diff --git a/events.csv b/events.csv index 889704f..c055fd3 100644 --- a/events.csv +++ b/events.csv @@ -205,3 +205,26 @@ date,event_type,company,city,geometry_file,vehicles,platform,fares,direct_bookin 2026-03-24,service_announced,Zoox,Austin,"-97.743700,30.271129",,,No,,,Autonomous,Waitlist,,,,,https://www.theverge.com/transportation/899323/zoox-robotaxi-las-vegas-san-francisco-austin-miami,Initial service limited to employees and family/friends before opening to waitlist. Article mentions Miami as well but Austin extracted per multi-city rules. 2025-08-12,service_announced,Tesla,Austin,"-97.743700,30.271129",,,,,Flexible,,Waitlist,,,,,https://carboncredits.com/tesla-robotaxi-secures-permit-in-texas-fuels-tsla-stock-surge-and-market-buzz/,"Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation granted Tesla Robotaxi LLC a permit valid until August 6, 2026 to operate as a transportation network company statewide. Pilot program operating in Austin since June 22, 2025 with select group of influencers and analysts. Service to open to general public next month per Elon Musk." 2026-03-12,service_announced,Zoox,Las Vegas,"-115.148413,36.167426",,Uber,,,Flexible,Safety Driver,,Uber,,,,https://www.webanditnews.com/2026/03/12/zoox-robotaxis-are-coming-to-uber-in-las-vegas-and-los-angeles-heres-what-it-means/,Initial launch with safety drivers before transitioning to fully driverless operations. Service will focus on Las Vegas resort corridor. Los Angeles launch to follow later. +"2026-03-23","service_announced","WeRide","Slovakia","17.1077,48.1486","","","","","","","","","","","","https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/23/3260264/0/en/WeRide-Reports-Record-Full-Year-2025-Revenue-of-RMB684-6-Million-Up-90-Year-over-Year.html","WeRide enters Slovakia as 4th European market" +"2026-03-23","service_announced","XPeng","Guangzhou","113.2644,23.1291","","Amap","","","","","","","H2 2026","https://www.xpeng.com/","","https://cnevpost.com/2026/03/23/xpeng-sets-up-robotaxi-unit-accelerate-commercial-rollout/","Robotaxi Business Unit established; Amap partnership; H2 2026 demo ops; 2027 driverless target" +"2026-03-24","service_testing","Zoox","Austin","-97.7431,30.2672","Zoox Robotaxi","","","","","","","","","https://zoox.com/","","https://www.therobotreport.com/zoox-begins-testing-purpose-built-robotaxis-phoenix-and-dallas/","Purpose-built robotaxi testing begins" +"2026-03-24","service_testing","Zoox","Miami","-80.1918,25.7617","Zoox Robotaxi","","","","","","","","","https://zoox.com/","","https://www.therobotreport.com/zoox-begins-testing-purpose-built-robotaxis-phoenix-and-dallas/","Purpose-built robotaxi testing begins" +"2026-03-24","service_testing","Zoox","Phoenix","-112.074,33.4484","Zoox Robotaxi","","","","","","","","","https://zoox.com/","","https://www.therobotreport.com/zoox-begins-testing-purpose-built-robotaxis-phoenix-and-dallas/","Purpose-built robotaxi testing begins" +"2026-03-24","service_testing","Zoox","Dallas","-96.7970,32.7767","Zoox Robotaxi","","","","","","","","","https://zoox.com/","","https://www.therobotreport.com/zoox-begins-testing-purpose-built-robotaxis-phoenix-and-dallas/","Purpose-built robotaxi testing begins" +"2026-03-26","service_created","Pony.ai","Hangzhou","120.1551,30.2741","Pony.ai Robotaxi","PonyPilot","Yes","Yes","Flexible","Autonomous","Public","","","https://pony.ai/","","https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/26/3262790/0/en/PONY-AI-Inc-Scales-with-160-Robotaxi-Revenues-Growth-YoY-and-500-Fare-Charging-Revenues-Surge-YoY-in-Q4-Targeting-Deployment-in-20-Cities-by-Year-End.html","Pony.ai