Rides In Waymo’s Ojai Help Reveal Robotaxi Future // In 2017, I forecast that robotaxis would be the path for Chinese cars into the USA. It's happened. What do the economics of Chinese robotaxis look like? : buff.ly/KfYuxEY

Waymo Fatality Likely Not-At-Fault: Here Are New Details And What-Ifs // A Waymo was involved in a pedestrian fatality in Dallas. New details suggest they were not at fault, and could not have prevented events. But could superhuman robocars do more? : buff.ly/GDwnENQ

“Full Serve” EV Charging Is Coming From Self-Driving. We’re Not Ready. // Soon, most EVs will be able to drive themselves slowly to nearby chargers. This will lead to the rise of "full serve" charging where a human or robot plugs the car in : buff.ly/Cmzs2tK

Studying “Fault” In Robotaxi Crashes; Tesla’s Not Getting Hit Enough // To study robocar crashes, it becomes necessary to try to estimate who was at fault. Tesla's few crashes suggest they just aren't driving much. Waymo and Zoox fault counts are better. : buff.ly/mlSbSA0

San Jose Plans $13B BART Subway Extension. How About <$1B? // BART is failing, but the plan to expand it involves extravagant cost to duplicate its almost 70 year old design. New technology might serve riders for far less : buff.ly/FWXqcQb

Can Self Driving Improve New Transit Even More Than It Does Cars? // Self-driving cars are often depicted as "just more cars" and thus bad news for cities and transit. But what if self-driving could be the salvation of transit? : buff.ly/WLMQpfE

Waymo And Uber Support Bad, Incumbent-Protecting Laws In DC And NJ // Requiring human drivers, 3 sensors, fat permit fees and per-mile taxes are the wrong sorts of regulations, and the companies should avoid endorsing them : buff.ly/L2zqfwJ

Waymo Releases Apples-To-Apples Incident Data, It Speaks To Regulation // More data for better comparisons are good. Now everybody has to do it, and regulators and the public have to learn to look at only the data, and not individual incidents : buff.ly/wvlhqNs

Robotaxi Companies Need To Stop It With The Right Seat Safety Drivers // Several companies have tried to declare they met a major milestone by having "nobody behind the wheel" and moving supervision to the passenger seat. It's a bad idea : buff.ly/Poig1EW

I Nailed a Robotaxi Forecast In 2013. Here’s Why Elon Keeps Blowing It // With luck and skill and partly as a joke, I named the date that robotaxis would arrive in London. How did I get it right? How have others, like Elon Musk, gotten it so wrong? : buff.ly/XYcsE0q

Waymos Have Trouble With Floods, Which Is Surprising // Figuring out the depth of water should be easy for a car with 3D sensors. So why is Waymo having so much trouble tracking flooding? : buff.ly/iDMrFZX

California Lets Cops Give Tickets To Robocars, Which Is Ridiculous // Random enforcement through tickets regulates human drivers through fear. But robots don't feel fear, and companies don't feel the cost. What system makes sense? : buff.ly/wotGCJ7

Two Waymo Airport Stories Teach A Lesson About Customer Service // A Waymo left a rider at the airport without his bags. Another had a flat tire on the way to the airport. Incidents like this teach hard lessons about customer service. : buff.ly/6KQSAdo

The L.A. Olympics Are In Two Years, Perhaps Too Soon For Much 21st Century Transportation // Flying cars, self-driving vans and full traffic metering probably can't be fully ready in 2028, but some modern technology can help to reduce the traffic nightmare. : buff.ly/cSEVsNP

After Earth Day, Understand The Transit Compromise To Grasp Efficiency // It's counter-intuitive, but smaller, van-sized vehicles can make more energy-efficient transit than buses and trains, because better service means less empty seats, thanks to self-driving : buff.ly/fBny2Vr

Elon Musk Details FSD Upgrades, Slowed Robotaxi Rollout // FSD and Robotaxi will be a lot slower to roll out than promised earlier. A few details were given on upgrading older HW3 cars to use FSD, once it works. : buff.ly/Mds5E7q

China: Pony.AI Wants Toe In European Water // Why is Pony.AI starting operations in Croatia? : buff.ly/9auH4WP

Urbanists Hate Cars. Should They Hate Electric Robotaxis? // Self-driving cars seem to be just more cars, and people who dislike cars don't love that. But the electric robotaxi offers much more potential : buff.ly/c7eSXQ0

Does Tesla Really Have A Robotaxi? They Don’t Make It Easy To Find Out // Tesla has expanded their service area for rides with nobody in the vehicle. This implies they are closer to ready, but other clues suggest otherwise : buff.ly/GASDN0P

Baidu Silent About Failure Of 100 Robotaxis In Wuhan // Baidu Apollo Robotaxis froze in the middle of lanes, stranding passengers and causing crashes. What didn't Baidu learn from Waymo and what might we suspect about the cause? : buff.ly/GK42dud

Verne Plans Croatian Robotaxi, Dropping Mobileye And Dropping Verne? // Verne was to ship a Croation built 2 seater custom robotaxi with Mobileye Drive. Instead they have a Chinese robotaxi from Pony.AI and Arcfox, managed by Uber. : buff.ly/6EFTrTB

The Core Rules Of EV Charging Infrastructure Are About To Change // Most EVs in the 2030s will be able to drive themselves a short distance to an automated charging station. That rewrites what EV charging infrastructure to build : www.forbes.com/sites/bradte...

United Airlines Misses Opportunity With Polaris “Companion Ottoman” // A fancy seat has room for 2. United could let you pair it with a coach seat you barely use and make an attractive offering for couples : buff.ly/vjHIOHQ

My Waymo Ride From The Airport Was Great. Getting To It, Not So Much // Waymo is forced to pick up far away from the gate, especially when the AirTrain station in your terminal is closed. I describe the issues of an SFO Waymo ride for now : buff.ly/hS4QAdn

Waymo Gets Shy As Scaling Creates More Incidents; Plus Key New Details // I examine if Waymo is becoming less transparent and why, and how transparent they should be. Plus several key new details on the blackout, school buses and schoolchild. : buff.ly/Nsn9ZOD

Uber ‘Autonomous Solutions’ Reveals Their Strategy, Is It Enough? // Uber wants to provide all the many other ingredients of self-driving beyond the vehicle, including of course the ride hail : buff.ly/vlbxr8y

Waymo Overseas Human Assist Wasn’t Secret, But Is It Secure? // Waymo reveals it has only one remote assist operator per 40 vehicles. I examine the security issues around having remote ops staff, particularly overseas. : www.forbes.com/sites/bradte...

Hyundai’s ‘Motional’ Robotaxi Runs With Empty Left Seat In Las Vegas // Motional is working to graduate to a real robocar, with no full time human supervision, but they still have a supervisor in the car : buff.ly/mTz2SHb

Waymo Builds Fancy AI-Based Simulator Tool To Improve Robotaxi Tests // You want to test a robocar in a simulation of everything you can think of. Now Waymo has built an AI tool with Google Gemini to make that easier to do : buff.ly/ciJO9oW

Notable Self-Driving Items From CES 2026: Nuro, Mobileye, Nvidia, More // CES has become the smart car show. I summarize what was interesting from several companies. : buff.ly/mCarHKl