Amazon’s Zoox is now operating its purpose-built autonomous taxi on public roads
Amazon-owned Zoox has started offering driverless robotaxi rides in California after receiving a testing permit from the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles),…
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Dubai again plans for flying taxi takeoff, this time by 2026
A man experiences a driving simulator of a flying taxi at the Dubai Roads and…
Stellantis will mass-produce Archer’s electric air taxi as part of $150 million deal
Stellantis announced a deal with air taxi startup Archer to mass-produce the company’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. The deal,…
Russians Hacked JFK Airport Taxi Dispatch in Line-Skipping Scheme
We at WIRED are winding down for the year and gearing up for what is sure to be an eventful 2023. But 2022 isn’t going down without a fight. This week,…
Uber plans a kids service to replace mom and dad’s taxi. What’s wrong with that? Plenty
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Ride-share company Uber has just…
Two men arrested for allegedly hacking JFK taxi dispatch system
Two US citizens have been arrested and accused of conspiring with Russian nationals to hack the taxi dispatch system at John F. Kennedy International Airport…
This viral video of a driverless taxi ride in Arizona is blowing people’s minds
A TikTok video shared on Reddit showing off Waymo — a driverless taxi available in certain areas of the world — is going viral. The video, which was…
Two men allegedly hacked JFK’s taxi dispatch system with Russian help
Would you pay a few bucks to skip an interminably long taxi wait line at the airport? That's essentially what Daniel Abayev and Peter Leyman did, according…
JFK airport taxi system hacked so drivers could skip the queue
Two men have been charged with with two counts of conspiracy to commit computer intrusions, which carry a maximum sentence of 10 years, after hacking the…
Lyft and Motional to offer driverless taxi rides in Los Angeles
Lyft and Motional have announced plans to launch a driverless ride-hailing service in Los Angeles using Ioniq 5 EV Level 4 robotaxis. Los Angeles will be the…