Arizona has fewer regulations on self-driving cars than most states, a major factor in Waymo's decision to launch there. The rest of the country is a jumble of sometimes contradictory requirements.

It’s been running a fleet of private “self-driving” taxis since 2015, and in April 2017 it launched its Early Rider Program in Phoenix Arizona, to offer its service to real air-breathing humans.

Transportation Waymo Doubles Range of Its Self-Driving Taxi Service in Phoenix The company claims its 180-square mile Arizona territory is now the "largest fully autonomous service area in the world." ...

So Waymo will need to move fast — but not too fast. One of its biggest self-driving competitors, Uber, killed a 49-year-old pedestrian who was crossing the street in Tempe, Arizona, in March 2018.

So no, this is not the anyone-can-ride, let-the-robot-drive experience Waymo and its competitors have been promising for years. Building a reliably safe system has proven far harder than just ...

That was Mike Johns's cheeky remark in a social media post as he took a ride in a Waymo self-driving car. Johns was on his way to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) in Arizona when his ...

In some cases, the self-driving software would have taken safer action. Waymo's first commercial taxi service launched earlier this month in Arizona, under the name Waymo One.

Drive.ai's self-driving technology has been fitted to donor Nissan NV200 vans and is at Level 4 capability. The vehicle can handle all situations within a mapped area, a practice known as geo-fencing.

Alphabet's <GOOGL.O> Waymo on Wednesday launched a significant development in its costly, decade-long quest for autonomous transportation: self-driving taxis that actually generate fares.