A more favorable federal regulatory and legislative environment may help propel the growth of driverless ride-hailing vehicles in the United States.
Tesla is looking to roll out the latest self-driving taxi service, but critics are already pushing back. In the Bay Area, autonomous driving vehicles have had mixed results. Waymo functions day to day, while Cruise pulled out of the local market due to several incidents.
Waymo said it is launching fully driverless robotaxi rides for employees in Atlanta, an important step before the company opens the service up to members
The claim of the vehicles driving around, carrying passengers with no driver behind the wheel by June borders on ridiculous. The numbers just don't back it up
Tesla’s last quarter disappointed some analysts—but Elon Musk’s lofty promises for the year head are helping buoy the EV stock.
Brooks said the Center for Auto Safety does not anticipate Musk being able to launch his robotaxi this year, saying other self-driving robotaxi makers like Waymo are way ahead of Tesla’s technology and have additional sensors to support the vehicles.
Musk claims Tesla will operate a fleet of taxis akin to Waymo's rideshare operation.
Elon Musk claimed this week that Tesla robotaxi's will hit the roads this summer however skepticism from industry experts and analysts is high.
With Tesla (TSLA) planning to launch unsupervised full self-driving as a paid service in Austin in June and in California by year end while
The Future Fund Managing Partner Gary Black sees Uber Technologies continuing to be the largest ride-hailing player globally in the future if it offers autonomous rides as well.
Prominent Tesla Inc. investor Ross Gerber has highlighted significant challenges facing the electric vehicle maker's Full Self-Driving system while praising competitor Waymo's autonomous driving technology.