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Waymo plans to launch a fully driverless robotaxi service in London, starting in 2026, its first European launch; human-supervised cars will first collect data (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/799259/waymo-london-robotaxi-launch-2026…

Waymo’s robotaxis are coming to London
Waymo is launching a driverless robotaxi service in London in 2026. The news comes as the UK prepares for fully driverless vehicles.

A cat's killing by a Waymo robotaxi sparked outrage in San Francisco, as some questioned why deaths caused by human drivers don't get the same level of concern (Heather Knight/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/us/waymo-san-francisco-kit-kat.htm…

Waymo Was on a Roll in San Francisco. Then One of Its Driverless Cars Killed a Cat.
The self-driving taxis have become ubiquitous in the city, but an uproar ensued when one ran over a beloved feline.

🗽 Where Are Driverless Cars Going in New York City?
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Where Are Driverless Cars Going in New York City?
Google’s parent company has been pumping money into politicians to get Waymo robo-cars cleared for city streets.

The issues of control and liability are fairly obvious (but not well answered) for autonomous cars.
But so far there has been little talk about what to do with sim-behaving IoT devices.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/01/dri

Driverless Waymo makes illegal U-turn in San Bruno. Who’s accountable?
Police officers in San Bruno didn’t have to look far for a traffic violation Friday night — a driverless Waymo pulled an illegal U-turn right in front of their patrol car. For those cops, it was th…

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.

Analysis: Chinese robotaxi companies like Baidu and WeRide are outnumbering their US rivals with more projects progressing from testing to commercialization (Linda Lew/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-26…