Mobileye plans US robotaxi service for next year, putting it on collision course with Waymo

Insider Brief Mobileye plans to launch its own robotaxi service in the United States in 2027, expanding beyond its role as a supplier of autonomous driving technology and into direct operation of autonomous ride-hailing fleets. The company said the new business will combine its Mobileye Drive self-driving system with mobility software and fleet management tools […]

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The self-driving tech company and Apple were rivals before the consumer tech giant got out of the business.

Forget “Florida Man.” Want to hear a California Man story?  Here goes.  A California man rolled up to a yoga studio in San Francisco’s Marina District in a self-driving Waymo car, walked into the studio, grabbed an armful of yoga shorts, got back in the Waymo and took off.  Six months later, police still haven’t found him, according to a story this week in The San Francisco Chronicle. Since the rider’s credit card information didn’t lead to an arrest, we can assume the perp used a stolen phone’s Waymo account and financial information to hail the ride. And by the time police requested interior video of the man’s face, Waymo had already deleted it.  This is a “California Man” story in part because of the association of Waymo with the city of San Francisco. Soon that association will be obsolete. (In fact, while Waymo is headquartered in San Francisco and is more visible there, Arizona got Waymos two years before San Francisco did.)  At the moment, Waymos are publicly available to riders

The new self-driving vehicle took four years from concept to execution.