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China's vision for its autonomous vehicle industry, backed by state support and infrastructure investment, is driving its lead in ADAS and robotaxi deployment (Yi-Ling Liu/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/china-ai-powered-self-driving-cars/

China’s vision for a driverless future is miles ahead of everyone else’s
Strong government backing and strict regulatory oversight of the Chinese autonomous vehicle industry contrasts sharply with the piecemeal laws and slower adoption in the U.S.

Sources: GM plans a renewed push on driverless cars, focused on personal use rather than a robotaxi service, and is trying to bring back some ex-Cruise workers (David Welch/Bloomberg)

Uber and Shanghai-based robotaxi company Momenta plan to test Level 4 fully driverless cars in Munich from 2026, as a precursor to launching a robotaxi service (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/772639/uber-momenta-l4-driverless-t…

Uber and Momenta will test fully driverless cars in Germany
Uber and Momenta will test fully driverless, level 4 vehicles in Munich, Germany, in 2026. The companies also plan on launching a robotaxi service.

Prediction for today from 2016:
"The United Kingdom is now the region’s foremost knowledge-based economy. We lead the world in biotech, law, education, the audio-visual sector, financial services and software. New industries, from 3D printing to driverless cars, have sprung up around the country."
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Waymo applied for a NYC permit to test its cars with safety drivers and plans to start collecting mapping data with manually driven cars in Manhattan in July (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/689093/waymo-nyc-permit…

Waymo’s robotaxis are coming back to New York City
Waymo applied for a permit to test autonomous vehicles with safety drivers in New York City. And it hopes it can change the state law to allow it to operate fully driverless.