- On July 24 local time, Oman's Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT) issued Maple-Leaf Mobility a national-level pilot access letter and exclusive commercialization approval — the first AV commercialization license ever granted at the national-government level to a company globally — with Hainan's Haicheng Investment, a participant in Maple-Leaf's Series B round, having helped enable the deal.
- The authorization covers robotaxis, robobuses, and autonomous logistics vehicles, with the pilot launching first in Oman's Salalah Airport area before expanding nationwide; Maple-Leaf already operates across 50-plus Chinese cities with over 2,000 service outlets and a fleet exceeding 5,000 vehicles.
- The deal follows a June 2026 on-site inspection by an Oman MTCIT delegation of Maple-Leaf's Beijing operations center and robotaxi/robobus road tests in Haikou, and is framed as a Belt and Road cooperation milestone and a step toward Oman's 'Vision 2040' goal of reducing oil dependency.
- 当地时间7月24日，阿曼苏丹国交通、通信和信息技术部（MTCIT）正式向枫叶出行颁发国家级自动驾驶试点准入函和独家商业化运营批复，这是全球首个由国家层面向企业发放的自动驾驶商业化牌照；枫叶出行B轮投资方之一、海南海澄投资有限公司深度参与促成此次合作。
- 授权产品矩阵涵盖无人驾驶出租车、无人小巴及无人智能物流车，试点将率先在阿曼塞拉莱机场片区启动、后续逐步拓展至阿曼全国；枫叶出行目前已在国内布局50余个中心城市、超2000个服务网点，车队规模超5000辆。
- 此次合作源于2026年6月阿曼MTCIT代表团访华期间对枫叶出行北京运营中心的实地考察及海口无人驾驶公交、出租车的路测认证，被视为高质量共建'一带一路'的成果，也是阿曼落实摆脱石油依赖的'2040愿景'的关键举措。
- Changan Deepal opened pre-sales for the revamped S05 SUV on July 30, 2026, priced from 119,900 yuan ($17,660) to 151,900 yuan, with higher-trim models equipped with LiDAR.
- The updated S05 also gains a 3nm cockpit chip, upgrading both its assisted-driving and in-car infotainment systems.
- Deepal, Changan's EV brand, sold 164,156 vehicles in the first half of 2026, up 14.6% year-on-year, underscoring the model line's importance to the brand's mass-market push.
- 长安深蓝于2026年7月30日启动S05升级版预售，价格区间为119,900元（约1.766万美元）至151,900元，高配车型搭载激光雷达。
- 升级版S05同时换装3纳米座舱芯片，全面升级辅助驾驶与车机系统。
- 深蓝作为长安旗下新能源品牌，2026年上半年销量达164,156辆，同比增长14.6%，凸显该车型对品牌大众化战略的重要性。
- Zoox, the autonomous-driving subsidiary owned by Amazon, received a temporary exemption from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Thursday.
- The exemption authorizes Zoox to begin charging passengers for rides using its purpose-built autonomous vehicles.
- The approval clears Zoox to launch commercial robotaxi service in the U.S., moving it from testing to paid passenger operations.
- 亚马逊旗下自动驾驶子公司Zoox于周四获得美国国家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）颁发的临时豁免（temporary exemption）。
- 该豁免批准Zoox开始使用其专门设计（purpose-built）的自动驾驶车辆向乘客收费载客。
- 这一监管批准使Zoox获准在美国开展商业化机器人出租车（robotaxi）运营，从测试阶段迈向付费载客运营。
- Amazon-owned robotaxi company Zoox received a temporary exemption from certain NHTSA rules on Thursday, clearing the way for it to begin charging for rides.
- The exemption permits Zoox to deploy up to 2,500 vehicles annually for two years, subject to "enhanced, adaptable" oversight conditions.
- Zoox will launch paid rides in Las Vegas starting next month before expanding to additional markets.
- 亚马逊旗下机器人出租车公司Zoox周四获得美国国家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）部分规则的临时豁免，为其开始收费载客扫清障碍。
- 该豁免允许Zoox在两年内每年最多部署2,500辆车，需满足"增强、可调整"的监管条件。
- Zoox将于下月起在拉斯维加斯启动付费载客服务，随后再扩展至其他市场。
- Qualcomm's fiscal Q3 2026 revenue reached $9.9 billion, down about 4% year-over-year, even as automotive revenue jumped 61% and IoT revenue reached $1.83 billion, reflecting the company's shift beyond smartphones.
