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WeRide und Uber starten fahrerlose Robotaxis in Abu Dhabi
Die Robotaxis von WeRide dürfen ab sofort fahrerlos Passagiere befördern. Bisher musste zur Sicherheit noch ein Mensch an Bord sein.
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Uber starts deploying fully driverless WeRide robotaxis in Abu Dhabi, after launching its robotaxi service with safety drivers in the UAE in December 2024 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/828685/uber-weride-robotaxi-fully-driverless-u…

Uber’s robotaxi service in UAE now includes fully driverless vehicles
Uber and WeRide announced that some of its robotaxis in Abu Dhabi, UAE, would be fully driverless.

Green Deals: Rabattaktion mit hohen Nachlässen im heise Shop
Rabatte von bis zu 833 Prozent gibt es am Donnerstag und Freitag auf Webinare zu IT-Sicherheit und Energie sowie digitale Heftausgaben.
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Pony AI's Hong Kong-listed shares rose 6.7% after it said its Guangzhou operations had broken even per car, as it targets a 3,000 global robotaxi fleet in 2026 (Linda Lew/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…

Pony AI Rises After Guangzhou Robotaxi Operations Break Even
Pony AI Inc. shares rose for a third day in Hong Kong trading, arresting a steep decline since listing three weeks ago, after the robotaxi firm said its Guangzhou operations had broken even on a per-car basis in an early indication its business model is sustainable.

Uber launches Uber AV Labs, a division to collect real-world driving data via sensor-equipped vehicles to train reinforcement learning models for its partners (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/uber…

Exclusive: Uber launches an 'AV Labs' division to gather driving data for robotaxi partners | TechCrunch
Uber is not developing its own robotaxis again; instead it plans to collect and offer data. It's a bet that more volume will help autonomous vehicle partners solve the weirdest edge cases.

Münchner Robotik-Unternehmen Agile Robots zeigt seinen ersten humanoiden Roboter
Das Münchner Robotik-Unternehmen Agile Robots will bereits ab Anfang 2026 seinen ersten humanoiden Roboter in Bayern produzieren.

A look at the humans employed to rescue robotaxis; Waymo uses the Honk app to pay $20 to $24 to manually close robotaxi doors and $60 to $80 to tow its cars (Lisa Bonos/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/25/waymo-robots-human-work…

When robot taxis get stuck, a secret army of humans comes to the rescue
Waymo robotaxis get stranded when a passenger leaves the door open. Tow truck operators can get paid $22 to close a door and set them free again.

Point One Navigation, which develops precise location tech, raised a $35M Series C led by Khosla Ventures, a source says at a post-money valuation of $230M (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/20/this-khos…

This Khosla-based startup can track drones, trucks, and robotaxis, inch by inch | TechCrunch
Point One Navigation, now valued at $230 million, is building out well beyond automotive.

China is aggressively deploying AI and robotics to maintain its status as the world's manufacturing hub, and major companies are pioneering AI "dark factories" (Brian Spegele/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-robots-chin

Robots and AI Are Already Remaking the Chinese Economy
To blunt Trump’s push to reclaim global manufacturing, China’s factories and ports are learning to make and export more goods faster, cheaper and with fewer workers

Tesla's robotaxi service in Austin significantly trails Waymo, deploying an estimated 30 cars with safety drivers, vs. Waymo's 200 cars without human monitors (Jack Ewing/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/business/tesla-robotaxis-austin-…

Tesla Robotaxis Are Big on Wall St. but Lagging on Roads
Shares of Tesla have hit new highs on optimism about the company’s self-driving taxis. But experts say Tesla is far behind Waymo, which has a big head start.