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Waymo and Toyota to build robotaxis on the factory line for Japan and UK launches
Building Waymo's hardware into Toyota's bZ4X at the factory is meant to reduce cost and speed up deployment in right-hand-drive markets.
A taxi service with self-driving cars and no driver at the wheel, run commercially in a growing number of cities.
Building Waymo's hardware into Toyota's bZ4X at the factory is meant to reduce cost and speed up deployment in right-hand-drive markets.
The change would be optional, but a shared signal would let police and other road users tell at a glance that no human is in control.
Local limits are spreading, forcing autonomous-vehicle operators to contend with rules that differ city by city.
The company can now map Toronto and move toward public-road testing before any rides are opened to passengers.
The review raises fresh scrutiny of Tesla’s automated ride service as regulators examine whether its robotaxis can exceed posted limits near schools.
The London trial extends Uber’s multi-partner autonomous vehicle push in Europe and could feed into wider deployment plans.
SB 1246 adds penalties and response duties for autonomous fleet operators if disabled vehicles slow emergency access.
The suspension follows weeks of illness reports in modified SUVs and an OSHA inquiry that is now closed.
Lower crash rates strengthen Waymo’s safety case, but patchy reporting rules and city politics still limit where it can operate.