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Amazon’s Zoox starts testing its robotaxis in Los Angeles

Engadget

Amazons autonomous vehicle company Zoox has begun testing its robotaxis in Los Angeles. It has deployed a small fleet of retrofitted test vehicles throughout the city for the purposes of mapping and data-collection. LA, we're coming your way. Our test fleet is expanding to the Los Angeles metro area.

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The Boring Company tests its ‘Teslas in Tunnels’ system in Las Vegas

The Verge

Elon Musk’s Boring Company started shuttling passengers through the twin tunnels it built underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) this week, as part of a test to get the system ready for its full debut in June. Test riders then hopped in, went to one of the other two stations, and repeated. million ($48.6

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company finishes digging Las Vegas tunnels

The Verge

The Boring Company’s test tunnel in Hawthorne, California. Elon Musk’s Boring Company has completed digging a second tunnel underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center, marking the end of the first phase of the $52.5 We certainly would not have attendees of the shows be a part of a test process,” he said.)

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Motional is now testing fully autonomous vehicles in Las Vegas

The Verge

Add Motional to the very short list of companies that have tested fully autonomous vehicles on public roads. The Hyundai-Aptiv joint venture announced that it has tested its vehicles without safety drivers behind the steering wheel on public streets in Las Vegas. Image: Motional. Of course, there are some caveats.

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Hyundai-backed Motional to launch fully driverless cars in Las Vegas

The Verge

Motional, the self-driving car operator backed by Hyundai and Aptiv, has received the green light to roll out a test fleet of fully driverless cars in Las Vegas. Yandex, the Russian tech giant, tested its Level 4 vehicles in Las Vegas during the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year.

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Motional launches autonomous Hyundai IONIQ 5s on Lyft network in Las Vegas

TechCrunch

Motional, the Aptiv-Hyundai joint venture that’s working to commercialize autonomous driving technology, has launched its new all-electric IONIQ 5-based robotaxi for driverless ride-hail operations on the Lyft network in Las Vegas. The news follows years of collaboration between the two companies in Las Vegas.

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Motional and Via launch a free robotaxi shuttle in Las Vegas

The Verge

Motional and Via are teaming up to launch a free robotaxi shuttle service in Las Vegas. Motional is a joint venture between Hyundai and Aptiv that has been testing its vehicles in Las Vegas and California. As of today, Motional’s robotaxis are available on Via’s smartphone app for passengers in downtown Las Vegas.