Together, these permits would allow up to 8,000 robotaxis to be deployed over the next 12 months.
Even in a future of robot taxis, someone still has to return the things passengers leave behind.
Aurora, May Mobility, Motional, Nuro, Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox all refused to cough up a number during Senator Ed Markey’s recent investigation.
The launch comes just two years after a major reboot at Hyundai-owned Motional. The service will start with a safety monitor, which Motional hopes to remove by year’s end.