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Less than a week ago, Tesla Robotakis began to be rolled And they give driving to invite customers in Austin. As Sean O’Kana and I wrote this week, spilling is the first major test of General Elona Musk that it is possible to distribute completely autonomous vehicles using only cameras and ultimate AI – access that differs from other players in space.
According to all accounts (including Tesline), this is limited first boot. The work area covers the South Austin, the vehicle fleet is less than 20 years, and there is still security “monitor” seated in the passenger seat.
This does not mean that there was a subordinate reaction. Social media provided the noise of video and personal accounts – from riders and spectators – Robotaxy milling on Austin. And in numerous cases, vehicles that seemed to violate traffic laws, such as moving double yellow lines in the upcoming traffic tape and abruptly hitting the brakes in the middle of the intersection.
Videos are invited Federal security regulators to reach with tesses and request information about deployment.
The reaction to the Tesla robotaki rollout – and more precisely, on the videos about social – provided an informative account on how the polarization of companies. While O’kan left me the other day, “it’s like a Rorschach test.”
Tesline robotaki robotaxi are or evidence of the company Hubris and male broken promises on automated driving or starting end for Waymo, Uber and Elevator.
Here’s what the truth is approaching: A week, and we have a lot of noise and very few signals.
Enter the rest of the news.
Bird
On the back of a range of executive deviations over the past year, we hear Tesla plans another round of layoffs across the company this month. The whole of Elon Musk spent work on politics last year, which culminated with dramatic outputs from his duties as the Head of the Doge. It is now ready to bring that energy of hair and burning its own organization and the dog and illustrating the team in Tesla, with low contractors on the chopping block, according to one source that is connected to the company.
Meanwhile, Tesla pushes forward at Cybercab production. One source noticed that the environment was created under pressure that made some employees leave the company.
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Offers!
News cycle This week gives me 2016 vibrations. Take this job that includes Uber Co-founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick.
Kalanick is supposedly Work with investors To buy an American hand of Chinese Autonomous Vehicle Pony AI, and Uber will even help you happen.
It’s an interesting move. In 2017, Kalanick was pressing to resign due to reports to encourage toxic culture in the workplace, and sexual harassment, between other complaints. His resignation came a year after she bought Otto, self-supported Anthony Levandovski (General Manager of Pronto AI), Lior Ron (Former Nvidia) and Claire Delaunai, which is absorbed in what has become Uber atg, either It was controversial from the beginning and eventually led to the Vaimo who sued Uber over the trading secrets of theft.
Fast forward eight: Waymo and Uber are on friendly business conditions, and Kalanick still asks: “What if?” The founder was quite vocal about saying that Uber would have his own fleet for self-riding that he was still in charge after all.
Then there is a pony, which has operations in the United States at risk due to national security rules. The company is ready to sell his American hand of at least 2022.
Other offers are worth mentioning …
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Adas
The National Transport Security Administration on the highway send Prize a Length List of questions About your Bluecruise Hand Help System as part of the investigation that began more than a year after two fatal falls that include software.
Autonomous vehicles
There was a time when AV Startups tried to avoid talking about remote driving as a means of support to her driver without driver. Now companies talk openly about it. Take a car confidence company Kodiak Robotics and CreditRemote driving from Berlin. Two companies, which announced a partnership This week they worked together since last year.
Waymo and Uber They officially entered another market. Companies that launched “Waymo on Uber” in Austin this year, now they are operating in An area of 65 square kilometers of Atlanta.
On top of that, Uber eats launched robots to deliver sidewalks In Atlanta with Serve roboticsSpinout Uber, who passed public last year.
Use: The momentum seems to build for all three companies. Uber turns into a network connector to autonomous technique (has 18 AV partnerships on the global side). Waymo is a robotake market leader. It allows 250,000 paid robotaki every week in five main cities. With Atlanta, it joins that list and expand on its existing markets, this figure certainly exceeded 300,000 marks. And Atlanta Marks serve the fourth commercial city because it acts on a scale of 2,000 bots on the sidewalks until the end of 2025. Years.
Electric vehicles, batteries and filling
Redwood Materials launches an Power storage work This will use thousands of EV batteries that collected from their business for recycling the battery to ensure the power to companies. And it starts with – what else? – AI data centers.
Rivian has fired 140 employees Before his launch of a more affordable R2 SUV 2026. Years. The production team was announced the most difficult.
Tesla‘s The Superb Sales Manager is allegedly I got a boot from an elon musk. Ometi Afshar was one of the closest musks that only published in KS on the “historic day for Tesla” when the company stretched its robotax in Austin.
Car technique
There was a moment around 2017. Years Intel It seemed ready to become a dominant player in automotive. The company has gained mobile, and his VC hand invested millions in the sector. It was part of the future of the transport conversation. Now Intel says Bye by his car architectural affairs – include His ARI improved system system on a vehicle chip set for production to the end of 2025. years – and delaying most of its staff as part of broader restructuring.
