Chinese tech company Baidu announced Monday it can sell some robotaxi rides without any human staff in the vehicles.BEIJING — As Baidu ramps up its robotaxi operations worldwide, fully driverless weekly rides as of Oct. 31 have now surpassed 250,000 orders, according to a spokesperson for the company's driverless car unit Apollo Go.That's on par with what Waymo reported in late April for its weekly paid U.S. rides. When contacted by CNBC, Waymo did not have a new specific figure to share. The Alphabet-backe ...

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk expects the company to remove the onboard safety operators from the EV giant's Robotaxi operations in Austin, Texas, by the end of the year.Check out the current price of TSLA here.Tesla Being Cautious About Robotaxi DeploymentSpeaking to analysts and investors during the EV giant's third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, Musk shared updates on the company's timeline for removing onboard safety drivers from Robotaxis."We are expecting to have no safety drivers in at ...

A Waymo autonomous self-driving Jaguar electric vehicle is seen in Tempe, Arizona, on the outskirts of Phoenix, on September 15, 2025.Waymo has partnered with Uber to get its robotaxis into Atlanta and Austin, Texas. Now it's teaming up with Lyft for the first time in a commercial deal to enter Nashville next year.Riders in Nashville will be able to hail a Waymo robotaxi through the Waymo One app, and Lyft will add Waymo robotaxis to its platform over time, the companies said in a joint statement on Wednesd ...