Waymo just doubled the number of cities they operate with nobody in the vehicle. How do the various teams decide where to expand next, and will it be your town?

Tesla has for years released highly misleading crash safety data for Autopilot. Now they may finally get closer to allowing apples to apples comparisons

Waymo will now drive freeways and cover most of the San Francisco peninsula, including SJC airport

Waymo seems wiling to let outsiders look at their practices and data. Where are Tesla at the others in having this important transparency? Also, what about cats?

Bill Gates recently posted his new thinking on Climate Change declaring we've been thinking about it the wrong way. His article is sending shockwaves, some agreeing, some feeling he has betrayed the cause, and some like Trump declaring this is proof that climate change was a hoax.

The cost of the physical robotaxi is about 25% of the COGS of operating one, so it makes a difference, but only when competition is fierce and margins are thin

Tesla is still predicting they will go unsupervised this year in Austin. Their crash numbers don't say they should

PHEVs were supposed to drive as EVs 75% of the time, they only did it 20%. Here's how regulations were poorly designed and cars didn't provide what drivers need.

Tesla's diner is mostly a gimmick, but the integration of food ordering and driving points the way to a better energy experience when outside the city

What if there's a new way to sell cars that makes the car cheaper and the energy more expensive, but always saves you money?

It was no doubt scary when a flood came upon a Waymo in Phoenix last week and passengers had to walk through it to get out. Will this happen again?

One of the crashes was with a static object with minor injuries and the Tesla towed away. And a 4th crash was not reported. This does not look good.

Robots are well behaved, and should be given the best pick-up/drop-off spots at the airport when the time comes

The Waymo was slowing to turn right into a driveway occupied by pedestrians. A motorcycle behind it rear-ended it. Then it got much worse.

Zoox is finally taking the public to destinations in Las Vegas, but the service is so limited it's not quite a robotaxi, but it's close.

San Francisco has shifted its tune and realized that robotaxis can be an asset to traffic management. LAX should do the same in dealing with its congestion problems.

The AutoX robotaxi company has evolved into a company developing a high end robocar for personal ownership. They say they will ship next year.

Ford promised a Model-T moment. Will they hit the right mix to sell the public?

Tesla is running their full robotaxi system from Austin in the Bay Area, with safety driver behind the Wheel. Uber got threatened for less, what will the DMV do?

Tesla doesn't have the permits to run an autonomous vehicle taxi in California, but probably nothing stops a driver-assist based taxi.