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Industry analysis

Model T & Star Trek's Borg

Are AVs the antidote to car ownership…

Doron TsuberiOct 1, 20204 min

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Industry analysis

Ego, motion & the single-purpose car

Cars inherit attributes from their drivers — a purpose, and an EGO. What happens when both go away?

Doron TsuberiSep 24, 20205 min

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Industry analysis

Began the Fleet Wars Have

The business of making an autonomous vehicle (AV) vs. making an AV-based business.

Doron TsuberiAug 11, 20208 min

Selected headlines from the industry press, hand-picked from our LinkedIn feed. Each card links to the original article; the preview image comes from the publisher.

Smart Cities World

WeRide Robobus service returns to Roland-Garros

WeRide Robobus will again provide an autonomous public shuttle service at the French Open tennis tournament showcasing next-generation driving technology.

May 27, 2026↗ Read on Smart Cities World

60 Minutes

60 Minutes - Robotaxis coming to London

Robotaxis coming to London pose threat to cabbies who memorize 25,000 streets to earn licenses

May 23, 2026↗ Watch on YouTube

Forbes

Waymos Have Trouble With Floods, Which Is Surprising

Brad Templeton: figuring out water depth should be easy for a car with 3D sensors and dry-weather maps, so why does Waymo keep getting it wrong?

May 23, 2026↗ Read on Forbes

LinkedIn

Robotaxis Aren't as Autonomous as They Seem

Bryan Reimer argues that calling robotaxis 'autonomous' misrepresents the technology. Remote operators, maintenance crews, and safety staff make them highly automated service networks, not self-governing vehicles.

May 19, 2026↗ Read on LinkedIn

Business Insider

Uber and Waymo are partners. They're also starting to sound like rivals.

Uber pitches a hybrid mix of human drivers and robotaxis as more scalable than Waymo's AV-only approach, even as the two remain partners in Phoenix, Austin, and Atlanta.

May 14, 2026↗ Read on Business Insider

TechCrunch

Aurora's Chris Urmson on why self-driving trucks are finally ready to scale

Aurora's CEO on going from a handful of driverless trucks to hundreds, and why long-haul trucking may reach autonomy at scale before robotaxis.

May 7, 2026↗ Read on TechCrunch

The Verge

Now California's cops can give tickets to driverless cars

Robotaxis can get speeding tickets now.

Apr 30, 2026↗ Read on The Verge

Wired

Emergency First Responders Say Waymos Are Getting Worse

A police official tells federal regulators that the tech “was deployed too quickly, in too vast amounts.”

Apr 29, 2026↗ Read on Wired

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Autonocast

Zero-BS weekly conversations on autonomy, mobility, and the politics around the future of transportation. The longest-running AV podcast that actually knows what it's talking about.

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Industry news

Ride AI — News

News and analysis from the team behind the Ride AI conference — talks, panel takeaways, and shifts at the intersection of AI and mobility.

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Newsletter

Reilly Brennan

Reilly Brennan's writing and his Future of Transportation (FoT) weekly newsletter — quietly one of the best signal-to-noise sources in the field.

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Blog

Brad Templeton — Robocars

Long-form analysis from a longtime industry critic. Strong on regulatory, safety, and the gap between marketing reality and actual deployment.

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r/SelfDrivingCars

The largest open community on AV topics. Daily news, debate, and the occasional industry insider chiming in. Use the search; the gold is in old threads.

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