Waymo vehicles as well as other self-driving cars have previously been the target of vandals, particularly in California, where Waymo is headquartered. In January, a Waymo car was torn apart in ...

He says he feels much safer with more Waymos on the road. Waymo cars are seen parked at a Waymo facility on June 10, 2025 in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images ...

Waymo has suspended its ride-hailing service in downtown Los Angeles after five of its vehicles were torched during volatile anti-ICE protests that led to dozens of arrests and the deployment of ...

"I don't see private ownership of self-driving cars happening for the foreseeable future." Vehicles are seen at Lyft's self driving car division, called Level 5, in Palo Alto, Calif., Nov. 12, 2019.

The air bags didn’t deploy. Two months after Story’s death in Arizona, a Tesla Model 3 with Full Self-Driving engaged crashed in Nipton, California, in January 2024.

Waymo has grown massively since its creation in 2009 as Google’s Self-Driving Car Project. Waymo drove vehicles manually through Manhattan in 2021 to map the city’s streets. Courtesy of Waymo ...

All this shows that while self-driving cars — and the related technological advancements — are the future, you'll be able to experience it sooner than you think. 2. Biometric car keys ...