- The core QCT semiconductor business generated $8.504 billion, down 5% from $8.993 billion a year earlier, with QCT earnings before tax falling to $2.192 billion from $2.671 billion and EBT margin slipping to 26% from 30%.
- The results underscore Qualcomm's diversification strategy toward automotive, IoT, data centers and AI, as chip demand tied to ADAS and connected-vehicle platforms increasingly offsets smartphone-driven declines — a trend directly relevant to the automotive-AI supply chains AutoSignal tracks.
- 高通2026财年第三季度营收为99亿美元，同比下降约4%，但汽车业务收入同比大增61%，物联网（IoT）收入达18.3亿美元，反映公司业务重心正从智能手机向外扩展。
- 核心半导体业务QCT营收85.04亿美元，较去年同期89.93亿美元下降5%；QCT税前利润从26.71亿美元降至21.92亿美元，税前利润率由30%降至26%。
- 财报凸显高通向汽车、物联网、数据中心与AI领域多元化的战略，与ADAS及智能网联汽车平台相关的芯片需求正逐步抵消手机业务下滑的影响——这一趋势与AutoSignal持续跟踪的汽车AI供应链动态直接相关。
- Freenow, a European mobility platform operating in 150 cities, partners with Baidu's Apollo Go to launch robotaxi testing in London's Brent Borough, with fully driverless public service planned for 2027 via the Freenow app.
- Testing uses Baidu's latest Apollo RT6 vehicle with multiple safety redundancy systems and an onboard safety operator monitoring each car; the project is projected to cut empty-mile driving by over 30%, lowering urban transport carbon emissions.
- The tie-up pairs Baidu's full-stack autonomous driving stack with Freenow's operational network; CEO Thomas Zimmermann says the goal is a 'human-machine collaboration' model that shifts professional drivers from intensive driving into higher-value dispatch and customer-service roles.
- 欧洲出行平台Freenow(运营网络覆盖欧洲150个城市)与百度旗下自动驾驶品牌萝卜快跑(Apollo Go)达成合作,在伦敦布伦特区启动Robotaxi测试,计划2027年通过Freenow应用向公众开放完全无人化用车服务。
- 测试车型为百度最新的Apollo RT6,配备多重安全冗余系统,每辆车配备专业安全操作员实时监控运行状态;项目预计可减少30%以上的空驶里程,降低城市交通碳排放。
- 合作采用"技术+平台"双重赋能模式,百度提供全栈自动驾驶方案,Freenow整合运营网络;首席执行官托马斯·齐默曼(Thomas Zimmermann)表示,目标是构建"人机协同"出行生态,让专业司机从高强度驾驶转向车辆调度、乘客服务等更高价值岗位。
- Dongfeng Nissan's Qichen brand and ride-hailing platform Hellobike have completed delivery of their jointly developed mass-produced autonomous driving vehicle, the HR1.
- The HR1 is positioned as an autonomous driving model resulting from the Qichen-Hellobike partnership, per the announcement.
- The deal signals another OEM-mobility platform tie-up in China aimed at autonomous ride-hailing (Robotaxi) deployment, a pattern also seen among other automakers pairing with ride-hailing operators to commercialize AV fleets.
- 东风日产启辰品牌与哈啰出行合作研发的量产自动驾驶车型HR1已完成交付。
- 据公告，HR1是启辰与哈啰合作打造的自动驾驶车型。
- 该合作是中国车企与出行平台联手推进Robotaxi商业化的又一案例，延续了车企借道出行平台落地自动驾驶车队的行业趋势。
- Momenta has been granted a permit to conduct driverless (no safety driver) road testing in Shenzhen, China.
- The permit is tied to Momenta's R7 platform, which uses a world-model architecture to power its autonomous driving and robotaxi capabilities.
- The approval marks a concrete step toward mass production and commercial robotaxi deployment for Momenta's world-model-based technology stack.
- Momenta获得在深圳开展无人（无安全员）道路测试的许可证。
- 该许可与Momenta的R7平台相关，R7采用世界模型架构驱动其自动驾驶与Robotaxi能力。
- 此次获批标志着Momenta基于世界模型的技术栈向量产和商业化Robotaxi部署迈出具体一步。
- Tesla's robotaxi service in the Orlando, Florida area does not include stops at Walt Disney World or Universal Studios, the region's two largest theme-park destinations.
- The report frames this as a notable gap given that Disney and Universal are Orlando's primary tourist draws, meaning visitors expecting park-to-hotel robotaxi rides would be out of luck.
- The source article (via Google News/LehighValleyLive) does not disclose further specifics on the service's actual coverage area, launch date, or pricing — the underlying page was inaccessible for additional detail.
