According to SawyerMerritt, trial lawyers lobby against safer self-driving cars, raising policy hurdles and delaying AV deployment, per X post and links.

According to @CNBC, Zipline hired ex-Tesla, Uber, and Waymo leaders to accelerate autonomous drone delivery across the U.S., focusing on AI-driven routing.

According to SawyerMerritt, NHTSA may drop steering wheel mandates for fully driverless cars, signaling regulatory tailwinds for autonomous fleets.

According to TheRundownAI, humanoids completed a first surgery, Waymo went driverless in four more cities, and an ex-Tesla scientist revealed a Paris-built bot.

According to @CNBC, Waymo launched driverless rides in San Diego, Las Vegas, Tampa, and Denver, signaling faster robotaxi scaling and new revenue routes.

According to Sawyer Merritt, Waymo is testing fully driverless rides in Las Vegas, San Diego, Denver, and Tampa, signaling broader robotaxi rollout.

According to @CNBC, Waymo and Uber ended their Phoenix robotaxi pilot, signaling a shift in AV partnerships and monetization strategies in 2026.

According to SawyerMerritt, Waymo ended its Uber Phoenix robotaxi pilot, shifting vehicles to its own app, per TechCrunch, impacting ridehail AV access.

According to SawyerMerritt, safety data from Tesla and Waymo shows robots crash less, highlighting human error as the key risk in driving.

According to @CNBC, US regulators plan to drop brake pedal rules for autonomous vehicles, accelerating robotaxi deployment and ADAS innovation.

According to SawyerMerritt, Waymo opened fully autonomous rides to all in Nashville with app-based booking, no invite needed.

According to CNBC, Waymo recalled 3,900 robotaxis after vehicles entered freeway construction zones, triggering a software update and NHTSA notice.

According to @CNBC, Rothschild and Co. says Lyft could benefit from the robotaxi boom via partnerships and cost cuts, improving unit economics.

According to SawyerMerritt, a Dallas robotaxi with 5 LiDARs, 13 cameras, and 4 radars was involved in a crash during testing, highlighting software gaps.

According to Sawyer Merritt, Waymo’s first national TV ad says its autonomous driver is 10x safer than humans in served cities, debuting during the World Cup.

According to SawyerMerritt, Waymo bought Apple’s 5,500-acre AV test site for $220M, adding city, oval, freeway, and dynamics tracks to scale robotaxi R&D.

According to TheRundownAI, Nvidia and Unitree debuted a plug and play humanoid, Waymo revealed Ojai robotaxi, and Wayve opened a robotics lab.

According to Sawyer Merritt, Waymo begins free Ojai robotaxi rides in SF, Phoenix, LA, with expansion to Denver, Las Vegas, San Diego this year.

According to TheRundownAI, Waymo paused 4 cities after flood failures, as Hugging Face unveiled a $2.5K 3D-printable humanoid and China tested robot butlers.

According to Sawyer Merritt, Uber criticized Waymo’s robotaxi scale-up and tech strategy, signaling partner strain and diverging AV go-to-market models.