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Spain gives WeRide and Uber its first permit for Level 4 self-driving cars
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The Next Web Pony.ai Starts Fully Driverless Robotaxi Passenger Tests in Zagreb
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Unite.AI 2028 Volvo XC40 First Look: Hello new tech, goodbye EV
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Engadget This week
Tesla is building Superchargers only its robotaxis can use, five years after opening them
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The Next Web Beep Closes Series B Led by Mobileye to Scale Autonomous Mobility
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Unite.AI Waymo robotaxis go live on the Lyft app in Nashville
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The Next Web Geely Sweden Holdings CEO Per Ansgar joins Concordium Foundation board
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The Next Web Motional Releases nuReasoning Dataset and Launches ECCV Challenge
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Unite.AI States Are Writing Sensor Checklists Into Self-Driving Laws. The AI Behind the Wheel Is What Actually Matters.
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Unite.AI Inceptio Tops 1 Billion Autonomous Trucking Km, Unveils Freight Physical AI
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Unite.AI Travis Kalanick’s Atoms might be getting into the robotaxi business
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TechCrunch Uber put $100m into the company that hired Anthony Levandowski
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The Next Web Tesla's Cybercab launch catches the eye of US auto safety regulator
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Covered by 2 sources US safety regulator says it is evaluating Tesla’s Cybercab rollout
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The Next Web Tesla launches steering-wheel-free Cybercab robotaxi in Austin
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Business Insider This month
Uber launches UK's first robotaxis with a driver - here's what it's like to ride in one
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+1Covered by 4 sources Tesla’s driver assist faces new pressure after two fatal crashes where the cars stopped dead
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The Next Web Uber cuts 10% of its workforce and shuts down in Nigeria and Uganda
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The Next Web Lemonade Launches Car Insurance in Missouri With Tesla FSD Discount
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Unite.AI Will self-flying planes transform the skies?
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BBC Toyota’s FSD-like system arrives in 2028, but the driver stays liable
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The Next Web I led the first jury win against Tesla’s Autopilot. I get too many inquiries on potential cases to review them all.
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Business Insider Renesas Joins Autoware Foundation to Bring Open-Source AI to ADAS Platforms
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Unite.AI Saudi AI Firm Humain, Applied Intuition Partner on Self-Driving Trucks
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Bloomberg LG Innotek to supply camera modules for Amazon's Zoox robotaxis
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Yonhap News Agency Waymo Expands Driverless Rides to EU with Germany Debut in 2027
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Covered by 2 sources Xiaomi unveils custom 3nm chip for intelligent driving
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The Next Web KAR AI
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Hacker News Self-Driving Cars Could Someday Take Requests
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IEEE Spectrum Xiaomi’s new Xring O3 is built at TSMC, and aimed at a few hundred thousand phones
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The Next Web AI data centres are taking the capacitors carmakers need
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The Next Web Android Car Malware Spreads Through Built-In Updaters for Ad Fraud, Proxy Botnet
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The Hacker News Baidu’s Apollo Go is now on Uber in Dubai, with no safety driver
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The Next Web Waymo’s Ojai Is Now Open To Public. My Experience Spoke To The Future
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Forbes The AI Boom Is About to Make Cars More Expensive
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Hacker News VCs Pour Billions Into Physical AI As The Next Wave Of AI Investing Takes Shape
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Crunchbase Rivian spinout Also raises $150m, and the e-bike is just the wedge
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The Next Web Rides In Waymo’s Ojai Help Reveal Robotaxi Future
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Forbes Chinese carmakers now sell one EV abroad for every two at home
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Rest of World Tesla’s Cybercab is finally launching, and it starts by giving its own staff a lift
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The Next Web Chinese Company Envisions 100,000 Self-Driving Trucks on Road by 2030
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AI Business Tesla shows first Cybercab with built-in Starlink. Elon Musk explains why it needs one.
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Covered by 2 sources Tesla's design chief says Roadster's reveal is coming 'very soon'
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Business Insider Videos show Tesla and Waymo ramping up new vehicles for their robotaxi fleets
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Business Insider Amazons robotaxi Zoox launches first paid service in U.S.
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Mashable 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan says his Tesla was on Autopilot before he crashed — but it's 'always your fault'
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Business Insider Ford’s new AI assistant can check your fuel levels and tire pressure
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The Verge 'I wasn’t driving. I had Autopilot on': Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system is getting drivers speeding tickets, and owners aren’t happy
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TechRadar Waymo CEO says camera-only self-driving systems can’t support fully autonomous driving systems, and after testing multiple robotaxis, I have to agree
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TechRadar TIER IV and Astemo Plan Development Platform for End-to-End Self-Driving AI
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Unite.AI Tesla whistleblower describes dangerous understaffing while testing Full Self-Driving in Houston
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The Next Web Inside the Luxury Robotaxi Uber, Lucid and Nuro Are Testing
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CNET After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica
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Ars Technica I logged 250 miles testing Android Auto vs Apple CarPlay and there's one I'm going to stick with
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TechRadar GM is building its own in-vehicle AI assistant because Google’s Gemini cannot access what the car knows
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The Next Web BMW is cutting 8,000 jobs and handing its cars’ brains to Qualcomm
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The Next Web Audi bet its future on EVs. Now it’s selling America a V8 with cupholders.
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The Next Web Tesla’s self-driving software is selling faster than ever, and it still needs a human driver
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The Next Web Tesla sold 25% more cars and made 57% less operating profit. The AI spending is the reason.
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The Next Web Tesla beat Q2 delivery estimates and the stock fell. Wednesday’s earnings face the same problem.
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The Next Web That's everything we have on Automotive right now