GM to run robot cars without human backups
4 years, 5 months ago

GM to run robot cars without human backups

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit says it will pull the human backup drivers from its vehicles in San Francisco by the end of the year. The move follows last week's announcement from Waymo that it would open its autonomous ride-hailing service to the public in the Phoenix area in vehicles without human drivers. Waymo, a unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., is hoping to eventually expand the service into California, where it already has a permit to run without human backups. Cruise has reached the point where it’s confident that it can safely operate without humans in the cars, spokesman Ray Wert said.

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Waymo plans to bring its driverless taxis to Washington in 2026
5 days, 20 hours ago

Waymo plans to bring its driverless taxis to Washington in 2026

Associated Press  

Waymo on Tuesday added Washington to its pioneering robotaxi service’s steadily expanding list of U.S. markets, although passengers will have to wait until next year until they can take a driverless ride around the nation’s capital city. That’s something Waymo already has been doing since it began sending out its robotaxis in Washington in late January after a brief trial …

Uber teams up with Waymo to start selling driverless rides in Austin, Texas
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Uber teams up with Waymo to start selling driverless rides in Austin, Texas

Associated Press  

Uber will shift into a new gear in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday when its ride-hailing service will begin dispatching self-driving cars to pick up passengers. The autonomous option is being provided through a partnership that brings together Uber and robotaxi pioneer Waymo, which already sells self-driving vehicle rides through its own app in Phoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Waymo’s …

Waymo to expand self-driving testing across more US cities
2 months ago

Waymo to expand self-driving testing across more US cities

Live Mint  

Waymo is preparing to test its self-driving taxis in more than 10 new cities across the U.S. Waymo’s move to prepare for a broader scale in the U.S. came less than two months after it said it would bring its Waymo One cars to Miami in early 2025, and start offering rides in 2026 through a new fleet partnership with …

Waymo unveils plan to bring its robotaxi service to Miami
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Waymo unveils plan to bring its robotaxi service to Miami

Associated Press  

Waymo is gearing up to bring its robotaxi service to Miami which will accelerate an expansion that’s been happening while its hobbled rivals remain in its rearview mirror. As part of the road map unfurled Thursday, Waymo plans to begin testing its driverless Jaguars in Miami next year, giving the robotaxis time to learn their way around Florida’s biggest city …

Waymo’s robotaxis now open to anyone who wants a driverless ride in Los Angeles
4 months, 2 weeks 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 to launch robotaxi service in Los Angeles, but no freeway driving — for now
1 year 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 …

Driverless car rollout paused in California after fire and crashes
1 year, 1 month ago

Driverless car rollout paused in California after fire and crashes

The Telegraph  

California has blocked a Google-backed driverless car company from expanding to more cities after a series of accidents. The California Public Utilities Commission has suspended a request by Waymo, which is owned by Google’s parent company, to launch its robotaxi business in more cities within the state. However, David Canepa, a local politician in San Mateo County, California, said its …

Massive expansion of driverless robotaxis approved for San Francisco despite public safety concerns
1 year, 7 months ago

Massive expansion of driverless robotaxis approved for San Francisco despite public safety concerns

LA Times  

A Waymo driverless taxi stops on a street in San Francisco for several minutes because the back door was not completely shut, while traffic backs up behind it on Feb. 15. San Francisco’s robotaxis have become notorious for “bricking”— or coming to a dead stop — in traffic, clogging lanes for emergency vehicles, blocking firetrucks from leaving stations, stopping on …

Waymo robotaxis make more inroads in Phoenix, San Francisco
1 year, 10 months ago

Waymo robotaxis make more inroads in Phoenix, San Francisco

Associated Press  

Self-driving car pioneer Waymo announced Thursday that its robotaxis will be able to carry passengers through most of the Phoenix area for the first time. The increased territory in the Phoenix area means Waymo’s robotaxis will now pick up and drop off fare-paying passengers in an area spanning 180 square miles, doubling in size since late last year. Waymo’s robotaxis …

Column: Will self-driving cars make L.A.’s world-famous traffic even worse?
2 years, 1 month ago

Column: Will self-driving cars make L.A.’s world-famous traffic even worse?

