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Tesla began mixing Model Y robotaxis with nobody else inside into its Austin fleet, the first public rides without a safety monitor, seven months after the service launched with an employee in the passenger seat.

Waymo began fully autonomous rides at San Francisco International Airport for a select group of riders, with pickups and drop-offs at the SFO Rental Car Center and the terminals to follow.

Multiple Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis stopped on Wuhan roads on the night of 31 March 2026, leaving passengers stranded on elevated highways for a time; police blamed a system failure, all passengers got out safely and service resumed.

Baidu said on 1 April 2026 that Apollo Go launched fully driverless commercial ride-hailing in Dubai via its own app with Dubai Taxi Company after a brief March pause, and on 20 August 2026 expanded onto the Uber platform in Umm Suqeim and Jumeirah.

Tesla's Robotaxi service reached its second and third Texas cities, Dallas and Houston, with Model Y rides that had no safety monitor aboard from day one.

Tesla's first-quarter 2026 revenue rose 16% to $22.4 billion and adjusted EPS of $0.41 beat the $0.37 estimate, but the shares fell 3.6% the next day after Tesla said 2026 spending would run $5 billion above prior guidance.

Tesla's Robotaxi service opened in Miami with no one but the rider in the car, its first market outside Texas and California, covering about 20 square miles of western Miami.

Eighteen days after Miami, Tesla opened unsupervised Robotaxi rides in Orlando and Tampa, bringing the service to seven US metros, three of them in Florida.

Tesla's second-quarter 2026 revenue rose 26% to $28.2 billion, but adjusted EPS of $0.33 missed the $0.51 estimate as its operating margin fell to 1.4% and capital spending more than doubled; the shares fell 14.5% the next day.

Uber's second-quarter 2026 results, released 5 August 2026, showed Gross Bookings up 24% to US$58.0 billion, revenue of US$14.2 billion and trailing-twelve-month free cash flow above US$10 billion for the first time.

Zoox turned its free Las Vegas robotaxi service into a paid one on 10 August 2026, its first commercial market, after NHTSA granted the first commercial exemption for a vehicle with no manual controls.

Waymo opened its sixth-generation Ojai robotaxi, built by Zeekr, to the general public in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, with Denver, San Diego and Las Vegas to follow.

Waymo began welcoming its first public riders in Denver on 1 September 2026, with a roughly 60-square-mile service area served only by its Zeekr-built Ojai robotaxi.

Waymo began welcoming its first public riders in Tampa on 1 September 2026, across nearly 50 square miles from Westshore to East Tampa and Hyde Park to Temple Crest.

Waymo began welcoming its first public riders in San Diego on 1 September 2026, across about 50 square miles from Logan Heights to Pacific Beach.

Uber cut about 10% of its staff, roughly 3,300 jobs, as CEO Dara Khosrowshahi removed management layers, merged teams and pulled remote workers back into offices.

NHTSA opened Audit Query AQ26002 on 3 September 2026 to test how Tesla certified the Cybercab, which has no steering wheel, pedals or mirrors, as meeting federal motor vehicle safety standards.

Tesla put its two-seat Cybercab, which has no steering wheel or pedals, into robotaxi service in Austin after an invitation-only launch at ACL Live on 3 September 2026, opening rides to the public the next evening.

From 3 September 2026 Zoox riders could book driverless trips between Harry Reid International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip, the company's first airport service, with pickups at both Terminal 1 and Terminal 3.

Waymo began welcoming its first public riders in Las Vegas on 14 September 2026, running Ojai robotaxis over a nearly 24-square-mile zone along the Strip.

Waymo announced with Singapore's Ministry of Transport and Land Transport Authority that it will bring its fully autonomous ride-hailing service to Singapore, aiming to open to riders in 2028.

NHTSA's Chief Counsel ordered Tesla to answer 21 questions under oath by 30 September 2026 on how it self-certified the Cybercab, which has no steering wheel, pedals or mirrors, as meeting federal safety standards.

XPeng announced on 8 October 2026 that its robotaxi will be called Yoyo, after more than 2,000 internal test rides in Guangzhou, with driverless passenger service planned for 2027 and partnerships with mobility platforms.

Tesla reported US$28.046 billion revenue, US$787 million GAAP net income and US$1.531 billion free cash flow for Q 3 2026. Diluted EPS was US$0.22 under GAAP and US$0.48 adjusted; GAAP profit fell 43% year on year.

Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana will keynote CES 2027 at 6:30 p.m. PST on 5 January 2027 at the Venetian, with Waymo at booth 3741 and public rides in Las Vegas, its 15th US market.

China's mandatory standard GB 44721-2026 for L3 and L4 autonomous-driving systems, announced on 4 August 2026, requires them to be at least as safe as a competent human driver and takes effect on 1 July 2027.