GM's shutdown of Cruise was the end of an era for them, but robotaxis are roaring ahead in the U.S. and China — in sharply ...

“They [robotaxis] tend to drive very cautiously ... Nicole Moore, the President of Rideshare Drivers United and herself a part-time Lyft driver had another way of describing them: Aside ...

In other words, robotaxis aren't going to pay off anytime soon — perhaps no surprise given the costs of development and kitting out a car versus the much cheaper business model of Uber or Lyft.

Airports are a major source of revenue for human-powered ridehail companies like Uber and Lyft. But Waymo is also facing an uncertain future with mounting regulatory and financial pressures.

The threat of robotaxis further chipping away at their business has put some of them on edge. Nicole Moore, a part-time Lyft driver and the president of the driver advocacy group Rideshare Drivers ...

Waymo will begin testing its autonomous vehicle technology in Tokyo in early 2025, the first time the Alphabet company’s robotaxis have driven on public roads outside the U.S. The move to Japan ...

SAN FRANCISCO — General Motors said on Tuesday it will stop funding development of robotaxis at its majority-owned Cruise business, a blow to the automaker that had made the advanced technology ...

GM said it would no longer fund work on the robotaxis “given the considerable time and resources that would be needed to scale the business, along with an increasingly competitive robotaxi ...