TechCrunch Mobility: Two roads diverged — for robotaxis
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. TechCrunch covered a couple of stories this week that illustrate the countervailing forces at play within the autonomous vehicle industry. The federal government is hitting the accelerator while state and local officials are pumping the brakes on autonomous vehicles.
- ▪Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it.
- ▪TechCrunch covered a couple of stories this week that illustrate the countervailing forces at play within the autonomous vehicle industry.
- ▪The federal government is hitting the accelerator while state and local officials are pumping the brakes on autonomous vehicles.
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| Original publisher | TechCrunch |
| Canonical URL | https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/02/techcrunch-mobility-two-roads-diverged-for-robotaxis/ |
| Publication time | Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:05:00 +0000 |
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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! TechCrunch covered a couple of stories this week that illustrate the countervailing forces at play within the autonomous vehicle industry. The federal government is hitting the accelerator while state and local officials are pumping the brakes on autonomous vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration made a series of autonomous vehicle technology announcements designed to cut red tape and accelerate the development and deployment of this technology (my article describes many of its actions).
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