- 特斯拉在佛罗里达州奥兰多地区运营的robotaxi服务,不覆盖该地区最大的两个主题公园——迪士尼乐园(Walt Disney World)和环球影城(Universal Studios)。
- 报道指出这一点值得关注,因为迪士尼和环球影城是奥兰多最主要的游客目的地,意味着期待乘robotaxi往返乐园与酒店的游客会落空。
- 该报道(经Google News/LehighValleyLive转载)未披露该服务实际覆盖区域、上线时间或价格等更多细节——原文页面因访问限制无法获取完整内容。
- Uber will invest up to $1.2 billion in Rivian through 2031, contingent on Rivian meeting certain milestones, under a deal announced in March.
- Uber and its fleet partners will purchase up to 50,000 Rivian R2 vehicles as part of the agreement.
- Rather than building robotaxis itself, Uber is choosing to rely on manufacturing partners like Rivian while supplying its own software and branding — a strategy that could make Rivian an unexpected winner in the robotaxi race.
- 根据今年3月宣布的协议，Uber将在满足Rivian若干里程碑的前提下，至2031年向其投资最多12亿美元。
- 协议约定，Uber及其车队合作伙伴将采购至多5万辆Rivian R2车型。
- Uber选择不自建机器人出租车，而是依靠Rivian等制造商生产车辆、自身提供软件与品牌，这一策略可能让Rivian意外成为机器人出租车赛道的赢家。
- CaoCao Mobility announced on July 27, 2026 that it has officially launched testing for its Robotaxis without a human safety driver behind the wheel, conducted on real urban roads in Hangzhou's Binjiang District.
- The trials use a station-based dispatching mechanism designed to verify the stability and reliability of driverless operations under controlled, small-scale conditions.
- All test vehicles are now fully integrated into the "CaoCao Smart RAS Remote Safety Service Platform" for remote safety monitoring and support.
- 曹操出行7月27日宣布正式启动无人驾驶（无安全员）Robotaxi测试，测试在杭州滨江区真实城市道路上进行。
- 本次测试采用站点化调度机制，旨在小规模可控条件下验证无人驾驶运营的稳定性与可靠性。
- 所有测试车辆现已全部接入"曹操Smart RAS远程安全服务平台"，实现远程安全监控与支持。
- Tesla launched unsupervised (no safety driver) robotaxi service in Orlando and Tampa just three weeks after its mapping vehicles first appeared on public roads there — a pace Road to Autonomy hosts say is roughly 10 times faster than Waymo's nine-month ramp before commercial launch.
- Former Cruise operations executive Rob Grant argues Tesla's rollout is a deliberately conservative safety play rather than a scaling push, citing a tiny fleet size and an operational design domain that avoids airports and dense city cores, warning one severe fatality could end the project; Amazon-owned Zoox, which has recalled its 105-vehicle global fleet, still cannot charge for rides while its NHTSA exemption petition remains pending.
- The same roundup's headline flags that China is moving to lock in autonomous-driving-related ties across Eurasia, framing the U.S. robotaxi safety-versus-speed debate as unfolding alongside a parallel Chinese push to expand AV-linked influence internationally.
- 特斯拉在奥兰多和坦帕推出无监管（无安全员）出租车服务，距其测绘车辆首次出现在当地公路仅三周——据Road to Autonomy主持人称，这一速度约为Waymo商业化前九个月爬坡周期的十倍。
- 前Cruise运营主管Rob Grant认为，特斯拉此举是刻意保守的安全策略而非扩张竞赛，理由是车队规模极小、运营设计域刻意避开机场和密集城市核心区，一次重大死亡事故就可能终止整个项目；与此同时，亚马逊旗下Zoox已召回其全球105辆车队，且在NHTSA豁免申请获批前仍无法对乘客收费。
- 同一篇报道的标题指出中国正在欧亚地区加紧锁定自动驾驶相关合作，凸显美国robotaxi"安全优先还是速度优先"之争，正与中国在国际范围扩大自动驾驶相关影响力的同步布局交织展开。
- A July 28, 2026 post (via Polymarket on X) states Tesla has disclosed that FSD Supervised has been +420% — i.e. 5.2x — safer than manual driving, based on 65 million kilometers of driving across five European Union countries.
- Tesla's data reportedly shows the 5.2x safety margin held over the most recent four-month period, meaning the advantage has been sustained rather than a one-off spike since the metric started being tracked.
