Global Autos Driver: Humanoids & Robotaxi Rides Weekly

Please find below the latest developments in autonomous driving across the world: Waymo closed a $5 billion term loan, its first debt financing, to fund expansion of its fully autonomous ride-hailing service in the U.S. and internationally; Waymo described the loan as a step in its evolution into a scaling commercial enterprise. Xpeng named its robotaxi Xpeng YOYO and opened public invitation-code registration in China, moving the program from employee testing toward commercial operations; the vehicle uses four in-house Turing AI chips with a combined 3,000 TOPS of computing power. Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Waabi began autonomous freight operations for Warp on the Dallas-Houston corridor, marking the first customer deployment under the two companies' partnership. Two Einride SAE Level 4 autonomous electric trucks are now hauling freight daily between EASE Logistics warehouses in Marysville, Ohio, operating with no one in the cab. Please find below the latest developments in Humano