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New Mobility Lab Weekly #1: Next-gen Roadster, Waymo heads north, and Chicago's new bus lane.
Issue 001, week of Oct 13–21: Tesla's next-gen Roadster, Waymo heads north, VW caps ID.4 charging, Metra's battery trains, and two from Ledger Lane (DLT).
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New Mobility Lab Weekly #2: Waymo adds 250 square miles, Tesla readies Cybercab for Dallas, and Pace proposes 50% more bus service.
Week of Oct 21–28. New this issue: every story tagged announced, piloting or shipping.
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8/ Ledger Lane: the UK TWIN trade-data pilot moved to operator 3Sixty in October. Border docs reach Port Health before trucks arrive; early access opens Q1 2027.
Logistics plumbing, not hype.
3sixty.global/
May Mobility completed the first phase of an independent safety-case review by Edge Case, checked against UL 4600 and the Open Autonomy Safety Case. Next: a human-driving safety benchmark and independent review as a formal gate before driverless releases.
Our take: Third-party checks are how AVs earn public trust. More of this, please.
businesswire.com/news/home/2…
CTA's board approved $40M in contracts for the California Blue Line station: wider platforms, two new elevators, accessible doors. Work starts late fall 2027.
chicago.suntimes.com/transpo…
Our take: Step-free access is the base of every connected transit trip.
Charger Logistics plans to buy up to 500 Aurora Driver-powered driverless trucks (non-binding MOU), delivered over 2027–2028. ir.aurora.tech/news-events/p… Our take: carriers owning AV fleets is a real step toward scale.
Waymo has started the process to launch fully autonomous ride-hailing in Spain, beginning in the Madrid region. Testing with 16 all-electric Jaguar I-Pace vehicles is authorized by the Community of Madrid and Spain's traffic authority (DGT), on public roads in Madrid, Alcobendas and Getafe. Goal: first riders in 2027.
Our take: Madrid now has Waymo, WeRide with Uber, and Bolt all preparing robotaxi service. Several operators in one city means more real-world safety data, faster.
lavanguardia.com/economia/20…
Waymo has started the process to launch fully autonomous ride-hailing in Spain, beginning in the Madrid region. Testing with 16 all-electric Jaguar I-Pace vehicles is authorized by the Community of Madrid and Spain's traffic authority (DGT), on public roads in Madrid, Alcobendas and Getafe. Goal: first riders in 2027.
Our take: Madrid now has Waymo, WeRide with Uber, and Bolt all preparing robotaxi service. Several operators in one city means more real-world safety data, faster.
lavanguardia.com/economia/20…
Audi plans its first U.S. plant: ~$4B and ~4,500 jobs at the Middle Georgia Mega Site. Construction starts 2027, with up to 200,000 vehicles a year from the early 2030s. Big premium SUVs, reportedly Q7, Q8 and Q9.
Our take: Audi joins BMW and Mercedes in building close to U.S. customers and suppliers.
audi.com/en/press-releases/a…
Austin's CapMetro opened two park-and-rides with overhead pantograph chargers for its electric Rapid 800 and 837 bus lines, plus 2.9 MW at the depot.
Our take: end-of-line top-ups stretch an e-bus day from about 8 hours to 20+. Worth a look for CTA.
electrek.co/2026/10/23/overh…
Metra showed its first battery-powered train at LaSalle St. Station. It's set for the Beverly Branch in 2028: ~200 seats, ~1 MWh of batteries, an est. 50–66 mi range.
Our take: Quiet, diesel-free trips for the South Side. Chicago winters will be the real test.
yahoo.com/news/science/artic…
8/ Our take: every story sits at a stage. This week's shipping column: record used-EV share, Metra's ordered battery trains, a live bus lane.
From next week we'll tag each one: announced, piloting, or shipping.