expands to Hangzhou" +"2026-03-26","service_created","Pony.ai","Changsha","112.9388,28.2282","Pony.ai Robotaxi","PonyPilot","Yes","Yes","Flexible","Autonomous","Public","","","https://pony.ai/","","https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/26/3262790/0/en/PONY-AI-Inc-Scales-with-160-Robotaxi-Revenues-Growth-YoY-and-500-Fare-Charging-Revenues-Surge-YoY-in-Q4-Targeting-Deployment-in-20-Cities-by-Year-End.html","Pony.ai expands to Changsha" +"2026-03-26","service_created","Pony.ai","Doha","51.5310,25.2854","Pony.ai Robotaxi","Mowasalat Karwa","Yes","No","Flexible","Safety Driver","Public","Mowasalat Karwa","","https://pony.ai/","","https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ponyai-targets-3-000-robotaxis-in-over-20-cities-in-2026-expects-dual-engines-to-drive-full-fledged-growth-302725955.html","First international commercial fare-charging service" +"2026-03-27","access_policy_changed","Tesla","Austin","","","","","","","","Public","","","","","https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/3869/tesla-lowers-minimum-age-to-ride-a-robotaxi","Minimum rider age lowered from 13 to 8 (with adult)" +"2026-03-31","service_created","WeRide","Dubai","55.2708,25.2048","WeRide Robotaxi GXR","Uber","Yes","No","Flexible","Autonomous","Public","Tawasul Transport","","https://www.weride.ai/","https://www.uber.com","https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-details/2026/WeRide-and-Uber-Launch-Fully-Driverless-Robotaxi-Fare-Charging-Operations-in-Dubai-Accelerating-Autonomous-Mobility-in-the-Middle-East-2026-NSiF0EFKhd/default.aspx","Fully driverless commercial robotaxi service with Uber" +"2026-04-01","service_created","Apollo Go","Dubai","55.2708,25.2048","Apollo RT6","Apollo Go","Yes","Yes","Flexible","Autonomous","Public","Dubai Taxi Company","","https://www.apollogo.com/","","https://www.stocktitan.net/news/BIDU/baidu-s-apollo-go-commences-fully-driverless-commercial-ride-hailing-vb4gpal6kftb.html","Fully driverless commercial ride-hailing; DTC partner; 50 vehicles scaling to 1000+" +"2026-04-01","service_created","WeRide","Singapore","103.9072,1.4043","WeRide Robotaxi GXR","Grab","Yes","No","Flexible","Autonomous","Public","","","https://www.weride.ai/","https://www.grab.com","https://www.grab.com/sg/press/others/grab-in-partnership-with-weride-officially-launch-singapores-first-autonomous-public-ride-service-in-punggol/","Ai.R autonomous ride service in Punggol; 11 vehicles; SE Asia first" +"2026-04-01","supervision_updated","Tesla","Austin","","","","","","","Autonomous","","","","","","https://www.basenor.com/blogs/news/tesla-austin-robotaxi-fleet-hits-10-unsupervised-model-ys","10 unsupervised Model Ys confirmed in fleet" +"2026-04-06","service_testing","Tesla","Phoenix","-112.074,33.4484","Tesla Model Y","","","","","","","","","https://www.tesla.com/robotaxi","","https://www.basenor.com/blogs/news/tesla-robotaxi-expansion-60-model-ys-spotted-in-phoenix","~60 Robotaxi-configured Model Ys spotted at staging lot" +"2026-04-07","service_created","Waymo","Nashville","waymo-nashville-april-7-2026-boundary.geojson","Jaguar I-Pace","Waymo","Yes","Yes","Flexible","Autonomous","Waitlist","Flexdrive","","https://waymo.com/blog/2026/04/your-waymo-ride-now-arriving-in-nashville/","","https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/07/waymo-opens-robotaxi-service-in-nashville-partners-with-lyft/","11th US city; Lyft/Flexdrive fleet management; 60 sq mi initial area" +"2026-04-08","service_created","Pony.ai","Zagreb","15.9819,45.8150","BAIC Arcfox Alpha T5","Verne;Uber","Yes","Yes","Flexible","Safety