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...
Calif. DMV Approves Test of Autonomous Deliveries April 8, 2020 By Munsif Vengattil California’s Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday authorized autonomous technology startup Nuro to test two driverless delivery vehicles in nine...
Alphabet’s Waymo Raises $2.25 Billion For Driverless Cars March 3, 2020 By Mark Bergen and Ira Boudway Waymo raised $2.25 billion from a slate of private equity investors, venture capitalists and automotive companies, the first time Alphabet...
California Releases Autonomous Mileage Reports Car Makers Love to Hate February 27, 2020 Alphabet’s Waymo and General Motors-backed Cruise saw their autonomous vehicles require less help from human drivers on California’s public roads...
Waymo’s Long-Term Commitment to Safety Drivers in Autonomous Cars January 14, 2020 By Ira Boudway and Joshua Brustein Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo took a big step forward last fall when it began ferrying riders around the Phoenix area in...