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Khabre desk
Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the Autonomous Vehicles desk.
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Toyota and Waymo plan to begin testing and validating an autonomous bZ4X fleet in Japan in 2027. The companies describe this as an initial test phase, with deployments in the UK and other Waymo-serviced markets planned for later years.
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Waymo says it will begin preparing its autonomous ride-hailing service in Toronto, starting with manually driven vehicles and local road mapping. The company’s goal is to welcome its first riders in 2028.
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Waymo says it will begin mapping and testing in Toronto as it prepares a fully autonomous ride-hailing service. The company aims to welcome its first riders in 2028.
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Waymo says anyone in Houston can now use its app to request a fully autonomous ride. The company says more than 100,000 riders from its interest list had used the service since it opened in February.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1246 into law on September 30, 2026. By July 1, 2028, it will require changes to remote-driver rules, incident response and reporting, and allow local penalties when an autonomous vehicle obstructs emergency operations for more than 30 minutes.
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Lucid and Bolt have announced a partnership to develop and deploy at least 25,000 autonomous vehicles across European cities. The planned fleet will use a vehicle platform designed for SAE Level 4 autonomy and is expected to use NVIDIA Hyperion.
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Lyft and Waymo say Nashville riders can now be matched with fully autonomous Waymo vehicles through the Lyft app. The service initially covers parts of central Nashville and will share a dynamically managed fleet with the Waymo app.
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Zurich Airport has begun operating two automated employee shuttles without a safety driver onboard. The Level 4 pilot is monitored from a remote cockpit on a defined airport route.