Driver","Public","Verne","","https://pony.ai/","https://www.letsverne.com","https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ponyai-advances-global-deployment-with-launch-of-europes-first-commercial-robotaxi-service-in-zagreb-302736854.html","Europe's first commercial robotaxi; ~90 km² area; 7am-9pm daily" +"2026-04-08","service_testing","VW ADMT","Los Angeles","-118.2437,34.0522","VW ID. Buzz AD","Uber","","","","Safety Driver","","","","https://www.moia.io/","https://www.uber.com","https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/volkswagen-moia-uber-los-angeles-testing-self-driving-microbuses-id-buzz/","MOIA America testing begins; ~10 vehicles scaling to 100+; commercial launch late 2026" +"2026-04-13","service_announced","Didi","Dubai","55.2708,25.2048","","","","","","","","","2026","https://www.didiglobal.com/","","https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/china-robotaxi-didi-weride-baidu-dubai-uae-expansion.html","UAE confirmed as Didi's first overseas robotaxi market" +"2026-04-13","service_testing","Nuro","San Francisco","-122.4416,37.7717","Lucid Gravity","Uber","","","","","","","","https://www.nuro.ai/","https://www.uber.com","https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/uber-nuro-san-francisco-testing-premium-robotaxi-service/","Uber employee test rides in Lucid Gravity robotaxis; public launch late 2026" +"2026-04-14","service_testing","Waymo","London","-0.1276,51.5074","Jaguar I-Pace","","","","","Autonomous","","Moove","","","","https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/london-gets-closer-to-its-first-robotaxi-service-as-waymo-begins-testing/","Autonomous testing begins; 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Production facility in California with goal of manufacturing up to 10,000 vehicles annually.",https://www.cbtnews.com/zoox-recieves-federal-approval-to-deploy-robotaxis/,,regulation 2026-01-10,MOIA,,"Prof. Amnon Shashua at CES 2026: Robotaxi updates, breakthroughs in AI, and robotics","MOIA aims to deploy over 100,000 self-driving vehicles by 2033 based on Mobileye's self-driving system. Initial U.S. deployments planned for 2026 followed by broader rollouts in Europe using ID. Buzz platform with Volkswagen and Mobileye Drive Level 4 autonomous driving",https://www.mobileye.com/blog/takeaways-from-the-mobileye-press-conference-with-ceo-prof-amnon-shashua-at-ces-2026/,,launch -2026-05-03,MOIA,,Europe’s first industrially produced roboshuttle with Mobileye technology enters pre-series production,Pre-series production of autonomous ID. Buzz with Mobileye technology started at VW Hanover plant. Around 500 vehicles planned for various projects in Europe and USA. Series production scheduled for 2027.,https://moia.io/en/news/europes-first-roboshuttle-with-mobileye-technology-enters-pre-series-production,,technology +2026-03-05,MOIA,,Europe’s first industrially produced roboshuttle with Mobileye technology enters pre-series production,Pre-series production of autonomous ID. Buzz with Mobileye technology started at VW Hanover plant. Around 500 vehicles planned for various projects in Europe and USA. Series production scheduled for 2027.,https://moia.io/en/news/europes-first-roboshuttle-with-mobileye-technology-enters-pre-series-production,,technology +2026-03-11,Zoox,,Zoox and Uber announce strategic partnership for Las Vegas robotaxi deployment,"Zoox purpose-built robotaxis will be available on Uber app in Las Vegas starting summer 2026, with LA expansion by mid-2027",https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-details/2026/Zoox-and-Uber-Announce-Strategic-Partnership/default.aspx,,partnership +2026-03-13,Motional,Las Vegas,Uber and Motional launch commercial robotaxi service in Las Vegas,"Commercial IONIQ 5 robotaxi service launched on Uber with safety operator; driverless operations targeted by year-end",https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-details/2026/Uber-and-Motional-Launch-Robotaxi-Service-in-Las-Vegas/default.aspx,,launch +2026-03-16,NVIDIA,,NVIDIA to launch L4 software-driven robotaxis on Uber across 28 cities by 2028,"Partnership using DRIVE Hyperion platform and Alpamayo AI model; LA and SF deployments starting H1 2027",https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-details/2026/NVIDIA-to-Launch-L4-Software-Driven-Robotaxis-on-Uber-Across-28-Cities-by-2028/default.aspx,,partnership +2026-03-19,Rivian,,Uber and Rivian partner to deploy up to 50000 fully autonomous robotaxis,"$1.25B investment through 2031; 10,000-50,000 autonomous R2 robotaxis; SF and Miami initial markets in 2028",https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-details/2026/Uber-and-Rivian-Partner-to-Deploy-up-to-50000-Fully-Autonomous-Robotaxis-2026-TViR4R05gi/default.aspx,,partnership +2026-03-23,WeRide,,WeRide reports record FY2025 revenue of RMB 684.6 million up 90% YoY,"Record annual revenue with Slovakia entry as 4th European market; 2000 Robotaxi GXRs with Geely Farizon",https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/23/3260264/0/en/WeRide-Reports-Record-Full-Year-2025-Revenue-of-RMB684-6-Million-Up-90-Year-over-Year.html,,earnings +2026-03-23,XPeng,,XPeng establishes Robotaxi Business Unit targeting driverless L4 operations in 2027,"Formal robotaxi unit created; Amap partnership for booking; three vehicle models planned under 200K CNY; H2 2026 demos",https://cnevpost.com/2026/03/23/xpeng-sets-up-robotaxi-unit-accelerate-commercial-rollout/,,launch +2026-03-24,Zoox,,Zoox expands testing to Phoenix Dallas Austin and Miami with purpose-built robotaxis,"Purpose-built robotaxis begin testing in four new cities; SF area quadrupled; LV doubled; paid rides pending NHTSA approval",https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/24/amazon-zoox-robotaxi-rides-austin-miami.html,,expansion +2026-03-26,Pony.ai,,Pony.ai reports first quarterly profit with 160% robotaxi revenue growth,"First-ever profit of $75.5M in Q4 2025; fleet at 1446 vehicles; targeting 3000 robotaxis in 20+ cities by year-end",https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/26/3262790/0/en/PONY-AI-Inc-Scales-with-160-Robotaxi-Revenues-Growth-YoY-and-500-Fare-Charging-Revenues-Surge-YoY-in-Q4-Targeting-Deployment-in-20-Cities-by-Year-End.html,,earnings +2026-03-27,Waymo,,Waymo hits 500000 weekly paid rides milestone across 10 US cities,"Tenfold increase from 50K in May 2024; 3067 vehicles; 4M+ autonomous miles weekly; targeting 1M rides/week by year-end",https://eletric-vehicles.com/waymo/waymo-hits-500000-weekly-rides-and-over-4-million-miles-co-ceo-says/,,milestone +2026-03-31,WeRide,Dubai,WeRide and Uber launch fully driverless robotaxi fare-charging operations in Dubai,"First fully driverless commercial robotaxi in Middle East; over 200 vehicles deployed across UAE; Tawasul fleet operator",https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-details/2026/WeRide-and-Uber-Launch-Fully-Driverless-Robotaxi-Fare-Charging-Operations-in-Dubai-Accelerating-Autonomous-Mobility-in-the-Middle-East-2026-NSiF0EFKhd/default.aspx,,launch +2026-03-31,Waymo,San Antonio,Waymo starts robotaxi services at San Antonio International Airport,"Fourth airport service added with curbside drop-offs and ride-share