Major robotaxi partnerships are fracturing as autonomous vehicle makers pursue competing visions. Uber and Waymo are ending their Phoenix collaboration while Tesla pushes fully autonomous Cybercabs without steering wheels or pedals, and regulators signal willingness to remove safety requirements to accelerate deployment.
·Uber and Waymo dissolve their robotaxi partnership in Phoenix after years of collaboration
·Tesla testing Cybercab prototypes in Austin with no pedals or steering wheel
·Regulators propose eliminating brake pedal requirements to unlock robotaxi innovation
·Tesla's model economics questioned over reliance on human safety drivers during testing
·European autonomous driving firms positioning for expansion in robotaxi market
drawn from Reuters, The Drive, Planetizen, Yahoo Finance · updated 4h ago