Adding today's Tesla Austin expansion and removing redundant Waymo Washington, DC announcement that was already added from March of 2025

Author: jacksonlester

events.csv

@@ -200,8 +200,9 @@ date,event_type,company,city,geometry_file,vehicles,platform,fares,direct_bookin
 "2026-03-13","service_created","Motional","Las Vegas","-115.1537,36.0898","Ioniq 5","Uber","Yes","No","Flexible","Safety Driver","Public",,,"https://www.motional.com/",,"https://thenextweb.com/news/uber-relaunches-motional-robotaxis-in-las-vegas","Uber and Motional relaunch commercial robotaxi service on the Las Vegas Strip"
 2025-11-17,service_announced,Tesla,Phoenix,"-112.074141,33.448437",,,,,,,,,,,,https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/tesla-receives-ride-hailing-permit-in-arizona-in-last-required-step-to-launch-robotaxi-service/,"Tesla received TNC permit from Arizona Department of Transportation on November 17, 2025. Company expressed interest in operating within Phoenix Metro area."
 2026-03-23,service_announced,XPeng,Guangzhou,"113.259006,23.128845",,Amap,,,Flexible,Autonomous,,,2027-01-01,,,https://www.selfdrivingcars360.com/xpengs-new-robotaxi-business-unit-targets-driverless-l4-operations-in-2027/,"XPeng established Robotaxi Business Unit on March 23, 2026. Plans passenger-carrying demonstration operations in H2 2026, with driverless operations (no safety driver) targeted for early 2027. Three robotaxi models announced (5-seat, 6-seat, 7-seat) priced under 200,000 CNY. Uses VLA 2.0 autonomous driving model with no LiDAR or HD maps."
-2025-03-26,service_announced,Waymo,Washington,"-77.036543,38.895037",,,,,,,,,2026,,,https://www.cbtnews.com/waymo-plans-robotaxi-service-launch-in-d-c-for-2026/,Must obtain local approval from Washington city officials before launching full operations
+2025-03-26,service_announced,Waymo,"Washington, DC","-77.036543,38.895037",,,,,,,,,2026,,,https://www.cbtnews.com/waymo-plans-robotaxi-service-launch-in-d-c-for-2026/,Must obtain local approval from Washington city officials before launching full operations
 2026-03-19,service_announced,Rivian,San Francisco,"-122.407520,37.787936",Rivian R2,Uber,,,Flexible,Autonomous,,Uber,2028,,,https://www.theverge.com/transportation/897105/uber-rivian-robotaxi-investment-deal,"Partnership to deploy 10,000 autonomous R2 vehicles starting in San Francisco and Miami in 2028; subject to regulatory approval"
 2026-03-06,service_announced,Waymo,San Francisco,"-122.407520,37.787936",,,,,,,,,,,,https://www.sfbayareatimes.com/posts/autonomous-robotaxis-sf-2026,
 2026-03-19,service_announced,Uber,San Francisco,"-122.407520,37.787936",Rivian R2,Uber,,,Flexible,Autonomous,,Rivian,2028,,,https://www.theverge.com/transportation/897105/uber-rivian-robotaxi-investment-deal,"Partnership to deploy 10,000 autonomous Rivian R2 vehicles starting 2028 in San Francisco and Miami; expansion to 25 cities by 2031; Uber investing $1.25B in Rivian through 2031"
 2026-03-24,service_announced,Zoox,Austin,"-97.743700,30.271129",,,No,,,Autonomous,Waitlist,,,,,https://www.theverge.com/transportation/899323/zoox-robotaxi-las-vegas-san-francisco-austin-miami,Initial service limited to employees and family/friends before opening to waitlist. Article mentions Miami as well but Austin extracted per multi-city rules.
+2026-03-31,geometry_updated,Tesla,Austin,tesla-austin-march-31-2026-boundary.geojson,,,,,,,,,,,,https://electrek.co/2026/03/31/tesla-expands-unsupervised-robotaxi-service-area-still-only-handful-vehicles/,"Updated boundary for Tesla's Austin robotaxi service as of March 31, 2026"

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