• January 3 2026
  London emerges as frontline in US-China battle over robotaxis

  Waymo and Baidu prepare to launch autonomous ride-hailing vehicles in UK capital as soon as 2026

  
• December 15 2025
  Lex

  Why China’s robotaxi industry is stuck in the slow lane

  Shares in Pony.ai and WeRide have fallen since their November debuts

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• December 6 2025
  Can Wayve make London a self-driving city?

  John Thornhill takes an autonomous spin through the city’s tangled streets with the British start-up’s chief Alex Kendall

  
• November 20 2025
  Special ReportBest Employers: Asia-Pacific

  Robot threat to drivers’ jobs in China heralds wider shift

  Concern grows that autonomous vehicles could replace human roles, with no guarantee of social safety net

  
• November 12 2025
  Waymo LLC

  Waymo to roll out driverless taxis on highways in three US cities

  Alphabet’s self-driving car venture will add routes in Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco

  
• November 6 2025
  Shares in rival robotaxi start-ups tank after Hong Kong listings

  Uber-backed groups Pony.ai and WeRide fall as much as 15% as analysts raise concerns about profitability

  
• November 2 2025
  Automobiles

  Renewed drive for autonomous cars as tech giants muscle in

  Legacy manufacturers seek to keep pace with advances in self-driving technology as the next competitive front

  
• October 15 2025
  Waymo aims to launch driverless taxis in London next year

  Move would boost the UK’s efforts to catch up with US and China on autonomous vehicles

  
• October 13 2025
  Wayve

  UK’s Wayve in talks with SoftBank and Microsoft for $2bn fundraise

  London-based group seeks valuation of $8bn as global investors snap up deals with fast-growing AI start-ups

  
• September 16 2025
  Top sensor maker Hesai warns world not ready for fully driverless cars

  Co-founder takes ‘conservative’ view on autonomous vehicles as shares rise 10% in Hong Kong listing

  
• September 10 2025
  Amazon’s Zoox enters robotaxi race with Las Vegas rollout

  The driverless car group launches to the public in challenge to Waymo and Tesla over the future of ride-hailing

  
• August 21 2025
  Self-driving car tech start-up Nuro raises $200mn at $6bn valuation

  California start-up secures new funding amid growing investor appetite in autonomous vehicle technology

  
• August 1 2025
  Tesla Inc

  Tesla ordered to pay $243mn in damages after fatal autopilot crash

  Carmaker found partially liable for accident in Florida involving its driver-assistance software

  
• July 24 2025
  The Big Read

  What will it take for robotaxis to go global?

  The concept has been proved, but scaling up services beyond a handful of cities will require tens of billions in new investment

  
• July 8 2025
  Sarah O'Connor

  Why driverless vehicles just can’t quit humans

  Regulators need to ask more questions about the people in the shadows

  
• June 22 2025
  Tesla launches robotaxi service in Austin

  Self-driving technology on which Elon Musk has staked future of his company debuts in Texas

  
• June 19 2025
  Business InsightRichard Waters

  Tesla’s robotaxi ambitions face a reality check after launch

  Autonomous ride-hailing service to make tentative debut in Austin, Texas, with only about 10 cars

  
• June 10 2025
  UK to launch trials of driverless taxi services next spring

  Britain tries to catch up in the race to adopt autonomous vehicles

  
• June 8 2025
  News in-depth

  Chinese regulators seek to slow rollout of self-driving features in cars

  Beijing under pressure to set world-leading safety and liability standards as carmakers power ahead with technology

  
• May 23 2025
  Special ReportThe Future of the Car

  China vies for lead in the race to self-driving vehicles

  Chinese car manufacturers are pushing to replicate their success with EVs

  
• May 19 2025
  Autonomous cars with ‘social sensitivity’ cut threat to road users, study finds

  Driverless vehicles that respond more like humans will cause less harm during road crashes, according to research

  
• May 14 2025
  Baidu Inc

  China’s Baidu in talks to launch robotaxis in Europe

  Beijing-based tech rival to Google seeks to test self-driving vehicles in Switzerland and Turkey

  
• May 7 2025
  FT CollectionsTech Exchange

  Jesse Levinson of Amazon Zoox: ‘The public has less patience for robotaxi mistakes’

  The autonomous ride service co-founder reflects on the bumpy road for self-driving vehicles and the company’s attempt to achieve scale and maintain safety

  
• May 7 2025
  Zoox Inc

  Amazon’s Zoox to scale up robotaxi production for US expansion

  Self-driving start-up is opening a facility in California’s Bay Area to increase its fleet significantly

  
• April 24 2025
  US to loosen rules on self-driving vehicles criticised by Musk

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will make it easier to get autonomous cars on the road

  

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