- If the self-reported figures hold up under independent scrutiny, they would give European regulators and rival OEMs a rare production-scale safety benchmark to weigh when setting approval thresholds and marketing claims for supervised autonomous driving.
- 据2026年7月28日经Polymarket在X平台转发的消息，特斯拉披露FSD Supervised安全性比人工驾驶高出420%，即达到5.2倍，数据基于欧盟五国合计65百万公里的驾驶里程。
- 特斯拉方面称最近四个月内这一5.2倍安全优势保持稳定，而非短期波动，显示该数据具有持续性。
- 若这一自我披露的数据能经受住独立核实，将为欧洲监管机构及其他整车厂提供罕见的量产级安全基准，用于制定监督式自动驾驶的审批门槛与宣传口径参考。
- CarbonCredits.com published a comparison piece titled "Tesla vs. Waymo: Who Will Win the Robotaxi Race?", framing the two companies as head-to-head rivals in autonomous ride-hailing.
- The scraped article body contains only site navigation and section links (carbon, nickel, lithium, titanium, copper, uranium, aluminum price pages, etc.), with no extractable text on specific robotaxi operations, cities, fleet sizes, or dates.
- CarbonCredits.com 发表述评文章《Tesla vs. Waymo: Who Will Win the Robotaxi Race?》,将两家公司定位为无人出租车领域的正面竞争对手。
- 抓取到的正文实际只是网站导航和栏目链接(碳、镍、锂、钛、铜、铀、铝等大宗商品价格页面等),不含关于具体运营城市、车队规模或时间节点的可提取信息。
- Waymo's autonomous robotaxi fleet operating in Austin, Texas has accumulated nearly $10,000 in parking tickets, per a report from Planetizen.
- The fines stem from routine municipal parking enforcement being applied to Waymo's driverless vehicles as they operate on Austin's public streets.
- The case illustrates a recurring compliance friction point for robotaxi operators scaling driverless fleets in U.S. cities, where local parking and municipal codes were not originally designed for autonomous operations.
- 据 Planetizen 报道，Waymo 在得克萨斯州奥斯汀运营的自动驾驶机器人出租车车队已累计收到近1万美元的停车罚单。
- 这些罚单源于市政部门对 Waymo 无人驾驶车辆在奥斯汀公共道路上的常规停车执法。
- 该案例反映出机器人出租车运营商在美国各城市扩大无人车队规模时面临的合规摩擦——当地停车与市政法规原本并非为自动驾驶运营而设计。
- On July 28, 2026, X user Gali (@Gfilche) claimed that combining Tesla's FSD subscription revenue with Robotaxi revenue puts Tesla at roughly $1 billion, versus Waymo's $500 million, calling Tesla "the biggest self driving company in the world by revenue."
- Gali said this combined revenue is growing faster than Waymo's and cited it as the reason for being "long $TSLA"; the post drew 22.3K views.
- Replies disputed the framing: one user called Tesla's current state "stagnation and delays" and said robotaxi is unproven beyond a few geofenced areas, while another argued FSD is a supervised system and therefore not true self-driving.
- 年7月28日，X用户Gali（@Gfilche）声称，若将特斯拉FSD订阅收入与机器人出租车（Robotaxi）收入相加，特斯拉年收入约10亿美元，是Waymo约5亿美元规模的两倍，称特斯拉是"全球营收规模最大的自动驾驶公司"。
- Gali表示该合并收入增长快于Waymo，并以此作为自己看多$TSLA的理由，该帖获2.23万次浏览。
- 评论区出现质疑：有用户称特斯拉目前"停滞不前、屡屡延期"，机器人出租车尚未证明能扩展到少数地理围栏区域之外；另一用户指出FSD属于有监督驾驶系统，并非真正意义上的自动驾驶。
- Momenta (HKEX: 6880) officially confirmed its entry into the robovan business, with vehicles already operating express and overnight delivery routes in Xiangcheng District, Suzhou — the company's headquarters city — as of 2026.
- The robovans run on Momenta's in-house R7 world model, extending the same autonomous driving stack used in its robotaxi business into logistics delivery.
- The expansion aims to spread Momenta's autonomous driving capabilities across more commercial scenarios to help absorb its heavy upfront R&D spending.
- Momenta（港股：6880）官方确认进军无人货车业务，2026年内车辆已在其总部所在地苏州相城区运营快递与隔夜配送路线。
- 该无人货车基于 Momenta 自研的 R7 世界模型打造，将其机器人出租车业务同源的自动驾驶技术栈延伸至物流配送场景。
- 此举旨在将自动驾驶能力拓展至更多商业场景，以分摊前期高额研发投入。
- CleanTechnica writer Paul Fosse documented test rides in both Tesla's new Robotaxi service and a Waymo vehicle he encountered in Tampa, Florida, as both companies expand operations into the city.
