Verified Events
DateTypeCompanyHeadlineSegment
Tesla robotaxis face NHTSA school-zone speeding petition review
- The petition was received September 23 and concerns Model Y and Cybercab vehicles with the Automated Driving System engaged.
- The opening resume estimates 1,000 vehicles and lists four reports, with no crashes, injuries or fatalities recorded.
- The agency will decide whether to grant or deny the petition; this opening is not a defect finding or recall.
Zoox’s 100-robotaxi Nevada fleet cap expires
- A Nevada Transportation Authority official and a Zoox spokesperson confirmed the September 25 change to TechCrunch.
- Zoox plans to increase its robotaxi fleet gradually over the following months but did not disclose a Las Vegas fleet target.
- The permit change does not itself add vehicles to service; Zoox began charging for Las Vegas rides in August 2026.
Chery-backed Luxeed RX obtains Level 3 road-test licence
- Huawei executive Yu Chengdong confirmed testing on complex public roads, including urban expressways.
- The RX uses an L3-oriented vehicle architecture with an 896-line lidar and three solid-state lidars.
- The licence is for road testing; it does not authorize consumer Level 3 operation.
NHTSA orders Tesla to answer Cybercab certification questions
- The order is a new step within the audit query NHTSA opened on September 4 after Cybercab entered service in Austin.
- Regulators asked whether temporary human-driver controls or other equipment formed part of Tesla’s certification basis.
- The demand concerns compliance with applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; it is not a final enforcement finding.
WeRide secures Spain's first national Level 4 passenger-vehicle permit
- The ES-AV authorization covers mapping, route validation and operational-readiness testing across high-demand areas of Greater Madrid.
- The initial vehicles will carry an in-car vehicle specialist while the partners complete deployment preparation and remaining regulatory milestones.
- Commercial operations are targeted by year-end 2026; the permit is the GXR's first national approval in the EU.
Mobileye Drive appears in most valid German Level 4 test permits
- Mobileye published the analysis on 10 September 2026 using August 2026 KBA permit data.
- The permits cover three vehicle platforms using Mobileye Drive.
- The metric concerns authorized testing vehicles and does not imply commercial driverless service at the same scale.
MAEXTRO receives Hefei L3 testing licences for V800 and V680
- Both MPVs use an ADS 5.0 full-stack hardware and software solution designed for L3 and higher automated-driving architectures.
- The V800 uses dual sensors, connectors, system-on-chip processors and power supplies to provide four layers of compute-path redundancy.
- MAEXTRO said testing will cover full driving scenarios before the vehicles begin customer deliveries in September 2026.
Waymo receives California authority for wider robotaxi service area
- The permitted geography could support routes from Silicon Valley to Bodega Bay and north-coast communities, as well as travel through the Napa and Alexander valleys.
- Waymo said it has no immediate launch dates for the newly authorised areas and will share plans with residents and local officials as operations scale.
- The company separately plans to launch passenger service in San Diego later this summer while continuing technology validation in Sacramento.
Zoox receives first Part 555 commercial robotaxi exemption
- The exemption permits up to 2,500 Zoox vehicles per year for two years.
- It removes the federal barrier to charging passengers for rides in the purpose-built vehicle.
- Paid service remains subject to applicable state and local approvals and to NHTSA reporting and operating conditions.
JOYNEXT renews ISO 26262 ASIL D functional-safety certification
- The assessment covered organization-wide project workflows, traceable safety evidence and multi-region delivery processes.
- Auditors evaluated cross-domain function management, resource isolation, version traceability and issue closure against real delivery scenarios.
- The certification supports autonomous-driving domain-controller and central-computing programmes.
Nuro receives California permit for drivered passenger-service testing
- The permit covers passenger testing with a safety driver in the vehicle.
- It does not authorize paid rides or driverless passenger operations.
- The engineering fleet comprised nearly 100 robotaxi vehicles equipped with Nuro Driver.
HOLON receives nationwide German approval to test HOLON urban
- The first planned use is the ALIKE project in Hamburg, whose operating area covers roughly 37 square kilometres.
- During the approved tests, HOLON urban performs the driving task autonomously while an onboard safety driver supervises and can intervene.
- The permit runs through the end of 2026 and covers federal, state and district roads across Germany, while excluding motorways.
WeRide receives Saudi Arabia robotaxi autonomous driving permit
- WeRide announced that its Robotaxi received Saudi Arabia's first robotaxi autonomous driving permit.
- The company said the permit made its autonomous driving products licensed across six countries: Saudi Arabia, China, the UAE, Singapore, France and the United States.
TIER IV secures Shiojiri Level 4 autonomous-driving permit
- The permit enabled Level 4 autonomous-driving testing and service preparation in Shiojiri.
- TIER IV tied the permit to its previously certified AI Pilot system for the city's autonomous bus route.
- The company said the next phase would use a Minibus vehicle on the approved route.
TIER IV secures Level 4 certification for Shiojiri autonomous bus route
- The certification covers AI Pilot powering an autonomous bus route between Shiojiri Station and Shiojiri City Hall.
- TIER IV described AI Pilot as combining Autoware, sensors, compute and infotainment modules.
- The approved operating design domain included service up to 35 km/h on the specified Shiojiri route.
QCraft receives Beijing autonomous-bus demonstration approval
- The approval covered passenger-bus demonstration rather than unrestricted commercial service.
- QCraft used its L4 autonomous-minibus platform for the program.
- The milestone followed earlier road testing in the city.
QCraft autonomous minibus receives Beijing road-test permit
- The permit covered QCraft’s L4 autonomous minibus.
- It authorized road testing rather than routine passenger service.
- The permit preceded QCraft’s later Beijing demonstration-service approval.
Nuro receives California autonomous-vehicle deployment permit
- The permit allowed Nuro to deploy autonomous delivery vehicles commercially on public roads in approved areas.
- The approval supported Nuro delivery operations in parts of California.
- The approval supports Nuro's path toward fielded use in maritime autonomy, underwater robotics or marine inspection workflows.