous Freight Goes Public via SPAC

thenextweb.com · 2026-06-10 · Score: 23

Tesla Robotaxi Fleet Stuck at 59 Vehicles as Musk's 1,000-Car Year-End Target Requires 17× Expansion in Seven Months

bloomberg.com · 2026-06-10 · Score: 23

Waymo Publishes 'Reference Driver' Model in Nature Communications — Active Inference Benchmark Simulates Human Crash Anticipation at Scale

techcrunch.com · 2026-06-10 · Score: 17

Fully Autonomous Drones Have Killed Human Soldiers for the First Time

newscientist.com · 2026-06-10 · Score: 23

Inside Ukraine's AI-Guided Drone Campaign: 270+ Russian Trucks Destroyed at 250km Range Using AI Terminal Guidance and Autonomous Target Recognition

twz.com · 2026-06-09 · Score: 25

ALERT Saronic Corsair Drone Boat Performs First Combat Rescue of Downed Aircrew — U.S. Army Apache Crew Recovered Near Strait of Hormuz

smallwarsjournal.com · 2026-06-09 · Score: 29

China's National Data Administration Unveils Nationwide AI Training Data Plan — Validated Industry Datasets Across Nine Sectors by 2028, Explicitly Targeting Embodied AI, Autonomous Driving, and Biomanufacturing

scmp.com · 2026-06-09 · Score: 22

Uber, Wayve and Waymo Are Headed Towards a Robotaxi Showdown in London

techcrunch.com · 2026-06-08 · Score: 21

Uber Deploying 500 Data-Collection EVs for Robotaxi Training This Year — 14 Cameras, 8 Solid-State Lidars, Nvidia Dual Drive Thor, Targeting 2M Miles Per Month for 30+ AV Partners

techcrunch.com · 2026-06-03 · Score: 18

NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion Becomes Global Level 4 Robotaxi Platform — Foxconn, Uber, VinFast, HUMAIN Among First Deployments

globenewswire.com · 2026-06-01 · Score: 23

NVIDIA Launches Alpamayo 2 Super: 32B Open Reasoning VLA Model for Level 4 Robotaxi Development

nvidianews.nvidia.com · 2026-05-31 · Score: 23

Samsung Overtakes Micron to Claim First-Ever No. 1 Spot in Global Automotive Memory Market

kedglobal.com · 2026-05-31 · Score: 17

WSJ: Robotaxis Are Spreading Across the U.S.—and So Is the Backlash

wsj.com · 2026-05-30 · Score: 21

AI Is Coming for Truck Drivers. A New Bill Is Trying to Brace US Workers for Impact.

businessinsider.com · 2026-05-30 · Score: 21

Rivian Software Chief Says Apple CarPlay and Android Auto Will Become 'Completely Obsolete' as AI Takes Over In-Car UX

thedrive.com · 2026-05-28 · Score: 16

Reuters Investigation: Tesla's Own AI Trainers Don't Trust FSD — Safety Stats Built on Flawed Methodology, Inflating Results 3×

reuters.com · 2026-05-28 · Score: 24

Volvo Wins First-Ever US Exemption from Chinese Connected-Car Software Ban — Geely-Owned Automaker Cleared to Import 2027 Models Despite March 2026 Rule

InsideEVs · 2026-05-26 · Score: 20

r/MachineLearning: Developer Trains 7 MB Open-Source Self-Driving AI That Runs on a Phone and Adapts to New Environments From Visual and Sensor Input

reddit.com · 2026-05-27 · Score: 18

Pony AI Q1 2026: Revenue Surges 145% to $34M, Robotaxi Revenue Up 395%, Year-End Fleet Target Lifted to 3,500 Vehicles

bloomberg.com · 2026-05-26 · Score: 21

Gothenburg's Self-Driving Public Bus Crashes Into a Tram Less Than Two Hours Into Its First Day Carrying Passengers

firstpost.com · 2026-05-25 · Score: 22

TechCrunch Mobility: Robotaxi Reality Check — Industry Analysis of the Gap Between AV Promises and Real-World Performance

techcrunch.com · 2026-05-24 · Score: 16

Blind Waymo Users Revel in the Joy of Riding Alone

nytimes.com · 2026-05-24 · Score: 18

Waymo Halts All Freeway Robotaxi Routes Across SF, LA, Phoenix, and Miami After Vehicles Struggle in Construction Zones

techcrunch.com · 2026-05-21 · Score: 21

Waymo Pauses Robotaxi Service in Four Cities as Vehicles Keep Driving Into Flooded Roads — Second Wave After 3,800-Vehicle Recall

techcrunch.com · 2026-05-21 · Score: 24

China's Xpeng Begins Mass Production of First L4 Robotaxi Using In-House VLA 2.0 and 3,000 TOPS Turing Chips

