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Waymo plans a commercial robotaxi service in Munich after mapping and safety-driver tests, and it is working with Germany’s KBA. Public ride-hailing is aimed toward the end of 2027; the company has not yet received a German permit.
Driverless commercial service is still illegal in New York after Governor Hochul withdrew a statewide proposal. In Washington, D.C., unions are fighting legalization, with talk of a 200-vehicle cap and a 15-cent-per-mile fee.
Waymo published its first public look at in-vehicle compute, including a purpose-built 5nm ASIC for front-end sensor processing. The company says those ASICs alone deliver more than 1,000 TOPS.
The Nevada Transportation Authority unanimously approved commercial robotaxi permits for Tesla, Uber, and Waymo in Clark County. Caps are 5,000 vehicles for Tesla and 1,000 each for Waymo and Uber.
Robotaxi Tracker logged 170 Tesla Robotaxi rides in Austin over two weeks, all without an onboard safety monitor, across 54 cars. Creator Ethan McKanna said Austin has seemingly stopped supervised rides.
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