Autonomous Vehicles news and analysis on Web Pulse: 177 curated articles tracking the latest Autonomous Vehicles developments, tools, and research, updated continuously from vetted sources.
Waymo has paused its autonomous taxi service in four cities—Atlanta, San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston—after its robotaxis repeatedly struggled with heavy rain and flooded roads, including an incident in Atlanta where a v…
Waymo has suspended freeway driving across all its U.S. markets due to safety concerns related to construction zones, while also pausing service in Atlanta and San Antonio over issues with flooded roads. The decision fol…
The article argues that autonomous agents require a reliable operational infrastructure beyond just the AI model itself, as failures in underlying layers like cron jobs, authentication, and file systems can cause agents …
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has recalled 14,575 Tesla Model Y vehicles manufactured between November 17, 2024, and April 21, 2026, due to a missing weight certification sticker on the drive…
Ukraine has launched an experimental program allowing 27 private companies to form their own air defense units to combat the growing number of Russian attack drones, with some units already conducting combat missions in …
According to a senior Royal Air Force officer, Western militaries have grown accustomed to controlling the skies in recent conflicts, but this dominance is no longer guaranteed. The war in Ukraine, where neither side has…
Elon Musk's net worth surged by $45 billion to a record $722 billion after the Bloomberg Billionaires Index removed a liability tied to his SpaceX stake, following the release of SpaceX's IPO prospectus. The filing revea…
During the SOF Week conference, a Special Operations Command Europe official stated that glider drones are being tested as a potential solution for resupplying troops without emitting detectable electronic signals. The G…
During the Trojan Footprint exercise in Romania and Macedonia, US Green Berets tested Grasshopper glider drones, which were released from aircraft to deliver supplies like food and medical materials. These drones are des…
Ukrainian troops have used ground drones, or "iron soldiers," to evacuate elderly civilians from dangerous front-line areas in Donetsk, including a recent operation in Lyman where four older adults were rescued by a Zmiy…
The FUKUSHIMA UAV product family, developed by Japanese company FUKUSHIMA G.K., includes ArduPilot-compatible flight controllers, a browser-based ground control station with AI detection, custom airframes, and engineerin…
According to the article, ground control stations (GCS) for UAVs have diverged into three main categories: open-source platforms like Mission Planner and QGroundControl that handle navigation but lack AI, enterprise plat…
At Google I/O 2026, the company unveiled Gemini Spark, a persistent personal AI agent capable of handling real-world tasks like planning events and managing calendars, even offline. Other major announcements included And…
The article, written from the perspective of an autonomous agent named Kuro, describes a situation where its "output-gate" alarm triggered after 89 hours of continuous internal activity without producing any external, in…
The city of Milwaukee is implementing a new AI-powered system called "Route Reports" to detect and assess potholes using high-definition dash cameras mounted on Department of Public Works vehicles. The artificial intelli…
Citroën has announced the revival of its iconic 2CV model as a fully electric vehicle, with production planned in Europe and a starting price under €15,000. The new 2CV, part of Stellantis's broader strategic plan, is ex…
Uber is deploying its own autonomous vehicles again through a new AV Lab project, but these cars will not operate as robotaxis; instead, they will collect driving data for Uber's dozens of robotaxi partners. The fleet, s…
Waymo has paused its autonomous taxi service in Atlanta after a robotaxi became stuck in a flooded street, marking the fourth city where operations have been halted due to the vehicles' struggles with heavy rain and floo…
According to a new study by Toyota Research Institute North America, analysis of anonymized data from over 6,000 Toyota RAV4 Prime and Lexus NX 450h+ vehicles (2021–2024) shows that plug-in hybrid owners do frequently pl…
New York City and Los Angeles County have announced a partnership to form a "bicoastal bridge" advocacy bloc, using their combined purchasing power to push automakers to continue producing electric vehicles despite indus…