When a Waymo pulls up, you’ll be able to tell if it’s yours by the initials showing on the dome on top of the car. Once the vehicle arrives, you’ll use the Uber app to unlock the car and ...

Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, Google's parent company, has introduced a groundbreaking service in Phoenix, Arizona, allowing teenagers as young as 14 to ride in robotaxis without adult supervision.

Economic pressures also weigh heavily on Waymo’s future. With their cutting-edge AI technologies and sensors, each Waymo car is eye-poppingly expensive: more than $120,000, analysts estimate.

And the Waymo, of course — ‘cause it’s got like 58 sensors — would stop instantly.” The “problem,” it seemed to Gladwell, was the car’s perfect performance.

Waymo’s system is a “level 4” system according to the SAE’s Levels of driving automation, in contrast with Tesla’s current level 2 system (which both Autopilot and FSD fall under).

Waymo's self-driving technology could add $100,000 to the cost of a Jaguar I-Pace due to the price of multiple sensors, cameras, and advanced autonomous driving systems, according to Slate Magazine.

It’s Robotaxi Summer. Buckle Up. Waymo and Tesla offer competing—and potentially bleak—futures for self-driving cars in society. By Henry Grabar June 10, 20251:00 PM Eric Thayer/Getty Images ...

The company got its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project, which began in 2009 and put its first autonomous car on the road in 2015. The project rebranded as Waymo in 2016 under Google’s ...