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Kodiak AI reports its driverless safety case is 99 percent complete, up from 84 percent in February, ahead of a planned commercial driverless launch on Interstate 45 between Dallas and Houston by end of 2026. IKEA is the first customer on the initial 219-mile route. The milestone signals Kodiak is nearing driverless commercial operations on a major Texas freight corridor.
The Netherlands' vehicle regulator RDW approved Tesla's request to rename FSD (Supervised) to Tesla Assisted Driving across 10 EU countries and to cap the system's speed margin at 10 percent, down from as much as 50 percent. The margin resets to 0 percent at each startup and other speed-related functions default to off. The decision reflects tightening European regulatory scrutiny of driver-assistance naming and speed behavior.
Waymo expanded its driverless ride-hailing service to three South Bay communities in Los Angeles County, Torrance, El Segundo and Manhattan Beach, allowing residents to hail its robotaxis. The expansion extends Waymo's growing Southern California footprint across additional municipalities. It reflects the company's continued scaling of commercial driverless operations in dense, diverse urban markets.
NHTSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise FMVSS 108, removing requirements that assume a human driver's hands and eyes and creating an optional cyan marker lamp indicating a vehicle is driving itself. The rule, docket NHTSA-2026-1519 with a 30-day comment period, does not name specific companies but primarily benefits robotaxi developers such as Tesla and Zoox building vehicles without steering wheels.
Chinese autonomous-driving technology is being tested in Switzerland, with self-driving electric cars carrying passengers on public roads in Zurich's Furttal region and driverless shuttle buses operating at Zurich International Airport. The IAMO pilot, launched for public use on September 28, uses three Nissan Ariya EVs with cameras, laser scanners and sensors serving nearly 100 stops across four municipalities with a safety operator aboard. The project marks a step in cross-border deployment of Chinese AV technology in European public transport.
Latvia became the tenth European country to approve Tesla's Full Self-Driving system. The approval expands FSD's regulated footprint in Europe as Tesla seeks country-by-country authorization. The milestone reflects the fragmented European approval landscape for advanced driver assistance systems.
Lucid confirmed pre-production of its Uber robotaxi vehicle has begun but did not confirm reports of a launch delay. The vehicle is being developed under Lucid's partnership with Uber for autonomous ride-hailing. The program represents Lucid's entry into the robotaxi segment alongside its luxury EV business.
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Singapore Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow announced at Singapore Urban Mobility Week that quarterly reports on autonomous vehicle deployments will be issued starting December 2026. The national Steering Committee on Autonomous Vehicles, chaired by Siow, guides the safe rollout. Mandated public reporting on AV deployments establishes a transparency framework that could serve as a model for other cities regulating autonomous vehicle operations.
Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism plans to replace case-by-case reviews with a single national safety standard for Level 4 and Level 5 vehicles lacking steering wheels or brake pedals, applying to vehicles built from December. The change targets mass production of robotaxis and driverless buses. Japan is moving from bespoke approvals to a codified certification regime, lowering the regulatory barrier for automakers to scale driverless vehicle manufacturing.
Federal safety regulators opened an investigation into a California Tesla crash in which a driver fell asleep while using Autopilot, injuring two highway patrol officers. The probe follows reporting on a pattern of Tesla drivers sleeping while relying on driver-assistance software, intensifying scrutiny of the limits and monitoring of Tesla's ADAS systems.
Uber has set its first driverless deployment deadline, targeting 700 robotaxis by December and more than 10,000 by 2028. The commitment marks a shift from Uber's asset-light partnership model toward concrete autonomous fleet scale targets, raising pressure on its AV partners to deliver vehicles and operations on schedule.
The Lucid-Uber Gravity robotaxi program with Nuro has been delayed to Q1 2027. The slip affects a high-profile partnership combining Lucid vehicles, Uber's network, and Nuro's autonomous driving stack, underscoring the timeline risk facing robotaxi programs targeting near-term commercial launch.
A report examines how a 2025 delay letter shaped Tesla's current robotaxi rollout in Texas. The retrospective covers Tesla's path to launching driverless ride-hailing in the state, a key test of its camera-only approach against competitors using lidar and radar.
CERT-In flagged multiple vulnerabilities in specific versions of Tata Motors iRA 2.0 and iRA.ev connected vehicle applications, citing credential issues, inadequate URL validation, poor log management, and faulty SSL certificate implementation. The flaws could allow attackers to obtain sensitive credentials, access vehicle-related information, and impersonate users. CERT-In urged users to update to the latest app versions to mitigate the risk. The advisory underscores regulatory pressure on Indian automakers to secure connected vehicle software.
Bosch unveiled a new-generation Central Gateway at EICMA 2026 that isolates safety-critical riding systems from external Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and cloud connections on connected motorcycles. The control unit is positioned to help manufacturers satisfy UN Regulation No. 155, which mandates cyberattack protection for new two-wheelers from December 2027. The product signals that regulatory cybersecurity requirements are extending from passenger cars into the powered two-wheeler segment, pushing gateway-based network segmentation as a baseline architecture.
During late-October king tides in San Diego, several Waymo robotaxis stalled in floodwater, with at least one carrying a rider who waited until a police officer drove the car through the water. The incident, alongside other stall reports, exposes gaps in Waymo's handling of flooded roads and raises questions about remote assistance and edge-case response.
Waymo expanded its Los Angeles service area to include Torrance, El Segundo, and Manhattan Beach, growing its coverage to 210 square miles, and added destinations such as Universal Studios and the Beverly Hills Hotel. Riders still cannot hail trips to or from LAX. The expansion deepens Waymo's Southern California footprint as it scales its next-generation Ojai vehicle.
India's government released draft rules mandating cybersecurity and software-update management for certain connected vehicle categories, aligning with EU, Japan, and South Korea type-approval regimes. The rules target vehicles with ADAS and over-the-air update capability, signaling that cybersecurity compliance is becoming a prerequisite for market entry in major automotive markets.
A cyberattack over the weekend disrupted production and dealer systems at Jaguar Land Rover, with the Solihull plant in Britain particularly affected and dealers temporarily unable to register or deliver vehicles. The automaker, owned by Tata Motors since 2008, confirmed the incident on 2 September 2025 and is attempting a controlled IT restart. No customer data leakage has been reported so far. The outage illustrates the operational and revenue impact of ransomware-style attacks on manufacturing and retail networks.
Security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek demonstrated remote control of a Jeep Cherokee from miles away by exploiting the vehicle's internet-connected entertainment system and pivoting laterally into other electronic components including climate controls. The attack removed the requirement for physical access to the CAN bus, exposing hundreds of thousands of connected Fiat Chrysler vehicles to remote compromise. The disclosure drove a landmark safety recall and established the template for automotive remote attack surface analysis and over-the-air patch deployment.
Tesla received approval for assisted driving changes in Europe ahead of a wider rollout. The regulatory green light advances Tesla's supervised driver-assistance features in European markets, where approval processes have been stricter than in the US and shape how quickly ADAS can scale.
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Waymo robotaxis are reportedly occupying public EV charging stations in cities including San Diego, Nashville, and St. Louis, with San Diego drivers facing waits of up to an hour. Waymo, which operates in 15 US cities and typically relies on its own charging depots, deploys staff to manage public charging when needed. The friction illustrates infrastructure strain from scaling robotaxi fleets.
Tesla faces accusations of selling Full Self-Driving to Korean owners who cannot legally use the feature. The dispute raises consumer-protection and regulatory questions about marketing advanced driver-assistance software in markets where local rules do not yet permit its operation.