- On Tuesday, July 21, 2026, Fosse spent an hour trying to hail a Tesla Robotaxi but only received a "High Service Demand" message, caused by too few cars for the number of requests; he succeeded on a return attempt around noon on Sunday, July 26, when traffic and apparent demand were lower.
- The same morning, Fosse also spotted a Waymo vehicle on his way to church, underscoring that Tesla and Waymo are simultaneously scaling up real-world robotaxi availability in the same new US metro market even as both still face supply constraints.
- CleanTechnica作者Paul Fosse记录了自己在佛罗里达坦帕分别试乘特斯拉新推出的Robotaxi服务和偶遇的Waymo车辆的经历，反映两家公司正同步在该市扩张。
- 年7月21日周二，Fosse花了一小时尝试呼叫特斯拉Robotaxi，但因请求过多、车辆不足只收到"High Service Demand"（服务需求过高）提示；直到7月26日周日中午再次尝试，趁交通和需求较低时才成功打到车。
- 同一天上午，Fosse在前往教堂途中还偶遇了一辆Waymo车辆，说明特斯拉与Waymo正在同一新兴美国城市市场同步扩大真实运营覆盖，但双方目前仍面临运力不足的问题。
- Tesla is recruiting full-time "AI Safety Operator" roles in Bogotá and Medellín's El Poblado (Colombia) and Santiago's Las Condes (Chile), per postings spotted by X user @tslaming; duties include driving test vehicles 6-8 hours daily, collecting camera/audio data, writing driving reports, debugging software/hardware, and, per the listing, "supervising daily rideshare operations including driver and passenger management."
- The discovery coincides with Tesla's Q2 2026 earnings call disclosure that its Robotaxi fleet has surpassed 380,000 miles (about 610,000 km) of cumulative unsupervised driving, though Tesla has only officially named Las Vegas, Nevada and Phoenix, Arizona as the next US cities for Robotaxi rollout, with no South America plans announced.
- The listings mark the first substantive signal of Robotaxi's expansion beyond the US, though Tesla's South America push remains at an early validation stage focused on road mapping and data collection rather than public launch — following a month in which Tesla already extended unsupervised Robotaxi service from Miami to Orlando and Tampa.
- 特斯拉正在哥伦比亚波哥大、麦德林埃尔波夫拉多(El Poblado)以及智利圣地亚哥拉斯孔德斯(Las Condes)招聘全职“AI安全运营专员”(AI Safety Operator)，长期关注特斯拉的X用户@tslaming发现了这些招聘信息；岗位职责包括每天驾驶工程测试车6至8小时、采集摄像头和音频数据、撰写驾驶报告、调试软硬件，招聘信息还写明需“监督网约车服务日常运营，包括司机和乘客管理”。
- 这一发现恰逢特斯拉2026年第二季度财报电话会议披露其Robotaxi车队累计无人监督行驶里程已突破38万英里(约61万公里)，但特斯拉仅正式公布美国内华达州拉斯维加斯和亚利桑那州菲尼克斯为下一批上线城市，并未公布任何南美洲计划。
- 这些招聘信息是Robotaxi服务迈向美国以外市场的首个实质性信号，不过特斯拉在南美的布局仍处于早期验证阶段，重点是道路测绘和数据采集而非公开上线服务——此前一个月，特斯拉已将无人监督Robotaxi服务从迈阿密扩展至奥兰多和坦帕。
- Tesla has begun testing an early build of its FSD (Full Self-Driving) version 15 software on public roads.
- The Robotaxi fleet is the first to receive the new build, ahead of a broader rollout to consumer vehicles such as the Model Y.
- Prioritizing Robotaxi for the FSD v15 rollout signals Tesla is using its driverless ride-hailing service as the lead channel for autonomy upgrades — a positioning move that global OEMs racing toward L4 autonomy will be watching closely.
- 特斯拉FSD（完全自动驾驶）v15早期版本已在公开道路上开始测试。
- Robotaxi车队率先搭载该新版本，先于Model Y等消费者车型的更大范围推送。
- 优先向Robotaxi投放FSD v15，表明特斯拉正将无人驾驶网约车服务作为自动驾驶技术升级的首发渠道——这一定位动作值得其他正冲刺L4自动驾驶的全球车企密切关注。
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