Beijing has drawn a firm line. After dozens of Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis abruptly halted across busy streets in Wuhan on March 31, stranding passengers for up to two hours an...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration just opened a formal investigation into Avride. The startup, which powers some of Uber's robotaxi operations in Dallas, fac...
Spirit Airlines grounded its yellow fleet at 3 a.m. on May 2, 2026. Operations ceased. Seventeen thousand employees lost jobs overnight. Forty-four million passengers a year...
At 3 a.m. Eastern Time on May 2, 2026, Spirit Airlines ceased all operations. Planes sat idle. Controllers signed off with pilots on the last inbound flights. The carrier's w...
California's robotaxis just lost their get-out-of-jail-free card. For years, police watched empty Waymo vehicles blow through red lights or make illegal U-turns, hands tied b...
An autonomous car barrels down a simulated city street. Suddenly, an elephant lumbers into the crosswalk. The vehicle doesn't brake. It veers right into the beast, mowing it dow...
Waymo's driverless taxis now roam London's streets. They veer into cycle lanes. The company calls it normal. Cyclists call it dangerous.Just days after launching a pil...
Air travel in America grinds through chronic delays. Controllers juggle flights on outdated systems. Now the Federal Aviation Administration pushes AI into the mix. Transport...
Tesla's ambitious push into driverless ride-hailing suffered a quiet setback this week. The electric-car maker stripped specific launch dates from its plans for robotaxi serv...
Joby Aviation's shares dropped 6.95% to $8.51 on Wednesday, part of a broader slide for electric vertical takeoff and landing stocks. Archer Aviation fell 4.79% to $5.77. Invest...
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby walked into a White House meeting last February expecting to talk Dulles Airport. He left having floated a mega-merger with American Airlines. Th...
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby sparked a firestorm last month. He pitched a blockbuster merger with American Airlines directly to President Donald Trump during a White House...
American Airlines shares dropped 0.9% Tuesday. Speculation about a blockbuster merger with United Airlines had briefly lifted the stock. Then came the denial. The Fort Worth...
President Donald Trump tossed out a casual suggestion Tuesday that the federal government might rescue Spirit Airlines from the brink. "Spirit’s in trouble, and I’d love somebod...
Spirit Airlines, the ultra-low-cost carrier known for nickel-and-diming passengers, now eyes a federal rescue. Executives approached the Trump administration last Friday for...