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...
Waymo Leads Self-Driving Car Race May 8, 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...
Uber Crash Spotlights Self-Driving Wild West Hub March 21, 2018 By Gabrielle Coppola, Ryan Beene and Dana Hull The technology behind autonomous vehicles has originated from coders in Silicon Valley, engineers in Detroit and academic researchers in Pittsburgh....
Uber to Pay $245M to Settle Waymo’s Allegations of Trade Secrets Theft February 12, 2018 By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and TOM KRISHER Uber is paying $245 million to Google’s self-driving car spinoff to end a legal brawl that aired out allegations of...
Waymo Robot Cars Need Little Human Help as GM Makes Big Leap February 1, 2018 By David Welch and Mark Bergen Self-driving cars developed by Waymo need less human backup than rivals – though General Motors Co.’s vehicles are improving fast....