General Motors is charting a technological future focused on its Super Cruise driver assistance technology, similar to Tesla's Autopilot, with the expectation of bringing in billions of dollars in revenue.
Here's everywhere you can hail a ride, and where else Waymo will soon arrive. Self-driving cars are slowly becoming less dystopian and more real-world as companies like Waymo, the driverless arm of Google parent Alphabet,
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
The driverless taxis will use Tesla's unsupervised Full Self-Driving software, but they're not Cybercabs, which won't be built until at least 2026.
Google-backed Waymo moves ahead with expansion plans in a number of US cities in 2025, after a successful 2024 that saw 150,000 robotaxi rides every day. Amazon-backed Zoox is gearing up to expand service in Las Vegas this year with its proprietary shuttle without manual controls, offering conference-style seating to several passengers at once.
Paul Stenhouse runs through the latest from the tech sphere, talking Tesla's new robotaxi service, the re-release of the first two Sims games, and Mark Zuc
Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company Waymo might be planning to test a feature that will allow robotaxi riders to add a "tip" that will go to the
Tesla introduces automated vacuum cleaner for robotaxis, as Elon Musk confirms the service will launch this summer.
In another move to bolster investor confidence, Musk also revealed that Tesla is intent on producing more "affordable" vehicles, which are tipped to be based on (and look eerily similar to) the Model 3 and Model Y, but cost in the region of $30,000 to $40,000 (roughly £28,000 / AU$55,000). Not the $25,000 car that was rumored last year.
Tesla aims to roll out its unsupervised FSD robotaxi software in most global markets this year, helping justify the $1.3 trillion market cap. Yet Musk revealed his team is still getting tripped up in China.
WeRide CFO Jennifer Li told Business Insider that China's high-tech EV industry was giving its robotaxi firms a major advantage.