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Baidu and Uber Expand Autonomous Ride-Hailing to Dubai
Baidu and Uber, in partnership with Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority, announced the next phase of their global agreement by bringing Apollo Go autonomous ride-hailing to Dubai.
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Waymo Secures $16B to Expand Autonomous Ride-Hailing to 20+ Cities
Waymo has raised $16 billion in new funding, bringing its post-money valuation to $126 billion. The round was led by Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global, and Sequoia Capital
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Waymo Starts Airport Runs at San Francisco International
Waymo has introduced an autonomous ride service to the San Francisco International Airport, initially available to a limited group of riders before a full rollout to all riders over the next couple of months.
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Waabi Raises $1 Billion to Scale Physical AI Across Trucks and Robotaxis
Toronto-based Waabi announced it has closed its oversubscribed $750 million Series C funding round, marking what the company says is the largest fundraising in Canadian history.
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Waymo Launches Driverless Ride-Hailing Service in Miami
Waymo has officially launched its autonomous ride-hailing service to the public in Miami. Initial access will be rolling out to nearly 10,000 residents who signed up in advance.
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Baidu and AutoGo Launch Driverless Ride-Hailing Service in Abu Dhabi
Apollo Go and AutoGo have launched a fully driverless ride-hailing service in Abu Dhabi. The service is open to the public on Yas Island, where users can book rides through the AutoGo app in vehicles with no human driver.
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WeRide Goes Live on WeChat, Simplifying Robotaxi Access in Major Cities
WeRide has launched its Robotaxi booking service on WeChat, allowing users to hail autonomous vehicles directly through the app’s "WeRide Go" Mini Program.
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Lucid, Nuro, and Uber Unveil Production Robotaxi at CES With On-Road Testing Underway
At CES 2026, Lucid, Nuro, and Uber showed off the production-intent version of their robotaxi, along with a first look at the in-cabin rider experience. The vehicle is based on Lucid’s Gravity SUV and brings together Nuro’s self-driving tech
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NVIDIA Releases Alpamayo, its “ChatGPT Moment” for Autonomous Vehicles
At CES, NVIDIA announced Alpamayo as a complete open platform for building autonomous vehicles that can handle rare and unpredictable driving situations. The release brings together everything needed to build and test AV systems: an AI model that reasons step by step
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Waymo Surpassed 14 Million Rides in 2025, Targets Weekly Million-Ride Pace in 2026
Waymo ended 2025 with more than 14 million fully autonomous rides, more than tripling its public ride count from the prior year, according to a year-end blog post on the company website.
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Pony.ai Surpasses Robotaxi Target, Caps 2025 with Multi-City Expansion and Global Growth
Pony.ai closed 2025 with 1,159 Robotaxis in operation, exceeding its goal of 1,000 vehicles. The company called the year a turning point for fleet scale and deployment execution in a LinkedIn update.
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Stellantis and Bolt to Launch Driverless Mobility Pilots in Europe by 2026
Global automaker Stellantis and Bolt, one of Europe's largest ride-sharing companies, have announced a partnership to develop and deploy Level 4 autonomous vehicles across Europe.