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Alphabet's robotaxi unit enters its 15th market with up to 1,000 vehicles permitted, but combined authorizations for three operators could flood Clark County with 8,000 autonomous vehicles within a year.

Tesla launches its two-seat autonomous vehicle in Austin as Waymo operates 4,000 driverless vehicles across 14 cities and Zoox expands to airport services.

Officers ordered Uber driver Anthony Baines to pursue a fleeing suspect allegedly threatening a mother and children, dashcam footage shows.

Alphabet-backed Waymo leads globally with roughly 5,000 vehicles; Uber is using operator partnerships to close the gap without owning hardware.

The partners launched Europe's first commercial robotaxi service in Zagreb in March and plan four additional European cities, with Middle East expansion added to the deal.

The partners will deploy Level 4 autonomous vehicles in four new European cities and the Middle East, using Uber's platform and local fleet operators.

Uber divested its full stake in Serve Robotics after delivery volume through its platform declined and the two companies diverged on how to scale their shared autonomous fleet.

Uber sold its entire Serve Robotics stake in Q2 2026, ending a partnership that exposed the limits of its third-party autonomous delivery strategy.

The Alphabet unit will open its driverless service to competing platforms in two U.S. markets, pressuring Uber's premium autonomous ride business.

Ride-sharing giant Uber is moving significant AI workloads to Amazon's custom-designed Graviton and Trainium chips, signaling a strategic shift to optimize cloud infrastructure costs and enhance operational efficiency amidst intense competition.