Waymo Removes Backup Drivers from Autonomous Vehicles, Allows Public to Hitch a Ride
4 years, 2 months ago

Waymo Removes Backup Drivers from Autonomous Vehicles, Allows Public to Hitch a Ride

News 18  

Waymo is allowing the general public to hitch a ride in its driverless autonomous vehicles in Phoenix, expanding a service it had been quietly offering to a select group of riders for the past year. Before the coronavirus struck, which reduced demand for rides, Waymo was providing 1,000 to 2,000 rides in autonomous vehicles per week. Waymo did not disclose how many fully autonomous vehicles will be available to the public in the Phoenix area. After that, Waymo will re-introduce human backup drivers behind the wheel in some of the vehicles so the company can work on expanding its service area.

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Waymo’s robotaxis now open to anyone who wants a driverless ride in Los Angeles
1 month, 1 week ago

Waymo’s robotaxis now open to anyone who wants a driverless ride in Los Angeles

Associated Press  

Waymo on Tuesday opened its robotaxi service to anyone who wants a ride around Los Angeles, marking another milestone in the evolution of self-driving car technology since the company began as a secret project at Google 15 years ago. The expansion comes eight months after Waymo began offering rides in Los Angeles to a limited group of passengers chosen from …

Waymo’s robotaxi service expands into Los Angeles, starting free rides in parts of the city
9 months, 1 week ago

Waymo’s robotaxi service expands into Los Angeles, starting free rides in parts of the city

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Robotaxis will begin cruising the streets of Los Angeles on Thursday when Google spinoff Waymo starts offering free rides to some of the roughly 50,000 people who have signed up for its driverless ride-hailing service. Waymo is expanding into Los Angeles, the second largest U.S. city, seven months after California regulators authorized its robotaxis to begin charging …

Waymo to launch robotaxi service in Los Angeles, but no freeway driving — for now
9 months, 1 week ago

Waymo to launch robotaxi service in Los Angeles, but no freeway driving — for now

LA Times  

The driver in the Chevy Suburban seemed bent on testing the Waymo robotaxi on the streets of downtown L.A. this week. “They want to use Waymo for every one of the miles that they’re driving.” More than 50,000 people have signed up for the wait list in Los Angeles. California As robotaxis descend in LA, officials already see trouble With …

Waymo’s driverless taxi launch in Santa Monica is met with excitement and tension
1 year, 2 months ago

Waymo’s driverless taxi launch in Santa Monica is met with excitement and tension

LA Times  

Waymo‘s self-driving cars are taking a tour around Los Angeles. After months of testing, the Silicon Valley-based driverless car company began offering Waymo One — its 24/7 robotaxi service — to the public Wednesday. Waymo launched its driverless taxi vehicles in Santa Monica on Wednesday with a promotional campaign on the Third Street Promenade. She’s driven past several Waymo vehicles …

Waymo says it’s bringing robotaxis to L.A.
2 years, 2 months ago

Waymo says it’s bringing robotaxis to L.A.

LA Times  

Driverless car company Waymo already operates autonomous taxi fleets in Phoenix and San Francisco. Next, a spokesman said, trained drivers will test out Waymo’s robot taxi service on L.A.-area highways and neighborhood thoroughfares, with runs downtown, along the Miracle Mile and in Koreatown, Santa Monica and West Hollywood. Business Los Angeles is about to get its first robotaxi test fleet …

Waymo gets approval to operate autonomous vehicle services for 24 hours and start paid trips
2 years, 9 months ago

Waymo gets approval to operate autonomous vehicle services for 24 hours and start paid trips

India Today  

Alphabet’s Waymo and Cruise have received permission to begin autonomous vehicle services for passengers. The California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates the use of AVs in providing passenger service throughout California, has given a nod to these self-driving units, so that they can operate full day in some parts of San Francisco and San Mateo. It further says that Cruise …

Waymo Opens Robo-Taxi Self-Driving Car Service to Public in the United States
4 years, 2 months ago

Waymo Opens Robo-Taxi Self-Driving Car Service to Public in the United States

News 18  

Waymo, the autonomous car unit of Google-parent Alphabet, opened its robo-taxi project to the general public in the US city of Phoenix on Thursday, becoming the first widely available driverless ride service. Now that the project has shifted out of its test phase, anyone signed up through the Waymo One smartphone app can summon autonomous vehicles to travel throughout the …

Waymo opens driverless robo-taxi service to the public in Phoenix
4 years, 2 months ago

Waymo opens driverless robo-taxi service to the public in Phoenix

The Hindu  

Waymo on Thursday will relaunch and expand its fully automated, robo-taxi ride hailing service in Phoenix, rebooting its effort to transform years of autonomous vehicle research into a revenue-producing business. Waymo, the self-driving vehicle technology unit of Google parent Alphabet, Inc, said it will start offering rides in minivans with no human attendant on board to current members of its …

Driver free but virus free? Robo cars hit new speed bump
4 years, 6 months ago

Driver free but virus free? Robo cars hit new speed bump

Live Mint  

The latest challenge for the autonomous vehicle industry: How to assure passengers that the car they are getting in is virus free, even if it doesn't have a driver. An executive with self-driving car company Waymo said Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic forced it to put its limited ride service in the Phoenix area on hold to make sure human …

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