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Robotaxi three-way race as China sprints to commercialise solid-state batteries

Nevada approved commercial robotaxi operations in Clark County for Tesla, Uber and Waymo, allowing up to 8,000 vehicles over the next 12 months. Tesla received the largest approval for up to 5,000 vehicles, while Waymo and Uber can each operate 1,000. Waymo is accelerating in-house vehicle computing and a 1,000-TOPS chip while maintaining cooperation with Nvidia and AMD. The article also covers Tesla’s technology plans, the Semi truck’s Europe rollout, and China’s push including Geely’s 500 Wh/kg solid-state battery testing.