Waymo paused robotaxi service in four cities in May 2026 after one of its vehicles drove into a flooded Atlanta street and got stuck for about an hour, the second time in a month the company had to rein in its own fleet.
Waymo has paused robotaxi service in four cities after one of its vehicles drove into a flooded Atlanta street and got stuck for about an hour, the latest sign that edge cases, not scale, are setting the pace of autonomy.
Waymo has paused robotaxi service in four cities after its vehicles kept driving into flooded roads, the same problem that forced a software recall the week before.
Experts who reviewed Tesla's robotaxi launch videos flagged phantom braking and lane errors. A data leak and a $243 million verdict have now put the industry's safety claims under scrutiny.
The CPCA says 878,000 cars were sold at retail in China between 1 and 20 September, 22 percent fewer than a year earlier. The share of electrified vehicles and the average price are both rising.
Poland registered 51,116 passenger cars and vans in August 2026, up 8.07 percent on a year earlier. Chinese brands reached a 15.9 percent share, with BYD leading the pack.
Trial runs have begun on two cell lines in Debrecen, and the plant is to reach 100 GWh. Changan and CATL, meanwhile, are pushing sodium batteries and battery swapping.
In the first eight months of 2026, 7.55 million cars were registered in the EU, 5.3 percent more than a year earlier. The share of pure electric cars rose to 21.7 percent, and Chinese brands gained ground.
NIO shipped Cedar S 1.6.0 with more than 30 features, AITO added Huawei ADS 5 and charging prices at stations, and the BJ40 got Apple CarPlay and a sentry mode.
Geely has unveiled a charging system with a peak output of 2,250 kW and a 12C battery. BYD already runs 2,000 fast-charging stations on motorways, while NIO has close to 9,500 battery swap and charging points.
The first series-produced Xpeng robotaxi rolled off the line in Guangzhou: 3 000 TOPS and a vision-only setup with no lidar. Changan is touting an L4 testing licence and its Tianzhu Linghang system.
Mercedes-Benz will put the Wayve AI Driver into production cars within two years. Pony AI and WeRide, meanwhile, are launching paid autonomous rides in Croatia and Spain.
A BYD adviser for Europe says the group wants three assembly plants and a battery factory in the long run. The second site is to be picked by the end of the year, with Spain and France the favourites.
The European Commission is preparing countervailing duties on plug-in hybrids from China. A year earlier it accepted a Volkswagen price undertaking that kept the Cupra Tavascan off the tariff list.
After Baidu Apollo Go's fleet broke down in Wuhan, regulators stopped issuing new robotaxi permits. The freeze lifted once the industry finished a safety audit.
The "EVs for canola" deal gives Chinese electric cars a quota of 49,000 vehicles a year at a 6.1 percent tariff. In return, China will cut duties on Canadian canola from around 85 percent to 15 percent.