r/SelfDrivingCars

• Collaboration will integrate Wayve’s AI-powered driving capabilities into Stellantis’ STLA AutoDrive platform
• Initial product is hands-free door-to-door supervised automated driving (Level 2++) across highway and urban environments, with a pathway to support higher levels of automation
• Service is targeted to launch in 2028, starting in North America, built on an AI architecture designed to scale efficiently across vehicle platforms and markets over time

Additional stats were shared by Baidu_Inc on X:

Q1 2026

• Fully Driverless Operational Rides: 3.2M
• Weekly Rides at Peak: 350K+ (March)

--

• Cumulative Rides: 22M+ (as of April 2026)
• Global Footprint Reached: 27 cities (as of May 2026)
• Autonomous Kilometers: 330M+
• Fully Driverless Autonomous Kilometers: 220M+

Middle East expansion:

• Fully driverless services operating across multiple zones in Dubai
• Apollo Go App launched in March

Europe expansion:

• Open-road testing planned in Switzerland
• London testing expected with Uber & Lyft

Saw this report on Pony.ai’s Labor Day robotaxi demand in China. Paid orders reportedly increased by 544% year over year during the holiday period, which seems like an interesting signal for how robotaxi usage behaves during high-demand travel windows.

Curious how people here read this: is holiday demand a meaningful indicator for robotaxi adoption, or still too event-driven to judge broader commercialization?

Their revenue jumped 58% YoY to $16.5M, gross profit climbed 56%, also WeRide isn't only focusing on L4, their L2++ ADAS business is also interesting, nearly 30 vehicle design wins. How do you feel about these numbers?

I just checked for the April 2026 reporting in NHTSA SGO ADS reporting. Tesla RETROACTIVELY became open to scrutiny by SCRUBBING their redaction history of their ADS incidents in Austin and provided public facing narratives to their accident reporting!

This is a massive change of heart and I think it is a positive development. What does everyone think of this?

The Robotaxi operation in Texas is all about driverless demo rides and safety-driver training.

It's not scaled enough even in Austin to be a serious driverless service.

• A FOX 4 viewer captured video of a Waymo self-driving vehicle running a red light and navigating through moving traffic at a busy Dallas intersection.
• Waymo representatives stated the traffic light appeared "heavily dimmed" from the vehicle's perspective and said they are working to address the issue.
• The incident adds to growing safety concerns as federal regulators investigate the company following similar reports of robotaxis ignoring school bus stop arms and striking a pedestrian in California.

The video shows a second incident also at the same intersection.

(The video starts with a mention of AVride, but then goes on to the Waymo incident.)

"We’re expanding in Miami, with Austin, Atlanta, Houston and the SF Bay Area up next. Soon we'll cover 1,400+ square miles across 11 cities. We’re helping more people get around safely and seamlessly."