In a significant move towards driverless commercial passenger services, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) granted additional operating authority to Cruise and Waymo. As of today, both companies can now offer commercial passenger rides using autonomous vehicles in San Francisco and charge fares at any time of the day. This approval came after both Cruise […]
Transportation officials in San Francisco are trying to slow the rollout of robotaxis in the city, arguing that they can pose a road hazard to other drivers and that more data is needed before they can be allowed to freely roam the streets — reports NBC News. San Francisco has become a bit of a […]
Waymo is set to deploy its autonomous ride-hailing services in Los Angeles, California, joining Phoenix and San Francisco, said the company on Wednesday. The move is set to expand the autonomous driving service across a number of central LA districts, bringing the service into the city following its tests on surrounding highways. “When we think […]
As driverless vehicles slowly emerge as a reality, many companies are adding to their testing and self-driving fleets as shared by California’s largest motor vehicle agency. Apple added 15 drivers to its autonomous testing since June, while Waymo and Cruise added significantly to their driverless fleets, according to a notice from the California DMV (via […]
Alphabet-owned autonomous driving company Waymo filed a lawsuit against California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to prevent certain car crash data from being made public, according to a filing made in Sacramento County Superior Court dated January 21, as reported by The Los Angeles Times (via The Verge). The data in question includes what the […]
Waymo has announced a collaboration with Geely to use a version of the company’s Zeekr vehicle as the host for Waymo’s sustainable, autonomous ride-hailing program, the Waymo Driver, according to a press release. The vehicle, which is different from the Geely Zeekr unveiled earlier this year at Auto Shanghai and was designed in Sweden, features […]
As Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta is rolling out to more users with high safety scores, other autonomous driving systems are offering similar services, including Alphabet’s Waymo – though it’s tough to say with any certainty which systems are superior without testing them out. A new video shared by CallasEV on Saturday tests Tesla’s Full […]
Following hints at Waymo’s self-driving future plans throughout this year, the company has announced it will now invite live civilians to try out its self-driving features in one major U.S. city. Waymo has announced plans to recruit San Francisco residents to test out autonomous rides in its electric Jaguar I-PACE self-driving vehicles, according to a […]
According to Bloomberg, the CEO of Alphabet’s self-driving unit, Waymo, has stepped down. CEO John Krafcik said to employees, “after five and a half exhilarating years leading this team, I’ve decided to depart from my CEO role with Waymo and kick-off new adventures,” reports Bloomberg, who obtained the memo. Krafcik will remain as an adviser to […]
Tesla AI Director Andrej Karpathy has been working on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) platform for several years now, and in a new Robot Brains Podcast with Pieter Abbeel, Karpathy details his path to working with artificial intelligence, how Tesla’s FSD is going, what it’s like to work with CEO Elon Musk, comparisons between Waymo and […]
Waymo CEO John Krafcik claims that Tesla “isn’t a competitor” when it comes to autonomous driving, but how does this claim hold up on the road? Wednesday, YouTube channel Whole Mars Catalog uploaded a new video featuring a race between Tesla’s Autopilot Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta and Waymo’s autonomous driving system – both on the […]
Building autonomous cars is allegedly “harder than rocket science,” says the same company taking on Tesla’s autonomous driving, a vehicle company whose CEO literally runs a rocket company. Still, the task’s difficulty hasn’t stopped Waymo from manufacturing a completely autonomous vehicle of its own, as Waymo CEO, John Krafcik, claims that, “For us, Tesla is […]
Google sister company Waymo has spent over a decade working on a driverless vehicle. In that time, the company has raised $3.2 billion, signed a number of contracts, and even debuted the world’s first completely autonomous taxi service in Phoenix, Arizona. In spite of all this, Waymo Chief Executive John Krafcik believes the task of […]
With the recent release of Tesla’s full self-driving beta, fully autonomous vehicles are a hot topic right now. On Tuesday, Waypoint announced that its company Waymo would be partnering with Daimler to develop fully autonomous trucks. The development of the autonomous trucks are expected to improve both efficiency and road safety, as well as bridging […]