After Uber and Waymo ended their partnership in Phoenix earlier this year, experts and robotaxi watchers wondered whether the companies’ improbable bromance was fraying. Not so, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said today. The two companies are committed to continue working together in Atlanta and Austin, and the partnership remains “very strong.” “Waymo is a very
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! TechCrunch covered a couple of stories this week that illustrate the countervailing forces at play
Waymo is slowly adding highway routes to its service area more than two months after the company stopped driving on these high-speed roads due to the behavior of its robotaxis near construction zones. Waymo announced Wednesday in a publish in X that would gradually add highway routes, starting with Phoenix, the company’s first driverless transportation
Waymo and other robotaxi operators face increased scrutiny (and possible new federal requirements) over how their autonomous vehicles interact with emergency services, a regulatory risk that is increasingly difficult for the industry to ignore. Rep. Kevin Mullin (D-Calif.) is the latest lawmaker to pressure the industry with a bill that would direct federal regulators to
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Waymo is reportedly seeking an exit from its deal with Uber, which has made the Alphabet-owned company’s robotaxis available on the ride-hailing giant’s network in Austin and Atlanta, according to the Financial Times. Waymo has already told Uber that it intends to offer robotaxis on its own app in those markets starting in January 2028
