The Last Driver License Holder…

Recorded by Matthias Godenrath at Georg-Brauchle-Ring 91 in 80992 München-Moosach on Friday, October 16th, 2026 at around 2:30pm CDT.

With the nearly simultaneous unveiling of the Porsche Mission S and the Tesla Roadster, a debate has erupted in Germany over just how innovative and progressive German automakers really are.

It’s amazing how much has changed in more than 10 years—but also how little.

The way Porsche and Tesla unveiled their new vehicles—Porsche with the Mission S and Tesla with the Roadster—yesterday, coincidentally on the same day, could not have been more different.

Following 15 metropolitan areas in the U.S. where Waymo already offers a commercial driverless robotaxi service, another dozen cities where the company is currently testing and preparing for launch, as well as six European and three Asian countries, Waymo…

If you think things couldn’t get any crazier at Tesla with Elon Musk, you haven’t seen this unveiling yet.

These photos were taken by Fabian Vihl—who organizes business trips to various innovation hubs—during three visits to Guangzhou, China, in May 2023, May 2026, and September 2026, when he visited the WeRide headquarters with a delegation.

These vehicles were spotted in Mountain View on October 9th, 2026 at around 3:08pm PDT.

These vehicles were spotted around the Wayve HQ in Sunnyvale on October 9th, 2026 at around 3:33pm PDT.

This MOIA vehicle was spotted by Fabian Vihl on the A8 at the Total Denkendorf Nord Hoher Rain 2 rest area in Denkendorf, 73770 in Germany Update: This MOIA vehicle no longer uses Mobileye technology; it now uses Wayve technology.

The videos were recorded in San Francisco on October 7th, 2026 at around 2:40pm and 7:30pm PDT.

This Waymo Depot has about 98 Waymo Jaguar iPaces and 102 Waymo Ojais.

The German Federal Ministry of Transportation announced that it had reached an agreement with Tesla on the prompt approval of the Tesla Full Self-Driving system and would also allow a driver monitoring the vehicle to manually adjust the speed up to 10% ab…

Volkswagen’s strategy for autonomous driving leaves questions unanswered and raises doubts.

A sighting of a Waymo in a parking lot near Parsdort last Sunday afternoon, and another on the same day on the A94 highway at the Aschheim exit.

The accelerating rollout of commercial driverless robotaxis—which already includes at least two robotaxi fleets in 15 metropolitan areas in the U.S. and is also being prepared in Europe and Asia—leads us to focus primarily on the technology’s shortcomings…

Bernhard Kremer, who created the video, noticed a curious detail while driving past the Waymo depot in Aschheim near Munich, and it has now attracted more attention.

No sooner had the address of the Waymo depot at Sonnenallee 1 in Aschheim near Munich become known than Bernhard Kremer drove by there around 5:30 p.m. and sent me these photos and this video.

In addition to the Waymo in the Max suburb of Munich, Max Hanselmann also captured this Porsche with a lidar mount on camera at Hohenzollernplatz.

Sightings of Waymo vehicles continue.

Waymos are now popping up all over Munich, and the latest sighting comes from Klaus Driever on Prinzregentenstraße.

Driverless robotaxis are slowly becoming commonplace and no longer surprise anyone, but driverless trucks on public roads are still a rarity.

Sightings of Waymos are becoming more frequent in Munich.

In addition to Waymo and Zoox, there is another robotaxi operator active in Las Vegas: Motional.

This Cybercab on a towing truck was spotted on HWY 152 on Monday, September 28th, 2026 at around 8:54am PDT.

Following the first sightings of Waymo (here and here), here’s a photo of the Waymo depot with Waymo robotaxis, including Munich license plates.

Following the first sighting, here is the second sighting of a Waymo robotaxi on a mapping run with a safety driver in Munich.

This vehicle was spotted in the Town&Country Village in Palo Alto on September 27th, 2026 at about 11:30am PDT.

An AAltolto test vehicle was spotted in San Francisco by Ezra Goldman.

No sooner had Waymo announced its plans to conduct tests in Munich than the first Waymo robotaxi was spotted.

Following the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Lithuania, Estonia, and Slovenia, the Czech transportation authority has now also granted a special permit for the use of Tesla FSD Supervised.

An autonomous, driverless Einride truck has been operating in Edermünde, south of Kassel, since last week, transporting goods from a central warehouse to a Lidl supermarket in Germany.

And now it’s Singapore’s turn.

Rumors are swirling after VW CEO Oliver Blume had to admit that the last two potential investors in MOIA have also pulled out.

A question that has come up surprisingly often in Europe during discussions about autonomous cars is that of liability in the event of collisions involving robotaxis.

In regions with little or no public transportation—as is often the case in large parts of the U.S. outside major cities—having a driver’s license and a car is essential for getting to school, a training center, or simply to visit friends.

This vehicle was spotted by Xavier Tackoen in Brussels’ Europa district.

Waymo, based in Mountain View, California, brought its first vehicles to Tokyo last year to begin initial testing.

A new week, a new city where Waymo is launching its robotaxi service.

According to manager magazin, Waymo is preparing Berlin as the second German city—after Munich—for the launch of its robotaxi service.

Following the Netherlands, Estonia, Lithuania, Denmark, and Belgium, Slovenia has now also approved Tesla’s FSD.

Probably the most unexpected behavior that robotaxis elicit is that they seem to magnetically attract idiots.

This vehicle was spotted on northbound Highway 101, before exit Fair Oaks.

This video was recorded in Las Vegas on September 6th, 2026.

Today I took my fifth ride in a Zoox robotaxi, but it was the first one—unlike the first four—that took place without a Zoox employee on board.

Footage of several robotaxis, including Waymo in test operation with a safety driver—note the special license plate for autonomous cars in Las Vegas—a Vay vehicle designed to remotely guide the car to its destination, and several Zoox robotaxis that alrea…

Tesla’s job postings for its Holzgerlingen facility, southwest of Stuttgart, are seeking engineers to work on the production machinery for transmissions for the Tesla Optimus.

According to the City of San Francisco, Waymo received a total of 8,309 parking tickets between January 2025 and July 17, 2026, all for illegal parking.

After expanding to 10 metropolitan areas so far, Zoox will begin testing in two additional U.S. cities this September: Houston and San Diego.

With today’s launch of its robotaxi service in Tampa, San Diego, and Denver, Waymo now operates a commercial driverless robotaxi service in 13 metropolitan areas.