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Illustration: a sleek white autonomous vehicle parked alone at night in an empty urban lot under harsh fluorescent
Robotics

Nobody Has Built the Car Wash for Self-Driving Cars

Waymo can handle the driving. Cleaning, charging, and inspecting its vehicles still requires a trip across town, an industrial lot nobody can find, and years of permitting. That's the real bottleneck.

3 min read
A person experiencing mobility through an autonomous vehicle's interior, with visible safety sensors, camera systems, and autonomous driving technology displaye
Robotics

A man who cannot drive says driverless cars cannot arrive soon enough

Lars Janssen has a visual condition that rules out a licence forever. New safety data from the US suggests the autonomous vehicles he is waiting for may already be safer than most human drivers.

3 min read
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Explained

World Models: The AI Technology Teaching Machines to Understand Physics

A new generation of AI systems can simulate gravity, predict collisions, and generate interactive 3D worlds. Here is what world models are, who is building them, and why they matter.

5 min read
Multiple autonomous vehicles with distinctive rounded designs navigating a busy urban street intersection at dusk, with streetlights and buildings reflected in
Robotics

Waymo opens in three new cities as the robotaxi race picks up speed

Alphabet's Waymo is now taking paying passengers in San Diego, Tampa and Denver, while Amazon-backed Zoox prepares to test its distinctive box-shaped vehicle in Houston and San Diego.

3 min read
Illustration: A modern industrial robot arm frozen mid-motion on a factory floor
Robotics

Waymo Plans Driverless Taxis in Munich by Late 2027, Its First European City

The American robotaxi company will begin mapping Munich streets in the coming weeks, with public rides targeted for the end of next year.

3 min read
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Robotics

Uber and Pony.ai plan 2,000 self-driving taxis across Europe and the Middle East

The ride-hailing giant is doubling down on driverless cars abroad, starting from a small but historic foothold in Croatia.

3 min read
A sleek white humanoid robot stands in a large, brightly lit modern warehouse, surrounded by rows of shelving stacked with brown cardboard totes and plastic bin
Robotics

Moove raises $250 million to build the charging depots and service hubs that self-driving cars need

The fleet operator hit a $2.1 billion valuation and plans to triple its autonomous-vehicle workforce by year-end, betting that owning the physical infrastructure behind autonomous vehicles matters as much as the vehicles themselves.

3 min read
A modern urban street at dusk photographed from street level, showing a sleek electric vehicle with a sensor array on its roof waiting at a glowing crosswalk, s
Robotics

Uber's Product Chief Wants Fewer Things Done Better, Starting With Robotaxis and Your Bank Account

Uber's top product executive talks self-driving car partnerships, a new data business, and AI features that riders and drivers will actually feel.

3 min read
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