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ACE EV (Australian Clean Energy Electric Vehicles) CEO Greg McGarvey launched the Yewt & Minivan Roadshow in Brisbane, showcasing prototypes of the ACE EV minivan and tray truck yewt, which will travel 52 days to Melbour…
Waymo's Gemini integration in its Ojai cabin is rolling out as a limited beta, not a universal feature. The company's May 2026 announcement detailed initial riders in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles, with free ri…
A humanoid robot at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing crashed and burst into flames after failing to decelerate past the finish line, in a viral video that some suspected was AI-generated but appears real. The in…
Waymo LLC, the autonomous driving unit of Alphabet Inc., revealed details of its in-vehicle compute system, including a new purpose-built 5nm ASIC designed to process raw sensor data for its Waymo Driver. The company sai…
Autonomous semi trucks will reach industrial scale in 2028, according to a Forbes analysis by Steve Banker. The article highlights that autonomous trucking will significantly transform logistics, with 2028 identified as …
Bill Edwards, writing for Forbes Innovation, argues that the 2022 World Cup demonstrated the end of two-dimensional security, as organizations now operate beneath contested airspace populated by commercial drones and inc…
Alphabet's robotaxi subsidiary Waymo has developed a custom chip for its self-driving taxis, reducing its reliance on Nvidia and AMD. The chip, manufactured by TSMC on a 5-nanometer process, delivers more than 1,000 TOPS…
Alphabet-owned Waymo doubled its lobbying spending to $1.2 million in the first half of 2024, up from $600,000 a year earlier, as it seeks to persuade US regulators to clear a path for fully autonomous taxi services in i…
Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda are partnering with domestic autonomous driving startups Tier IV and T2 to accelerate deployment of AI-powered self-driving vehicles and robotaxis, aiming to counter American and Chin…
On July 28, 1914, Daniel Pollom, western Indiana and eastern Illinois agent for the Chevrolet automobile, won a $100 wager by driving a Chevrolet Royal Mail roadster up Reelsville Hill in high gear with a passenger, Harl…
The US Army's personnel management system is inadequate for AI-enabled autonomous warfare, according to a new analysis, which argues that the service must develop dedicated career pathways for soldiers who supervise auto…
London's black cab drivers are preparing to battle robotaxis, with some considering sabotage to demonstrate the limitations of autonomous vehicles, according to the Financial Times. The drivers' concerns highlight the gr…
Researchers from NEC Laboratories America introduced CAViAR (Causal Accident Video and Incident Analysis Repository), a human-annotated dashcam benchmark of 2,249 real-world accident videos from CarCrashDataset (CCD) and…
Waymo fully launched its robotaxi service in Houston, Texas, opening rides to all users via its app after a phased rollout that began in February 2026. The company reported welcoming more than 100,000 riders from its int…
Waymo LLC, the autonomous driving unit of Alphabet Inc., revealed its custom 5nm application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and detailed its compute architecture, which has scaled 20x in eight years, in a blog post. …
Xpeng's first-quarter 2026 gross margin hit 20.6%, ahead of Tesla's 16.9% automotive margin, as the Chinese EV maker races to build robotaxis and humanoid robots using its own Turing AI chips. Xpeng delivered 103,295 veh…
Waymo LLC detailed the custom computing module powering its autonomous taxis, which operate about 4,000 vehicles across 11 U.S. cities. The Alphabet Inc. unit's fleet includes Jaguar I-Pace crossovers, Zeeker minivans, a…
Waymo on August 20 disclosed technical details of its sixth-generation autonomous driving system's compute module, featuring two custom ASICs that deliver more than 1,000 trillion calculations per second, with redundancy…
The US Navy and the Defense Innovation Unit are investing $50 million in Shield AI's X-BAT, a fighter-sized jet drone designed for vertical takeoff and landing, marking the first publicly announced investment in an aircr…
Wayve, a developer of Embodied AI technology for autonomous driving, is hiring a Senior Data Scientist in Sunnyvale, CA, with a salary range of $209,700 to $266,800 plus equity. The role involves partnering with AI engin…