Waymo and Uber quietly part ways in Phoenix
Waymo robotaxis are no longer available on Uber’s ride-hail app in Phoenix, Arizona, ending a nearly three-year partnership in the city, both companies confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. Uber said…
Zoox upgrades its robotaxi as it prepares for commercial service
Zoox has given its custom-built robotaxi a makeover — and not just to make it look a sharper. The Amazon-owned company revealed Wednesday a series of upgrades to the comfort…
Go eyes robotaxis and acquisitions after Japan’s biggest IPO of 2026. Here’s why it matters
Go’s IPO — Japan’s biggest so far this year — has done more than provide a much-needed boost to the country’s languishing listing season. It has also supplied the taxi-hailing…
Waymo pulls its ~4K robotaxis from highways after finding 13+ instances of the cars driving into highway sections under construction (Sean O’Kane/TechCrunch)
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Waymo says it built a better benchmark for comparing robotaxis to humans
Waymo has created a new computer model designed to more accurately answer a fundamental question: how does its autonomous driving software stack up against humans? The Alphabet-owned robotaxi company, which…
Uber, Wayve and Waymo are headed towards a robotaxi showdown in London
Uber customers in the U.K. can now join an interest list to increase their chances of being matched with a Wayve autonomous vehicle — another sign that the two companies…
Squishmallows, dentures, and an ‘I Heart Hot Dads’ bag: Uber has found thousands of items left in robotaxis
For the past 10 years, Uber’s annual Lost & Found Index has provided a rather quirky anthropological snapshot of its riders — and even a few insights into society. The…
TechCrunch Mobility: It doesn’t matter that people hate the Ferrari Luce
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Waymo expands pause to four cities as robotaxis keep driving into floods
Waymo has now paused service in four cities because its robotaxis are struggling to deal with heavy rain and flooded roads, a problem that already prompted the company to issue…
Waymo halts freeway rides after robotaxis struggle in construction zones
Waymo has suspended robotaxi service on freeways in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Miami as it works to improve performance in construction zones, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on…