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New York governor clears path for robotaxis everywhere, with one notable exception
New York City will be a notable exclusion from proposed legislation to legalize commercial robotaxis across the state....
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Automatic Prompt Optimization for Multimodal Vision Agents: A Self-Driving Car Example
Walkthrough using open-source prompt optimization algorithms in Python to improve the accuracy of an autonomous vehicle car safety agent running on OpenAI's GPT...
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Is it even worth mentioning that Elon Musk blew past his own Full Self-Driving goals again?
Last year, Tesla defied its critics by boldly launching a robotaxi service that, by the end of the year, required no human supervision and was available to over...
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This is Uber’s new robotaxi from Lucid and Nuro
The production-intent version, unveiled at CES 2026 on Monday, will be an exceptionally roomy entry into the growing robotaxi market later this year....
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NVIDIA Expands Global DRIVE Hyperion Ecosystem to Accelerate the Road to Full Autonomy
At the CES trade show in Las Vegas, NVIDIA announced that the global DRIVE Hyperion ecosystem is expanding to include tier‑1 suppliers, automotive integrators,...
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China’s Hesai will double production as lidar sensor industry shakes out
Hesai said it now plans to build as many as 4 million lidar sensors in 2026, up from 2 million, as it tries to corner a market with one fewer player after Lumin...
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Teradar reveals its first terahertz-band vision sensor for cars
The company is tapping the terahertz band of the electromagnetic spectrum to bring out the best qualities of more common lidar and radar sensors....
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Waymo: Where it’s available, upcoming cities, and new features
Waymo autonomous vehicles date back to Google’s self-driving car project that started in 2009. As of today, you can get a ride in five cities across the US. mor...
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Autonomously navigating the real world: lessons from the PG&E outage
Article URL: https://waymo.com/blog/2025/12/autonomously-navigating-the-real-world Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46371730 Points: 15 Commen...
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Zoox issues software recall over lane crossings
The company has issued a software update to its autonomous driving system to fix its lane-crossing behavior....
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Uber and Lyft to test Baidu robotaxis in London next year, joining Waymo
The geographic expansions continue for the ride-hailing companies' robotaxi plans....
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Waymo resumes service in San Francisco after robotaxis stall during blackout
Waymo suspended its SF robotaxi service on Saturday evening after a massive blackout appeared to leave many of its vehicles stalled on city streets....