pickups",https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/waymo-starts-robotaxi-services-at-san-antonio-international-airport/,,expansion +2026-04-01,Apollo Go,Dubai,Apollo Go launches fully driverless commercial ride-hailing in Dubai,"First international Apollo Go app deployment; Dubai Taxi Company partner; 50 vehicles scaling to 1000+; Bolt integration planned",https://www.stocktitan.net/news/BIDU/baidu-s-apollo-go-commences-fully-driverless-commercial-ride-hailing-vb4gpal6kftb.html,,launch +2026-04-01,WeRide,Singapore,WeRide and Grab launch Singapore's first autonomous public ride service in Punggol,"Ai.R autonomous ride service with 11 vehicles; Southeast Asia's first autonomous public ride service",https://www.grab.com/sg/press/others/grab-in-partnership-with-weride-officially-launch-singapores-first-autonomous-public-ride-service-in-punggol/,,launch +2026-04-07,Waymo,Nashville,Waymo launches 11th US city Nashville with Lyft fleet partnership,"60 sq mi initial area covering Broadway and downtown; Flexdrive handles fleet management; Lyft app integration coming later",https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/07/waymo-opens-robotaxi-service-in-nashville-partners-with-lyft/,,launch +2026-04-08,Pony.ai,Zagreb,Pony.ai launches Europe's first commercial robotaxi service in Zagreb with Verne,"BAIC Arcfox Alpha T5 vehicles with 7th-gen system; ~90 km² area; 7am-9pm daily via Verne app; Uber integration planned",https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ponyai-advances-global-deployment-with-launch-of-europes-first-commercial-robotaxi-service-in-zagreb-302736854.html,,launch +2026-04-08,VW ADMT,Los Angeles,VW MOIA America begins autonomous ID. Buzz testing in Los Angeles ahead of Uber launch,"~10 vehicles scaling to 100+; commercial rides on Uber planned late 2026; VW ADMT rebranded to MOIA America",https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/volkswagen-moia-uber-los-angeles-testing-self-driving-microbuses-id-buzz/,,testing +2026-04-13,Nuro,San Francisco,Uber and Nuro begin testing premium robotaxi service in San Francisco,"Employee test rides using Lucid Gravity SUVs with Nuro L4 system; public launch planned late 2026",https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/uber-nuro-san-francisco-testing-premium-robotaxi-service/,,testing +2026-04-14,Waymo,London,Waymo begins autonomous driving testing in London with 100 vehicle fleet,"Autonomous testing with safety specialists; ~100 Jaguar I-PACE vehicles; 100 sq mi area; Moove fleet partner; commercial launch late 2026",https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/london-gets-closer-to-its-first-robotaxi-service-as-waymo-begins-testing/,,testing +2026-04-15,Didi,,Didi announces UAE as first overseas robotaxi market,"Testing planned for later in 2026; UAE becomes three-way battleground with WeRide and Apollo Go",https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/china-robotaxi-didi-weride-baidu-dubai-uae-expansion.html,,expansion +2026-04-15,Waymo,,Waymo opens Miami and Orlando to public with no waitlist and adds highway service,"150K+ riders served since January; Miami highway service on I-95 and Dolphin Expressway; ~100 sq mi Miami coverage",https://waymo.com/blog/2026/04/floridas-new-way-to-ride/,,expansion +2026-04-15,Wayve,,Wayve raises $60M extension from Qualcomm AMD and Arm,"Series D extension brings total to ~$1.5B at $8.6B valuation; London robotaxi via Uber planned for 2026",https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/chipmakers-amd-arm-and-qualcomm-are-all-investing-in-this-buzzy-self-driving-tech-startup/,,funding