LA Times  

For some reason — no one seems to know just why — the self-driving cars can’t stay away from a random sleepy block in Santa Monica. “We’ve got some people that are commuting, some that are going out to the beach on the weekend across town, obviously there’s a vibrant nightlife.” As we talk, the Driver handles traffic stops smoothly, …

Waymo says it’s bringing robotaxis to L.A.
2 years, 5 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 …

GM’s Cruise robotaxi service to expand into Phoenix, Austin
2 years, 6 months ago

GM’s Cruise robotaxi service to expand into Phoenix, Austin

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — General Motors’ self-driving car company on Monday announced plans to expand a robotaxi service that recently launched in California into new markets in Arizona and Texas before the end of this year. Cruise, a San Francisco startup that General Motors bought six years ago, told an audience at an investor conference that an autonomous ride-hailing service that …

GM's Cruise robotaxi service to expand into Phoenix, Austin
2 years, 6 months ago

GM's Cruise robotaxi service to expand into Phoenix, Austin

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Cruise, a San Francisco startup that General Motors bought …

Waymo to Expand Autonomous Vehicle Ride Services to San Francisco
2 years, 11 months ago

Waymo to Expand Autonomous Vehicle Ride Services to San Francisco

News 18  

Waymo’s self-driving ride-hailing service is branching out to San Francisco. The autonomous vehicle unit of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said Wednesday that it started carrying employees in electric Jaguar I-Pace SUVs without human backup drivers. Waymo didn’t elaborate on when it might offer autonomous rides to the public in San Francisco. The company has been using autonomous minivans without human …

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

California Issues Permits to Cruise, Waymo to Commence Autonomous Car Services
3 years ago

California Issues Permits to Cruise, Waymo to Commence Autonomous Car Services

News 18  

The California Public Utilities Commission on Monday issued permits to self-driving units of General Motors and Alphabet Inc to allow for passenger service in autonomous vehicles with safety drivers present. CPUC said the GM unit Cruise and Alphabet’s Waymo are under Drivered Deployment permits authorized to collect fares from passengers and may offer shared rides. Starting Monday, Cruise is allowed …

Google self-driving spinoff Waymo begins testing with public in San Francisco
3 years, 7 months ago

Google self-driving spinoff Waymo begins testing with public in San Francisco

The Hindu  

Alphabet Inc's Waymo has started taking a few San Franciscans on rides in its self-driving sport utility vehicles and hopes to open the robotaxis to anyone in the city in less than the three years it took to launch in its only other market. Waymo's announcement on Tuesday of its status and plans in San Francisco, a small peninsula of …

Waymo is making a 'Fake City' which will be Built Especially to Test Autonomous Vehicles
4 years, 3 months ago

Waymo is making a 'Fake City' which will be Built Especially to Test Autonomous Vehicles

News 18  

Waymo, the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, plans to reproduce real-world city driving conditions in an artificial environment built in Ohio, USA. This fake city will be used to test autonomous vehicles — driverless cars and trucks — in a variety of urban scenarios. As well as carrying out driving simulations adapted to the city and the …

Waymo Opens Robo-Taxi Self-Driving Car Service to Public in the United States
4 years, 5 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 Removes Backup Drivers from Autonomous Vehicles, Allows Public to Hitch a Ride
4 years, 5 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 …

Waymo opens driverless robo-taxi service to the public in Phoenix
4 years, 5 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 …

Volvo Cars and Waymo partner to develop a self-driving electric vehicle
4 years, 9 months ago

Volvo Cars and Waymo partner to develop a self-driving electric vehicle

Firstpost  

Waymo said it will continue working with Fiat Chrysler, Jaguar Land Rover and the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance. Waymo and the Volvo Cars Group have agreed to develop a self-driving electric vehicle designed for ride-hailing use, as part of a new global partnership, the companies said on Thursday. Waymo, a unit of Silicon Valley’s Alphabet Inc, said it will be …

Driver free but virus free? Robo cars hit new speed bump
4 years, 9 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 …

Waymo is mapping L.A. in hopes of someday introducing driverless taxis
5 years, 5 months ago

Waymo is mapping L.A. in hopes of someday introducing driverless taxis

LA Times  

Waymo this week set three Chrysler Pacifica minivans crawling Los Angeles streets to make maps — but not the kind made for humans. Driving in Los Angeles gives us the opportunity to learn in a new environment and understand different traffic patterns to advance our technology.” Los Angeles is a bit late to Waymo’s game. Waymo will explore “how our …

