Waymo’s Robotaxi Expands into Los Angeles, Starting Free Rides in Parts of City March 14, 2024 Robotaxis will begin cruising the streets of Los Angeles this week when Google spinoff Waymo starts offering free rides to...
Waymo Recalls 444 Self-Driving Vehicles Over Software Error February 16, 2024 By David Shepardson Alphabet’s Waymo unit has recalled 444 self-driving vehicles after two minor collisions in quick succession in Arizona because a software...
New Study Says Autonomous Vehicles Significantly Reduce BI/PD Claims September 7, 2023 A new study has revealed that autonomous-vehicle technology reduced bodily injury claims frequency by 100% and property damage claims frequency...
California Allows Cruise, Waymo Autonomous Vehicle Passenger Service March 1, 2022 By David Shepardson The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Monday issued permits to self-driving units of General Motors and Alphabet Inc. to...
Can a Self-Driving 40-Ton Truck Be Safe? Developers Say Yes But Others Are Skeptical. January 10, 2022 By Keith Laing Shipping companies and software developers are experimenting with self-driving trucks as a way to solve a driver shortage worsened by...
GM, Alphabet Win California’s First Autonomous Permits for Passenger Rides September 30, 2021 By Hyunjoo Jin, Jane Lanhee Lee and Paresh Dave General Motors Co.’s Cruise and Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo self-driving car subsidiaries on Thursday became the first companies to receive autonomous...
Waymo in California Getting $2.5B to Fuel Self-Driving Ambitions June 18, 2021 Waymo, the self-driving car pioneer spun off from Google, isn’t allowing a recent wave of executive departures to detour its...
Waymo, J.B. Hunt to Test Self-Driving Trucks in Texas June 10, 2021 U.S. truck fleet operator J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. and autonomous vehicle technology company Waymo will test human-supervised, self-driving trucks...
Labor Leader Urges U.S. to Require Human Drivers in Automated Vehicles May 18, 2021 By David Shepardson A senior American labor union leader will tell U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday that the government should require human operators in...
Waymo Issues Self-Driving Car Incident Score Card for Phoenix Area October 30, 2020 By Jane Lanhee Lee Self-driving tech company Waymo, which this month opened its driverless taxi service in the Phoenix suburbs to the public, on...