reuters.com · 2026-05-18 · Score: 25

Why The US Can't Adopt Ukraine's Innovative Approach to Unmanned Warfare Systems

techdirt.com · 2026-05-15 · Score: 18

Detroit Three Have Cut 20,000+ Salaried Jobs Combined as AI-Driven Technology Change Looms Over Industry

cnbc.com · 2026-05-15 · Score: 21

Uber Publicly Turns on Waymo While Pouring $10B+ Into Rival Robotaxi Fleet — Rivian, Lucid, Nuro, and Hertz Form New AV Coalition

electrek.co · 2026-05-15 · Score: 25

Tesla Unredacts 17 Cybercab Crash Narratives — Robotaxi Fleet Crashing at 4x Human Rate, Teleoperators Caused Two Incidents

engadget.com · 2026-05-15 · Score: 18

Empty Waymo Robotaxis Flood Atlanta Buckhead Neighborhood, Circling Cul-de-Sacs for Hours With No Passengers — Residents Count 50 Cars Through in a Single Hour

wsbtv.com · 2026-05-14 · Score: 19

Rivian Ships OTA Update Adding Onboard AI Assistant to All R1T and R1S Vehicles

arstechnica.com · 2026-05-13 · Score: 18

Waymo Recalls 3,791 Robotaxis After Software Flaw Allowed Vehicle to Drive Into Floodwater in San Antonio

cnbc.com · 2026-05-12 · Score: 26

Sony Semiconductor Solutions and TSMC Sign MOU for Next-Gen Image Sensor Joint Venture in Kumamoto, Targeting Physical AI, Automotive, and Robotics

technode.com · 2026-05-09 · Score: 22

Robo.ai (AIIO) Acquires Physical AI Data-Infrastructure Startup Neurovia for $100M in All-Stock Deal; Stock Surges 70%

PR Newswire · 2026-05-08 · Score: 16

Kodiak AI Q1 2026: $100M PIPE at Steep Discount Sends Stock Tumbling 37% as Autonomous Truck Startup Replenishes Runway

techcrunch.com · 2026-05-07 · Score: 23

Kodiak AI and General Dynamics Land Systems Form Strategic Collaboration to Field Autonomous Ground Vehicles for U.S. Army and International Customers

stocktitan.net · 2026-05-08 · Score: 20

Aurora Lands Commercial Driverless Trucking Deal With Berkshire Hathaway's McLane, Targets 200+ Trucks and $80M Run-Rate by Year-End

techcrunch.com · 2026-05-06 · Score: 25

Auto China 2026: Chinese Automakers Pivot from EVs to Physical AI as Humanoid Robots Hit Factory Floors

cleantechnica.com · 2026-05-05 · Score: 19

HN: Waymo robotaxi drives off with South Bay passenger's luggage — 68 pts, 40 comments

news.ycombinator.com · 2026-05-03 · Score: 20

Uber plans to turn its millions of drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies

techcrunch.com · 2026-05-01 · Score: 22

California DMV finalizes rules letting police issue traffic citations to robotaxi manufacturers for AV moving violations, effective July 1

washingtontimes.com · 2026-05-01 · Score: 25

ALERT China suspends Level 4 autonomous vehicle licenses nationwide after Baidu Apollo Go outage stranded 100+ robotaxis in Wuhan

Bloomberg · 2026-04-29 · Score: 28

China's DeepRoute.ai says over 300,000 vehicles now use its AI driving system, expects 1M more this year

Reuters via Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25 · Score: 16

Pony.ai unveils lower-cost Gen-7 robotaxi and world's first L4 autonomous truck at Auto China 2026

PR Newswire · 2026-04-24 · Score: 18

Alibaba deploys Qwen AI across 9+ Chinese automaker dashboards at Beijing Auto Show

CNBC · 2026-04-24 · Score: 22

ALERT Tesla raises 2026 capex to $25B for AI and robotics, stock drops 4%

TechCrunch · 2026-04-22 · Score: 28

Toyota unveils AI Vision Engine and Behavior AI system at Woven City

Woven by Toyota · 2026-04-22 · Score: 17

Reliable Robotics raises $160M at ~$1B valuation for autonomous aircraft

The AI Insider · 2026-04-21 · Score: 19

Horizon Robotics unveils 5nm Starry chip combining autonomous driving and smart cockpit

Caixin Global · 2026-04-22 · Score: 21

Newsletter Issues (6)

Robotics: Wayve's end-to-end driver lands in Jeeps and Rams

2026-05-26 · 2 mentions

Robotics: capex curve is finally bending toward physical AI

2026-04-25 · 1 mentions

World Models: Forrester just made physical AI Tier 1

2026-04-18 · 1 mentions

Robotics: A humanoid you can buy for $42,000

2026-04-18 · 1 mentions

#459 Issue #459: Is Elon Musk the worst in Tech?

2026-01-13 · 1 mentions

#466 Issue #466: Everything Elon & AI special edition

2026-02-19 · 1 mentions