Google spin-out Waymo rules out building its own self-driving cars
5 years, 7 months ago

Google spin-out Waymo rules out building its own self-driving cars

The Telegraph  

Google's spin-off self-driving firm Waymo has said it won't build a self-driving car from the ground up again because it's a "distraction". Speaking as the company prepared to open a Detroit factory which will be used to fit Chrysler and Jaguar cars with its self-driving software, Patrick Cadariu, its head of vehicle supply chain operations, said making cars was "really …

Google’s robotic spinoff launches ride-hailing service
6 years, 3 months ago

Google’s robotic spinoff launches ride-hailing service

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s self-driving car spinoff is finally ready to try to profit from its nearly decade-old technology. Waymo is introducing a small-scale ride-hailing service in the Phoenix area that will include a human behind the wheel in case the robotic vehicles malfunction. The company is initially operating the new service cautiously, underscoring the challenges still facing its autonomous …

Google's robotic spinoff launches ride-hailing service
6 years, 3 months ago

Google's robotic spinoff launches ride-hailing service

Daily Mail  

Google's self-driving car spinoff is finally ready to try to profit from its nearly decade-old technology. Waymo is introducing a small-scale ride-hailing service in the Phoenix area that will include a human behind the wheel in case the robotic vehicles malfunction. The company is initially operating the new service cautiously, underscoring the challenges still facing its autonomous vehicles as they …

Waymo One, the first commercial robotaxi service, is now picking up passengers in Arizona
6 years, 3 months ago

Waymo One, the first commercial robotaxi service, is now picking up passengers in Arizona

LA Times  

Robot cars are now officially a real business. It’s historical in nature,” said Grayson Brulte, who heads driverless car consulting firm Brulte & Co. Only “a few hundred customers” will have access to the app and participate in the early stages, according to Waymo, which is an arm of Google parent Alphabet Inc. Waymo has ferried Phoenix-area passengers in robot …

Inside the life of Waymo’s driverless test family
6 years, 7 months ago

Inside the life of Waymo’s driverless test family

LA Times  

Bloomberg For the past year, Kyla Jackson has been one of the only teenagers in the world who gets a ride to high school from a robot. “I can’t think of a time that we’ve ever been honked at.” Waymo’s Early Rider program in the Phoenix area is the furthest along among the company’s 25 test cities. “We’re just getting …

Waymo adds 62,000 vehicles for autonomous taxi service
6 years, 9 months ago

Waymo adds 62,000 vehicles for autonomous taxi service

Daily Mail  

Google-owned Waymo is adding as many as 62,000 Fiat Chrysler minivans to its autonomous fleet in an expanded collaboration announced by the companies on Thursday. Delivery of the Chrysler Pacifica minivans was expected to begin later this year, with the automaker also exploring the potential to build Waymo technology into a self-driving car it might add to its model line-up …

Waymo inks a long-term deal with Jaguar; to include 20,000 I-PACE electric vehicles in its autonomous fleet
7 years ago

Waymo inks a long-term deal with Jaguar; to include 20,000 I-PACE electric vehicles in its autonomous fleet

Firstpost  

The partnership announced ahead of the New York International Auto Show, is another step in Waymo’s plan to roll out a robo-taxi service in the US. Waymo will include up to 20,000 Jaguar I-PACE electric vehicles in its upcoming autonomous fleet as part of a long-term partnership between Alphabet Inc’s self-driving unit and Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc, the two …

Waymo given green light for commercial self-driving taxis
7 years, 1 month ago

Waymo given green light for commercial self-driving taxis

Daily Mail  

Google's driverless taxis will soon take to the streets after being given the green light in Arizona. Waymo, parent firm Alphabet's self-driving car unit, will launch a commercial ride hailing service similar to Uber's, using the automated technology. Waymo, parent firm Alphabet's self-driving car unit, will launch a commercial ride hailing service similar to Uber's using the automated technology The …

Alphabet's Waymo to launch its ride-hailing service in Phoenix with fully autonomous vehicles
7 years, 4 months ago

Alphabet's Waymo to launch its ride-hailing service in Phoenix with fully autonomous vehicles

Firstpost  

Alphabet Inc’s Waymo self-driving unit is launching a ride-hailing service for the general public with no human driver behind the steering wheel and has been testing such fully self-driving cars on public roads in Arizona, Chief Executive John Krafcik said on Tuesday. Waymo said that members of the public will begin riding in its fleet of Fiat Chrysler Pacifica minivans …

