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...
Waymo’s Autonomous Taxi Service Tops 100,000 Rides December 6, 2019 By Keith Naughton More than 100,000 trips have been taken in robotaxis operated by Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Alphabet Inc. Now...
Alibaba-Backed Startup Autox Applies for Driver-less Test Permit In California December 4, 2019 By Munsif Vengattil and Akanksha Rana Chinese startup AutoX, backed by e-commerce giant Alibaba, has applied to test self-driving vehicles without an in-car backup driver in...
Waymo CEO Sees Driverless Trucking Catching on Faster Than Taxis October 29, 2019 True driverless cars have arrived from Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet Inc., but the company’s chief executive officer says...
Waymo Launches Robotic Ride-Hailing Service in Arizona December 7, 2018 By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Google’s self-driving car spinoff is finally ready to try to profit from its nearly decade-old technology. Waymo is introducing a...
Waymo Maintains Lead in Self-Driving Car Race October 4, 2018 By David Welch and Elisabeth Behrmann In the race to start the world’s first driving business without human drivers, everyone is chasing Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo. The...