Robotaxi Race Opens Up as Top Contender Waymo in Low Gear in Arizona December 10, 2021 By Paresh Dave and Hyunjoo Jin CHANDLER, Ariz.–Alphabet Inc’s Waymo risks losing its lead in the U.S. race to prove robotaxis are a viable business as...
Humans Emerge as Secret Weapon for Autonomous Vehicle Startups August 24, 2021 By Jin Hyunjoo Self-driving startups like Cruise and Pony.ai have begun testing their driverless cars in some parts of California in the past...
Waymo, Cruise Seek Permits to Charge for Self-Driving Car Rides in San Francisco May 12, 2021 By Hyunjoo Jin and Paresh Dave Alphabet Inc’s Waymo and rival Cruise have applied for permits needed to start charging for rides and delivery using autonomous...
Viewpoint: The Race to Build Self-Driving Trucks Has Four Horses and Three Jockeys May 3, 2021 By Ira Boudway Over the last five years, as it’s become clear that self-driving cars will take longer than expected to arrive on...
Alphabet’s Waymo Says Its Tech Would Avoid Fatal Human Crashes March 9, 2021 By Ed Ludlow The autonomous-car artificial intelligence from Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo avoided or mitigated crashes in most of a set of virtually recreated...
U.S. Exempts Self-Driving Vehicles From Some Crash Standards January 15, 2021 By Joseph White and David Shepardson The outgoing Trump administration said on Thursday it was issuing new rules that would allow manufacturers of automated vehicles to...
Tesla’s Release of New ‘Self-Driving’ Software Closely Watched by U.S. Regulator October 22, 2020 By Tina Bellon and David Shepardson The U.S. auto safety regulator on Thursday said it was closely watching Tesla Inc’s release of a software version intended...
Waymo Opens Driverless Robo-Taxi Service to the Public in Phoenix October 8, 2020 By Joseph White DETROIT — Waymo on Thursday will relaunch and expand its fully automated, robo-taxi ride hailing service in Phoenix, rebooting its...
Michigan Is Developing a 40-Mile+ Driverless Car Corridor August 14, 2020 By Ed Ludlow Michigan announced an initiative to explore development of a more than 40-mile stretch of road dedicated to connected and autonomous...
Putting Autonomous Driving Back on the Road April 22, 2020 By Ira Boudway The self-driving car was a dream deferred even before the Covid-19 outbreak brought the U.S. economy to a standstill. By...