Waymo launches campaign to promote driverless car safety
7 years, 5 months ago

Waymo launches campaign to promote driverless car safety

Daily Mail  

Alphabet Inc's self-driving car unit Waymo and several groups are launching a campaign aimed at convincing skeptical Americans of what they say is the value and safety of driverless cars, as Congress considers how it will regulate the technology. The company said on Monday that it was teaming up with Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the National Safety Council, and the …

This Week in the Future of Cars: Phoenix Rising
55 years, 2 months ago

This Week in the Future of Cars: Phoenix Rising

Wired  

Are we on the brink of nuclear annihilation? General Motors autonomous driving outfit Cruise is now offering self-driving rides to 10 percent of its San Francisco employees, totally gratis. Meanwhile, self-driving experiments of a colorful sort abound in Northern Virginia, where a TV news crew caught a supposed self-driving car…being driven. Nope, he was with Virginia Tech’s Transportation Institute, studying …

Of Course Waymo Is Testing Self-Driving Trucks
7 years, 9 months ago

Of Course Waymo Is Testing Self-Driving Trucks

Wired  

Update: On Friday, March 9, 2018, Waymo announced that next week, it will start testing its self-driving trucks in Georgia, delivering unspecified cargo bound for its sister company Google's data centers in Atlanta. With the likes of Daimler, Volvo, and Uber working on self-driving trucks, it’s no surprise that the granddaddy of autonomous vehicles, Waymo, is getting in on the …

Waymo: Alphabet's self-driving car unit now working on self-driving trucks
7 years, 9 months ago

Waymo: Alphabet's self-driving car unit now working on self-driving trucks

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google parents Alphabet's self-driving car …

Google’s self-driving minivan will start test drives this month in California and Arizona
8 years, 2 months ago

Google’s self-driving minivan will start test drives this month in California and Arizona

LA Times  

Waymo, Google’s self-driving car division, will start testing its new fleet of minivans on public roads in California and Arizona this month. “A single integrated system means that all the different parts of a self-driving car work together seamlessly,” Krafcik said. But she thinks some smaller players in the nascent industry are “going to fall away.” Waymo has repeatedly said …

Google's Waymo Unveils Self-Driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Minivan
8 years, 3 months ago

Google's Waymo Unveils Self-Driving Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Minivan

Wired  

Less than a week after exiting its larval, experimental phase and becoming a standalone company under the Alphabet corporate umbrella, Google's self-driving car outfit is showing off its first new car. The newly created Waymo is adding 100 Chrysler Pacifica minivans, built for autonomy, to its test fleet. Under a partnership established six months ago, engineers from Waymo and Fiat …

Google's self-driving car project to become independent entity called Waymo
8 years, 3 months ago

Google's self-driving car project to become independent entity called Waymo

Firstpost  

I mAlphabet Inc’s Google self-driving car project will become an independent entity within the technology company called Waymo, executives said on Tuesday, signalling a willingness to finally monetize its valuable research amid fierce competition from rivals. “We can imagine our self-driving tech being used in all sorts of areas.” Until now, the program has been part of secretive research unit …

Google’s self-driving-car project becomes a separate company: Waymo
8 years, 3 months ago

Google’s self-driving-car project becomes a separate company: Waymo

LA Times  

The self-driving car project Google started seven years ago has grown into a company called Waymo, signaling its confidence that it will be able to bring robot-controlled vehicles to the masses within the next few years. “We are getting close, and we are getting ready,” Waymo Chief Executive John Krafcik said Tuesday after unveiling the company’s identity. Krafcik called that …

Taxi firm Uber plans to eventually replace all its drivers with self-driving cars
10 years, 10 months ago

Taxi firm Uber plans to eventually replace all its drivers with self-driving cars

Daily Mail  

End of the chatty cabbie? Uber plans to eventually replace all its drivers with self-driving cars Taxi firm Uber currently operates in 100 cities around the world It matches users with nearby drivers, and payments are made via the app Following news of Google’s new self-driving cars, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said its drivers could one day be replaced by …

Google considering turning self-driving cars into a 'robo-taxi' service
11 years, 7 months ago

Google considering turning self-driving cars into a 'robo-taxi' service

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Although Google’s self-driving cars have been a technological success the search-giant has had …

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